What Happened To The Bulk Edit At The Bottom Of The Pending Comments Folder?

dandelionsalad · Member · Nov 30, 2015 at 7:52 pm
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Still haven’t received an answer to why the Bulk Edit menu has been removed from the Pending Comments folder at the bottom?

This is something that I use every time I post a new blog with pingbacks to previous related blog posts.

Here is a screenshot: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lorri37/23042587610/

There is a Check Spam button only, which I’ve never used.

WP eliminated then re-added the buttons for Empty Trash and Empty Spam in the Trash and Spam folders recently, but have eliminated the Bulk Edit menu in Pending Comments.

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supernovia · Staff · Dec 2, 2015 at 7:18 am
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Hi @dandelionsalad . I see bulk edit options at the top still. Can you confirm whether you see that?
dandelionsalad · Member · Dec 2, 2015 at 7:22 am
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Yes, the bulk edit menu is at the top, but until very recently it was also on the bottom, making it very easy to use.

As you can see in the screenshot, there is a list of posts to glance at to make sure they all look OK before clicking “approve”. I used to be able to do that at the bottom of the list, now I have to go to the top.

So why remove it after all these years?

Why do we bloggers have to do more clicking? It is not easy for my hands. I prefer less clicking to get the job done.
dandelionsalad · Member · Dec 2, 2015 at 7:23 am
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Forgot to say, thank you, supernovia for checking in on this thread.
supernovia · Staff · Dec 2, 2015 at 10:38 pm
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Ah okay, Chris had mentioned earlier that he’d passed along that feedback. I’ll give that a nudge for you, but it would likely be in another update.
supernovia · Staff · Dec 2, 2015 at 10:45 pm
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Also, @dandelionsalad, did you happen to notice when this started?
dandelionsalad · Member · Dec 2, 2015 at 11:20 pm
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Yes, Chris closed the other thread so I couldn’t comment again.

Around Nov. 25th was when I noticed it and the Empty Trash and Empty Spam buttons were eliminated from those folders.

I’m still wondering why WP eliminated this?
supernovia · Staff · Dec 3, 2015 at 1:14 am
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Okay, I’ll let you know what I find out.
dandelionsalad · Member · Dec 3, 2015 at 1:56 am
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Thanks so much, supernovia.
supernovia · Staff · Dec 3, 2015 at 6:30 pm
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Hi @dandelionsalad, I did some digging. There’s actually been a lot of discussion around this feature in the WordPress community.

You can read it here:
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/31634

These updates (which went live here recently) are definitely the source of the missing dropdown. I’m still not totally clear as to whether that was the intent or not, but it looks to me like they’re still working through making this feature better.
dandelionsalad · Member · Dec 3, 2015 at 9:14 pm
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Thanks for the update and additional info, supernovia.

Hope the bulk edit menu comes back to the bottom soon.
supernovia · Staff · Dec 3, 2015 at 9:26 pm
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Thanks. We’ve shared your feedback here. :)
dandelionsalad · Member · Dec 3, 2015 at 10:14 pm
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Thanks a lot, supernovia, I really appreciate you doing that for me and other bloggers.
supernovia · Staff · Dec 3, 2015 at 11:49 pm
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No problem, dandelionsalad . Cheers!

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