Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support]
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Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support]

Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support]

Allows administrators to globally disable comments on their site. Comments can be disabled according to post type. Multisite friendly.

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Description

Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support]

Enable/Disable comments on any WordPress content (Pages, Posts, or Media) to stop spammers. WP-CLI, XML-RPC & REST-API support to stop spam comments.

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Take Global Control Over Your WordPress Site

Override all comments-related settings throughout your website & manage your comments just the way you want.

Disable Comments On Posts, Pages & Media

Choose which posts, pages or media should allow comments from site visitors & configure Disable Comments accordingly

Disallow Comments On Multi-Site Network

Have multiple websites? Get rid of irrelevant comments on the entire network using Disable Comments Plugin

KEY FEATURES OF DISABLE COMMENTS

  • All “Comments” links are hidden from the Admin Menu and Admin Bar.
  • All comm... [truncated]

Installation

Modern Way:

  1. Go to the WordPress Dashboard “Add New Plugin” section.
  2. Search For “Disable Comments”.
  3. Install, then Activate it.
  4. The plugin settings can be accessed via the ‘Settings’ menu in the administration area (either your site administration for single-site installs, or your network administration for network installs).

Old Way:

  1. Upload the plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. The plugin settings can be accessed via the ‘Settings’ menu in the administration area (either your site administration for single-site installs, or your network administration for network installs).
WP-CLI Installation:
wp plugin install disable-comments --activate

Frequently Asked Questions

Nothing happens after I disable comments on all posts – comment forms still appear when I view my posts.

This is because your theme is not checking the comment status of posts in the correct way.

You may like to point your theme’s author to this explanation of what they are doing wrong, and how to fix it.

How can I remove the text that says “comments are closed” at the bottom of articles where comments are disabled?

The plugin tries its very best to hide this (and any other comment-related) messages.

If you... [truncated]

Changelog

The format is based on Keep a Changelog
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.
This will be maintained from August 19, 2020 – @asif2bd

[2.5.3] – 2025-09-14

  • Enhancement: Introduced a function to retrieve settings details (#f16cee5)

[2.5.2] – 2025-05-20

  • Fixed: Issue where post types were not being selected in the “On Specific Post Types” section of the plugin settings

[2.5.1] – 2025-05-15

  • Few minor bug fixes and improvements

[2.5.0] – 2025-05-15

  • Added: Accessibility support to the plugin settings page
  • Various minor improvements and enhancements

[2.4.7] &... [truncated]

Statistics

Active Installs1.0M+
Downloads28.8M+
Version2.5.3
Last UpdatedInvalid Date

Requirements

WordPress
5.0+
PHP
5.6
Tested up to
6.8.3

Support

Resolution Rate100%
Total Threads4
Resolved4

Tags

delete-commentsdisable-commentsremove-commentsspam-protectionstop-spam