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diff --git a/build/disabling-comments-in-wordpress/index.html b/build/disabling-comments-in-wordpress/index.html index 577bf2b..aceba38 100644 --- a/build/disabling-comments-in-wordpress/index.html +++ b/build/disabling-comments-in-wordpress/index.html @@ -1,28 +1,34 @@ <!doctype html> -<html lang="en" id="top"> +<html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <link rel="icon" href="data:,"> <title>Disabling Comments in WordPress</title> - <link href="https://bt.ht/atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="Atom feed for blog posts" /> - <style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{overflow:auto;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}</style> + <link href="/atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="Atom feed for blog posts" /> + <link href="/rss.xml" type="application/rss+xml" rel="alternate" title="RSS feed for blog posts" /> +<style>*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{font-family:sans-serif;line-height:1.33;margin:0 auto;max-width:650px;padding:1rem;}img{max-width:100%;}pre{border:1px solid;overflow:auto;padding:5px;}table{text-align:left;width:100%;}.footnotes{font-size:90%;}</style> </head> <nav> - <a href="#menu">Menu ↓</a> + <a href="#menu">Menu ↓</a> </nav> <main> -<h1>Disabling Comments in WordPress</h1> +<h1 id="disabling-comments-in-wordpress">Disabling Comments in WordPress</h1> + <p>2020-12-28</p> + <p><em>I seem to come across a decent amount of clients</em> and users online that have a difficult time knowing how to disable comments for both future <em>and</em> previous blog posts. It isn’t the easiest for both use cases, so let’s break it down.</p> -<h2>Back to the future</h2> + +<h2 id="back-to-the-future">Back to the future</h2> + <p>Disabling comments on all <em>future</em> blog posts is fairly straightforward:</p> -<p><ol><li>Navigate to your WordPress admin dashboard</li><li>Go to <strong>Settings</strong> > <strong>Discussion</strong></li><li>Uncheck <strong>Allow people to submit comments on new posts</strong></li><li>That’s it!</li></ol></p> -<h2>But what about old posts?</h2> + +<h2 id="but-what-about-old-posts">But what about old posts?</h2> + <p>Have no fear - “Bulk Actions” are here to save the day! In order to retroactively disable comments on older posts, do the following:</p> -<p><ol><li>Navigate to <strong>Posts</strong></li><li>Select the specific posts you would like to disable comments on (or select all of them)</li><li>Click the <strong>Bulk Actions</strong> drop-down menu and choose <strong>Edit</strong></li><li>Press <strong>Apply</strong></li><li>In the <strong>Bulk Edit</strong> view, look for the <strong>Comments</strong> drop-down </li><li>Select <strong>Do Not Allow</strong> and click <strong>Update</strong></li><li>That’s it!</li><div></div></ol></p> + <p>I hope this article saves others any headaches in the future. WordPress itself could certainly make this more streamlined, but for now what we have works. Happy (not) commenting!</p> <footer role="contentinfo"> <h2>Menu Navigation</h2> |