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Function Reference/wp delete comment

Removes comment ID and maybe updates post comment count.

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

<?php wp_delete_comment( $comment_id ) ?>

$comment_id

(integer) (required) Comment ID

Default: None

Uses: $wpdb
Uses: do_action() Calls 'delete_comment' hook on comment ID
Uses: do_action() Calls 'wp_set_comment_status' hook on comment ID with 'delete' set for the second parameter
Uses: wp_transition_comment_status() Passes new and old comment status along with $comment object
Uses: get_comment()
Uses: wp_update_comment_count() to decrease count on success.
Uses: clean_comment_cache() to remove comment form cache on success.

Since: 2.0.0

wp_delete_comment() is located in wp-includes/comment.php.