If you want to disable WordPress comments for a specific post, this article may be helpful for you. There may be multiple reasons to disable comments in WordPress. It may because of security purposes.
Or there may be any other reasons. You can totally disallow comments on your website. But if you want to disable only for a particular post or some of your posts then you can do this also.
There is a very simple process for it. Let’s understand how you can disable WordPress comments for a specific post.
Disable WordPress Comments for a Specific Post
Log in to your WordPress dashboard and click on Posts. After it, click on All Post. The list of your post will open. Now select your specific post for which you want to disable comments.
Hover on the selected post and click on the edit button. When you will hover on a selected post, the edit button will appear.
Now your post editor page will open and you can disable the comments. You just need to click on Discussion which is available on the right sidebar.
Now you will have the option of Allow Comments. You just untick this option and Update the post.
In this way you can disable WordPress comments for a specific post.
Summary:
- Log in to the WordPress dashboard and click on Posts.
- Click on All Post.
- Select a post from your list.
- Hover on a post and the edit option will appear.
- Click on Edit Button.
- Click on Discussion.
- Untick allow comments.
Disable Comments For Multiple Posts
What if you want to disable WordPress comments for multiple posts? You can disable them one by one through the above process. But it will consume so much time of yours.
There is a way to disable comments for multiple posts in one shot.
You open your posts list and select the posts for which you want to disable the comments.
Now click on the Bulk option, which is at the top of your posts list. And select the edit option. After it, you just need to click on Apply button.
There will be a comment option on the page. As you can see an example image above. Click on the drop-down arrow which is right on Comments. You will have two options.
- Allow
- Do not allow
You just need to select Do not allow. After completing the steps, click on the Update button. In this way, comments will be disabled for all the selected posts.
Summary:
- Log in to the WordPress dashboard and click on Posts.
- Click on All Post.
- Select multiple posts.
- Click on Bulk and select the edit option.
- Click on the drop-down arrow of comments
- Select Do not Allow
- Click on Update.
Conclusion
As you can see that you can disable WordPress comments for a specific post and multiple posts also. It is not necessary that disable comments completely. It is up to you that you want to disable comments for some posts or pages or for all.
Normally, website owners disable comments to enhance security practices. It is basically to stop spam comments. If not handled carefully, spam comments may damage the website as well.
However, you can also block spam comments by using security plugins like Akismet.
But sometimes, bloggers or site owners disable comments because of their huge numbers of comments. And it is not easy to manage a lot of comments on site.
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