wp_delete_comment( int|WP_Comment $comment_id, bool $force_delete = false ): bool

Trashes or deletes a comment.

Description

The comment is moved to Trash instead of permanently deleted unless Trash is disabled, item is already in the Trash, or $force_delete is true.

The post comment count will be updated if the comment was approved and has a post ID available.

Parameters

$comment_idint|WP_Commentrequired
Comment ID or WP_Comment object.
$force_deletebooloptional
Whether to bypass Trash and force deletion.

Default:false

Return

bool True on success, false on failure.

Source

function wp_delete_comment( $comment_id, $force_delete = false ) {
	global $wpdb;

	$comment = get_comment( $comment_id );
	if ( ! $comment ) {
		return false;
	}

	if ( ! $force_delete && EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS && ! in_array( wp_get_comment_status( $comment ), array( 'trash', 'spam' ), true ) ) {
		return wp_trash_comment( $comment_id );
	}

	/**
	 * Fires immediately before a comment is deleted from the database.
	 *
	 * @since 1.2.0
	 * @since 4.9.0 Added the `$comment` parameter.
	 *
	 * @param string     $comment_id The comment ID as a numeric string.
	 * @param WP_Comment $comment    The comment to be deleted.
	 */
	do_action( 'delete_comment', $comment->comment_ID, $comment );

	// Move children up a level.
	$children = $wpdb->get_col( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT comment_ID FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_parent = %d", $comment->comment_ID ) );
	if ( ! empty( $children ) ) {
		$wpdb->update( $wpdb->comments, array( 'comment_parent' => $comment->comment_parent ), array( 'comment_parent' => $comment->comment_ID ) );
		clean_comment_cache( $children );
	}

	// Delete metadata.
	$meta_ids = $wpdb->get_col( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT meta_id FROM $wpdb->commentmeta WHERE comment_id = %d", $comment->comment_ID ) );
	foreach ( $meta_ids as $mid ) {
		delete_metadata_by_mid( 'comment', $mid );
	}

	if ( ! $wpdb->delete( $wpdb->comments, array( 'comment_ID' => $comment->comment_ID ) ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Fires immediately after a comment is deleted from the database.
	 *
	 * @since 2.9.0
	 * @since 4.9.0 Added the `$comment` parameter.
	 *
	 * @param string     $comment_id The comment ID as a numeric string.
	 * @param WP_Comment $comment    The deleted comment.
	 */
	do_action( 'deleted_comment', $comment->comment_ID, $comment );

	$post_id = $comment->comment_post_ID;
	if ( $post_id && 1 == $comment->comment_approved ) {
		wp_update_comment_count( $post_id );
	}

	clean_comment_cache( $comment->comment_ID );

	/** This action is documented in wp-includes/comment.php */
	do_action( 'wp_set_comment_status', $comment->comment_ID, 'delete' );

	wp_transition_comment_status( 'delete', $comment->comment_approved, $comment );

	return true;
}

Hooks

do_action( ‘deleted_comment’, string $comment_id, WP_Comment $comment )

Fires immediately after a comment is deleted from the database.

do_action( ‘delete_comment’, string $comment_id, WP_Comment $comment )

Fires immediately before a comment is deleted from the database.

do_action( ‘wp_set_comment_status’, string $comment_id, string $comment_status )

Fires immediately after transitioning a comment’s status from one to another in the database and removing the comment from the object cache, but prior to all status transition hooks.

Changelog

VersionDescription
2.0.0Introduced.

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