wp_ajax_delete_comment() WordPress Function

The wp_ajax_delete_comment() function allows a user to delete a comment via the WordPress admin dashboard. This function is triggered when the user clicks on the "Trash" link next to a comment.

wp_ajax_delete_comment() #

Ajax handler for deleting a comment.

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File: wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php

function wp_ajax_delete_comment() {
    $id = isset( $_POST['id'] ) ? (int) $_POST['id'] : 0;
 
    $comment = get_comment( $id );
 
    if ( ! $comment ) {
        wp_die( time() );
    }
 
    if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_comment', $comment->comment_ID ) ) {
        wp_die( -1 );
    }
 
    check_ajax_referer( "delete-comment_$id" );
    $status = wp_get_comment_status( $comment );
    $delta  = -1;
 
    if ( isset( $_POST['trash'] ) && 1 == $_POST['trash'] ) {
        if ( 'trash' === $status ) {
            wp_die( time() );
        }
 
        $r = wp_trash_comment( $comment );
    } elseif ( isset( $_POST['untrash'] ) && 1 == $_POST['untrash'] ) {
        if ( 'trash' !== $status ) {
            wp_die( time() );
        }
 
        $r = wp_untrash_comment( $comment );
 
        // Undo trash, not in Trash.
        if ( ! isset( $_POST['comment_status'] ) || 'trash' !== $_POST['comment_status'] ) {
            $delta = 1;
        }
    } elseif ( isset( $_POST['spam'] ) && 1 == $_POST['spam'] ) {
        if ( 'spam' === $status ) {
            wp_die( time() );
        }
 
        $r = wp_spam_comment( $comment );
    } elseif ( isset( $_POST['unspam'] ) && 1 == $_POST['unspam'] ) {
        if ( 'spam' !== $status ) {
            wp_die( time() );
        }
 
        $r = wp_unspam_comment( $comment );
 
        // Undo spam, not in spam.
        if ( ! isset( $_POST['comment_status'] ) || 'spam' !== $_POST['comment_status'] ) {
            $delta = 1;
        }
    } elseif ( isset( $_POST['delete'] ) && 1 == $_POST['delete'] ) {
        $r = wp_delete_comment( $comment );
    } else {
        wp_die( -1 );
    }
 
    if ( $r ) {
        // Decide if we need to send back '1' or a more complicated response including page links and comment counts.
        _wp_ajax_delete_comment_response( $comment->comment_ID, $delta );
    }
 
    wp_die( 0 );
}

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Uses	Description
wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php:_wp_ajax_delete_comment_response()	Sends back current comment total and new page links if they need to be updated.
wp-includes/capabilities.php:current_user_can()	Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.
wp-includes/pluggable.php:check_ajax_referer()	Verifies the Ajax request to prevent processing requests external of the blog.
wp-includes/functions.php:wp_die()	Kills WordPress execution and displays HTML page with an error message.
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_get_comment_status()	Retrieves the status of a comment by comment ID.
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_spam_comment()	Marks a comment as Spam.
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_unspam_comment()	Removes a comment from the Spam.
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_trash_comment()	Moves a comment to the Trash
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_untrash_comment()	Removes a comment from the Trash
wp-includes/comment.php:wp_delete_comment()	Trashes or deletes a comment.
wp-includes/comment.php:get_comment()	Retrieves comment data given a comment ID or comment object.

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3.1.0	Introduced.

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