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Add an --all flag to wp comment delete #538
Description
Activity
The documented way for this is:
# Trash all spam comments. $ wp comment delete $(wp comment list --status=spam --format=ids) Success: Trashed comment 264. Success: Trashed comment 262.
But for hundreds of thousands of comments that doesn't really scale I suppose.
@swissspidy Thanks for your response. To be clear, the request isn't just for deleting spam comments, it's for deleting all comments (which is what happens with
wp site empty). It's almost a subset of that command, but I don't think it belongs there.
Feature Request
Describe your use case and the problem you are facing
A website under my purview had hundreds of thousands of spam comments. It would be nice to be able to remove them in one fell swoop without having to resort to database queries (
truncate wp_comments; truncate wp_commentmeta;).Describe the solution you'd like
I'd like to add a flag to the
wp comment deletesubcommand:This may have a confirmation prompt along the lines of "Are you sure you want to delete XXXXX comments? (Y/n)" There might also be a "--yes" option for non-interactive use:
The addition of the "--all" flag would mirror similar-ish flags for the
wp plugin delete --allandwp theme delete --allcommands.I'm aware that the
wp site emptycommand also removes all comments, but this is a little bit different.I'd be happy to take a stab at adding this modification, if approved.