Does anybody know why I would be redirected to home page when I press the “Empty Spam” button in WordPress Admin Panel?
The same thing happens if I mark multiple spam comments and delete them. The system will redirect me to the home page, and the supposedly deleted comments will not be removed.
I deleted all core files and re-added again, deactivated all plugins, and even changed my theme to the WordPress default. None of these actions helped.
Try checking .htaccess for strange stuff – like redirects other than the standard WordPress redirect block – and try resaving permalinks from
Dashboard >> Permalinks.In case you have thousands of spam comments and WordPress might be timing out, you can use this query in Adminer « WordPress Plugins to delete all spam and trashed comments.