From 6b742c459266b18e2b375b35205ce8a6c02f0452 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bradley Taunt Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 08:05:12 -0400 Subject: Initial commit --- posts/disabling-comments-in-wordpress.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 posts/disabling-comments-in-wordpress.md (limited to 'posts/disabling-comments-in-wordpress.md') diff --git a/posts/disabling-comments-in-wordpress.md b/posts/disabling-comments-in-wordpress.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..62ba779 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/disabling-comments-in-wordpress.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# Disabling Comments in WordPress + +2020-12-28 + +*I seem to come across a decent amount of clients* and users online that have a difficult time knowing how to disable comments for both future *and* previous blog posts. It isn’t the easiest for both use cases, so let’s break it down. + +## Back to the future + +Disabling comments on all *future* blog posts is fairly straightforward: + +
  1. Navigate to your WordPress admin dashboard
  2. Go to Settings > Discussion
  3. Uncheck Allow people to submit comments on new posts
  4. That’s it!
+ +## But what about old posts? + +Have no fear - “Bulk Actions” are here to save the day! In order to retroactively disable comments on older posts, do the following: + +
  1. Navigate to Posts
  2. Select the specific posts you would like to disable comments on (or select all of them)
  3. Click the Bulk Actions drop-down menu and choose Edit
  4. Press Apply
  5. In the Bulk Edit view, look for the Comments drop-down
  6. Select Do Not Allow and click Update
  7. That’s it!
+ +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! -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf