From dc6db80fa72286704849ef61ee0e5ccb5841cb09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bradley Taunt Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 14:28:49 -0400 Subject: Conversion to barf for testing purposes --- .../2020-12-28-disabling-comments-in-wordpress.md | 22 ---------------------- 1 file changed, 22 deletions(-) delete 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 deleted file mode 100644 index 2af1c83..0000000 --- a/_posts/2020-12-28-disabling-comments-in-wordpress.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,22 +0,0 @@ ---- -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