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For some of the websites you create, comments are completely unnecessary. Sometimes it’s a matter of not wanting people to comment on your pages. so, see now how to disable comments in WordPress easily.
There are two types of blogs in the world: those that allow comments, and those that don’t. And if you follow the no-comment route, you’ve got some pretty good options to get those comments disabled. Depending on how much control you want over it and how widespread you need the disabling, there are built-in WordPress comment controls as well as (free) third-party options.
Disable Comments in WordPress
While there is a plugin for everything in WordPress, much of the functionality for this use case is built into the core of WordPress itself. To disable WordPress comments in the most basic and easiest way go into the Settings tab of your WP admin panel and head into Discussion. Here you will see most of the comments-related controls.
What you’re mainly looking for is Allow people to post comments on new articles (#3). If you uncheck this box, you won’t even have a spot for people to comment on new articles. Not even a message saying comments are closed. Simply nothing. You will not, however, remove any comments sections from old articles. So this is only good if you want to disable WordPress comments on new sites or from a certain point moving forward.
Also, note the boxed area in the image above: if you want to disable comments on posts based on their age, you can do so by checking this box and setting the time period to however short or long you want. This option will not remove comments, however. It will simply remove the ability to post anything and give the user a message that comments are closed for that post.
Both of these also apply to Pages in WordPress as well.