From 088c87bcb58be576308da503d4f11a68843c5013 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bradley Taunt Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 16:23:43 -0400 Subject: Initial new commit --- .../2020-12-28-disabling-comments-in-wordpress.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2020-12-28-disabling-comments-in-wordpress.md (limited to '_posts/2020-12-28-disabling-comments-in-wordpress.md') diff --git a/_posts/2020-12-28-disabling-comments-in-wordpress.md b/_posts/2020-12-28-disabling-comments-in-wordpress.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2af1c83 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2020-12-28-disabling-comments-in-wordpress.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Disabling Comments in WordPress" +date: 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