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Small script to delete duplicate post comments from a Wordpress database. Backup first bud.
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<?php | |
# First select all comments | |
$query = "SELECT `comment_ID`, `comment_post_ID`, `comment_content` FROM ".$wpdb->comments." WHERE 1"; | |
$comments = $wpdb->get_results($query); | |
# Array to hold keeper comment IDs so we don't delete them if there are doops | |
$keeper_comments = array(); | |
# Now check if each comment has any matching comments from the same post | |
foreach ($comments as $comment) { | |
$query = "SELECT `comment_ID` FROM ".$wpdb->comments." WHERE `comment_ID` != ".$comment->comment_ID." AND `comment_post_ID` = ".$comment->comment_post_ID." AND `comment_content` = '".addslashes($comment->comment_content)."'"; | |
$matching_comments = $wpdb->get_results($query); | |
if ($wpdb->num_rows > 0) { | |
foreach ($matching_comments as $matching_comment) { | |
if (!in_array($matching_comment->comment_ID, $keeper_comments)) { | |
$wpdb->query("DELETE FROM ".$wpdb->comments." WHERE `comment_ID` = ".$matching_comment->comment_ID); | |
$wpdb->query("UPDATE ".$wpdb->posts." SET `comment_count` = `comment_count` - 1 WHERE `comment_ID` = ".$matching_comment->comment_ID); | |
} | |
} | |
$keeper_comments[] = $comment->comment_ID; | |
} | |
} |
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