Comments on: Turn Off Comments in WordPress http://www.rlmseo.com/blog/turn-off-comments/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:05:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sandra http://www.rlmseo.com/blog/turn-off-comments/#comment-46 sandra Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:44:41 +0000 http://www.rlmseo.com/turn-off-comments/#comment-46 No apparently it doesn't work on Wordpress.com. However I have purchased a premium theme for my Wordpress.org blog, and I am wondering if I can also use the same theme for my Wordpress.org blog....anyone got any ideas about how to do that? No apparently it doesn’t work on WordPress.com. However I have purchased a premium theme for my WordPress.org blog, and I am wondering if I can also use the same theme for my WordPress.org blog….anyone got any ideas about how to do that?

]]> By: inbal http://www.rlmseo.com/blog/turn-off-comments/#comment-45 inbal Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:00:22 +0000 http://www.rlmseo.com/turn-off-comments/#comment-45 does this work on wordpress.com? where can I find the index.php? does this work on wordpress.com?
where can I find the index.php?

]]> By: Mike Kaz http://www.rlmseo.com/blog/turn-off-comments/#comment-44 Mike Kaz Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:52:37 +0000 http://www.rlmseo.com/turn-off-comments/#comment-44 Enabling and Disabling comments using the Discussion module To change the comment settings for a post or page you already published, open it for editing. In your Dashboard, go to either Pages or Posts, locate the one you want to edit, and click on its title. Then, locate the Discussion module on the edit screen, and either check or uncheck the two options it offers: To prevent any kind of discussion, uncheck both boxes. To disable the ability to use the comment form, but allow comments as Pingbacks or Trackbacks from other blogs, uncheck the box that says Allow comments, and leave the other box checked. To allow visitors to compose comments on the page but prevent responses from coming in as Pingbacks or Trackbacks from other blog, uncheck the box that says Allow Trackbacks and Pingbacks, and leave the other box checked. Make sure to save the post after you change any comment setting. These settings will prevent any kind of discussion on the post or page - the comment form won't be shown and pingbacks and trackbacks will be ignored Can’t find the Discussion module? The edit screen on your blog is highly customizable. You can move modules around, minimize them, or hide them completely, so this module might not always be in the same place on every blog. By default, new blogs on WordPress.com will have the Discussion module hidden. You can reveal it by clicking on Screen Options on the top right, and checking the box that says Discussion. See the Screen Options support page for more information about this. Enabling and Disabling comments using the Discussion module

To change the comment settings for a post or page you already published, open it for editing. In your Dashboard, go to either Pages or Posts, locate the one you want to edit, and click on its title.

Then, locate the Discussion module on the edit screen, and either check or uncheck the two options it offers:

To prevent any kind of discussion, uncheck both boxes.
To disable the ability to use the comment form, but allow comments as Pingbacks or Trackbacks from other blogs, uncheck the box that says Allow comments, and leave the other box checked.
To allow visitors to compose comments on the page but prevent responses from coming in as Pingbacks or Trackbacks from other blog, uncheck the box that says Allow Trackbacks and Pingbacks, and leave the other box checked.

Make sure to save the post after you change any comment setting.

These settings will prevent any kind of discussion on the post or page – the comment form won’t be shown and pingbacks and trackbacks will be ignored

Can’t find the Discussion module?

The edit screen on your blog is highly customizable. You can move modules around, minimize them, or hide them completely, so this module might not always be in the same place on every blog.

By default, new blogs on WordPress.com will have the Discussion module hidden. You can reveal it by clicking on Screen Options on the top right, and checking the box that says Discussion.

See the Screen Options support page for more information about this.

]]> By: zubair sota http://www.rlmseo.com/blog/turn-off-comments/#comment-43 zubair sota Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:20:18 +0000 http://www.rlmseo.com/turn-off-comments/#comment-43 its easy to rid it through easy one step.. 1) page.php and move to 24the line and disable it. its easy to rid it through easy one step..
1) page.php and move to 24the line
and disable it.

]]> By: Charlotte http://www.rlmseo.com/blog/turn-off-comments/#comment-42 Charlotte Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:41:47 +0000 http://www.rlmseo.com/turn-off-comments/#comment-42 Thank you so much Renato!!! I was going crazy trying to find how to turn the comments off on Pages while leaving them on Posts. I didn't want to touch the code for my theme; I just wanted a box to check or uncheck and couldn't understand why there wasn't one when I wrote the post. Thanks to the theme I use (Suffusion) I don't have the annoying "Comments are disabled on this post" line at the end of each post so your answer is exactly what I am looking for. Thanks!!! Thank you so much Renato!!! I was going crazy trying to find how to turn the comments off on Pages while leaving them on Posts. I didn’t want to touch the code for my theme; I just wanted a box to check or uncheck and couldn’t understand why there wasn’t one when I wrote the post.

Thanks to the theme I use (Suffusion) I don’t have the annoying “Comments are disabled on this post” line at the end of each post so your answer is exactly what I am looking for. Thanks!!!

