You’re welcome mgeer – it took several hours of hunting so I’m glad to have helped!
mgeer: I’m not sure if you’re asking me? I found the setting of forum posts going to moderation due to links:
Settings –> Discussion Settings … scroll down… Comment Moderation:
“Hold a comment in the queue if it contains __ or more links. (A common characteristic of comment spam is a large number of hyperlinks.)” I simply upped the number of links so the reply wasn’t held for approval.
Note there is a category above this for “Before a comment appears” with a slightly different instruction to hold for approval.
ajtruckle: I don’t know enough about adding information to .php instruction or manual plugin changes without fearing I will mess up something unintentionally. I’ve done it before but just not confident it will work so finding the ‘regular’ solution was good for me.
For anyone else having this same problem my adjustment to up the number of links included before manually needing approval has worked. Posting has resumed as before.
Ah – I did not have that check box marked for comments needing approval. BUT I believe the problem I’ve been having is due to the Comment Moderation if it contains links! We use links a lot so this is likely the culprit.
I’m also having this same problem! Finally realized that was the issue after an entire day trying to determine why replies were not showing up. Needed to be approved. Have no idea how to fix?? Will try the Discussion setting to see if that helps.
