{"id":4586,"date":"2020-02-22T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/?p=4586"},"modified":"2020-09-28T15:02:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T13:02:35","slug":"disable-comments-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/disable-comments-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable Comments on Your WordPress Website"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you\u2019re a WordPress admin, there are many different ways in which you can control the look of your website, both in the front and the backend. Just like you get to choose which posts or pages you want to make private<\/a>, you can also pick the specific pages or posts where you don\u2019t want comments to be displayed \u2013 or, you can disable them altogether<\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]Even though having comments on your website can be great for building a sense of community, there are some situations where you wouldn\u2019t want to have them on your website. For example, if you have a WordPress website which only displays your About, Services and similar information and you don\u2019t even have a blog, then having comments on your website won\u2019t be necessary at all. Alternatively, sometimes you might want to prevent certain posts from receiving unnecessary spam, in which case you may want to turn the commenting off.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_column_text]In any case, disabling comments in WordPress is fairly easy<\/strong>. Here\u2019s how to do it.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”68px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

How to Disable Comments on Specific Posts in WordPress<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]If you want to remove comments from individual posts<\/strong>, all you need to do is open your post in Posts > All Posts<\/strong><\/em> and uncheck the \u201cAllow comments\u201d<\/strong><\/em> box in the Discussion<\/strong><\/em> dropdown (located in the bottom corner of the Document<\/strong><\/em> section).[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”]

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\n \"Allow <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”38px”][vc_column_text]Alternatively, you can also disable comments if you click on the Quick Edit<\/strong><\/em> button. An \u201cAllow comments\u201d box which you should uncheck will appear right below the Tags field on the right side of the screen.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”]
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How to Disable Comments on Multiple Posts in WordPress<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Additionally, you can disable comments on multiple posts<\/strong> from the All Posts<\/em> screen<\/strong>. Just select all the posts you don\u2019t want to display comments on and click the Bulk Actions dropdown located in the top left corner. Then, choose Edit<\/em> and click on Apply<\/em>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”]

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\n \"Disabling <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”38px”][vc_column_text]The Comments dropdown will now appear (right below the Tag<\/em> and Author<\/em> options), and you can select \u201cDo not allow\u201d<\/strong> in the dropdown. Just don\u2019t forget to hit the Update<\/em> button when you\u2019re done.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”]
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Disabling All Future Comments<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]If you want to prevent any future comments from being posted<\/strong> on your website, then all you need to do is head to Settings > Discussion<\/strong><\/em> and deselect the two checkboxes like we did in the picture:[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”]

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\n \"Disabling <\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”38px”][vc_column_text]Unchecking the first box will disable notifications from other blogs, while the second one will prevent people from posting comments on your new articles. [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”81px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#f0f0f0″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”top-picks-banner”][vc_empty_space height=”28px”][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#f0f0f0″][vc_empty_space height=”80px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

How to Delete all Comments in WordPress<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In a similar fashion, WordPress also allows you to delete all the comments from your website<\/strong> (this includes comments from all the authors). To do this, head over to the Comments<\/em> section, select all the comments located there and then choose the Move to Trash<\/strong><\/em> option from the Bulk Actions<\/strong><\/em> dropdown menu. Of course, don\u2019t forget to click on Apply<\/em> to save your changes.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”]

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Conclusion<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]And that\u2019s it \u2013 all the different ways in which you can disable comments in WordPress. No matter what\u2019s your reason for wanting to prevent comments from appearing on your website, you can rest assured that you will be able to do so effectively thanks to our simple guide.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are certain situations where disabling comments on your website can prove to be beneficial. Here are different ways to do it if you’re a WordPress user.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[14,4,13],"class_list":["post-4586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","tag-core","tag-tips","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qodeinteractive.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}