]]> By: John Crenshaw http://www.rlmseo.com/blog/turn-off-comments/#comment-41 John Crenshaw Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:52:43 +0000 http://www.rlmseo.com/turn-off-comments/#comment-41 Yeah, I don't like comments on pages in most cases...my themes used to have them removed from pages, but the WordPress.org theme directory requires they be enabled. At least it's fairly simple to remove. Yeah, I don’t like comments on pages in most cases…my themes used to have them removed from pages, but the WordPress.org theme directory requires they be enabled. At least it’s fairly simple to remove.

]]> By: Gordon http://www.rlmseo.com/blog/turn-off-comments/#comment-40 Gordon Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:04:18 +0000 http://www.rlmseo.com/turn-off-comments/#comment-40 Thanks John, I found it strange also that wordpress did not have an option to delete comments on pages. You have shown me how to sort this. Thanks; it makes sense to put comments on blogs posts but not on pages. Thanks John,

I found it strange also that wordpress did not have an option to delete comments on pages. You have shown me how to sort this. Thanks; it makes sense to put comments on blogs posts but not on pages.

]]> By: John Crenshaw http://www.rlmseo.com/blog/turn-off-comments/#comment-39 John Crenshaw Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:52:11 +0000 http://www.rlmseo.com/turn-off-comments/#comment-39 Try it. It may work. Although PHP is parsed before the HTML gets sent to the browser, so you'll end up still rendering all that function has to render, it'll just be commented out. However, if there are any comments in the output of that function, they could prematurely close your comment and then you'd end up with trouble. Alternatively you could add a php comment like so: [php] <?php //commentfunctionhere(); ?> [/php] Try it. It may work. Although PHP is parsed before the HTML gets sent to the browser, so you’ll end up still rendering all that function has to render, it’ll just be commented out. However, if there are any comments in the output of that function, they could prematurely close your comment and then you’d end up with trouble.

Alternatively you could add a php comment like so:

[php]
<?php //commentfunctionhere(); ?>
[/php]

]]> By: Chris Copland http://www.rlmseo.com/blog/turn-off-comments/#comment-38 Chris Copland Sat, 09 Oct 2010 14:45:04 +0000 http://www.rlmseo.com/turn-off-comments/#comment-38 Hi John, Thanks for this solution. Question Though, Would it have the same effect if the lines of code were just "Commented Out" like. <!--Commented Out By ?? Date ??--> If this is an alternative it would be a lot easier to reverse. What do you think. Chris Hi John,
Thanks for this solution.
Question Though, Would it have the same effect if the
lines of code were just “Commented Out” like.

<!–Commented Out By ?? Date ??–>

If this is an alternative it would be a lot easier to reverse.

What do you think.

Chris

]]> By: Jessica http://www.rlmseo.com/blog/turn-off-comments/#comment-37 Jessica Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:58:03 +0000 http://www.rlmseo.com/turn-off-comments/#comment-37 THANK YOU!! I'M VERY GRATEFUL!!! THANK YOU!! I’M VERY GRATEFUL!!!

]]> By: Mike http://www.rlmseo.com/blog/turn-off-comments/#comment-36 Mike Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:56:02 +0000 http://www.rlmseo.com/turn-off-comments/#comment-36 Worked excellent, thanks!! Worked excellent, thanks!!

]]> By: John Crenshaw http://www.rlmseo.com/blog/turn-off-comments/#comment-35 John Crenshaw Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:02:12 +0000 http://www.rlmseo.com/turn-off-comments/#comment-35 Haha...Ironic indeed ;-) Haha…Ironic indeed ;-)

]]> By: ken http://www.rlmseo.com/blog/turn-off-comments/#comment-34 ken Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:57:54 +0000 http://www.rlmseo.com/turn-off-comments/#comment-34 Thanks! For my site i simply removed the comment line from the index.php file and that was all i needed. I also can't believe that this is not made easier by default in wordpress. Also anyone find it ironic that this article to remove comments allows comments? ;) Thanks! For my site i simply removed the comment line from the index.php file and that was all i needed. I also can’t believe that this is not made easier by default in wordpress.

Also anyone find it ironic that this article to remove comments allows comments? ;)

]]> By: John Crenshaw http://www.rlmseo.com/blog/turn-off-comments/#comment-33 John Crenshaw Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:36:50 +0000 http://www.rlmseo.com/turn-off-comments/#comment-33 @Scott, @Sloan: Glad you found it useful! @Scott, @Sloan: Glad you found it useful!

]]> By: Sloan http://www.rlmseo.com/blog/turn-off-comments/#comment-32 Sloan Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:47:39 +0000 http://www.rlmseo.com/turn-off-comments/#comment-32 I started getting tons of spammy comments lately and very few legitimate comments so I just took your advice and got rid of it all. Worked great! Donthca think Wordpress would just have a button called: "Turn off Comments"? Thanks again. I started getting tons of spammy comments lately and very few legitimate comments so I just took your advice and got rid of it all. Worked great! Donthca think WordPress would just have a button called: “Turn off Comments”? Thanks again.

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