Overview: How to Remove Sample Comments and Posts From WordPress
This guide explains How to Remove Sample Comments and Posts From WordPress step‑by‑step and why it matters for security, uptime, and performance. It’s written for small and medium businesses that rely on Blackhawk MSP for proactive, managed IT support in the Bay Area and beyond.
- ✅ Clear, actionable steps
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You get sample comments and posts in a fresh WordPress install. You can easily remove them in the following way.
1. Log in to the WordPress dashboard.
2. From the Dashboard menu, go to Posts and click on All Posts.
3. Hover the mouse on the sample post and click on Trash.
4. Now, do the same with the sample pages. Head to the Dashboard menu, hover your mouse on Posts, and click All Posts. Remove the sample pages.
5. Similarly, you can remove sample comments. Choose Comments from the dashboard, hover your mouse over a comment and choose Trash.
After you take these steps, your blog will be clean from sample comments and posts.
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