Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support] vs WPControl – The Easiest Optimization Plugin for WordPress

Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support] Enable/Disable comments on any WordPress content (Pages, Posts, or Media) to stop spammers. WP-CLI, XML-RPC & REST-API support to stop spam comments. More About Plugin ◼️ Documentation ◼️ Support Forum Take Global Control Over Your WordPress Site Override all comments-related settings throughout your website & manage your comments just the way you want. Disable Comments On Posts, Pages & Media Choose which posts, pages or media should allow comments from site visitors & configure Disable Comments accordingly Disallow Comments On Multi-Site Network Have multiple websites? Get rid of irrelevant comments on the entire network using Disable Comments Plugin KEY FEATURES OF DISABLE COMMENTS All “Comments” links are hidden from the Admin Menu and Admin Bar. All comment-related sections (“Recent Comments”, “Discussion” etc.) are hidden from the WordPress Dashboard. All comment-related widgets are disabled (so your theme cannot use them). The “Discussion” settings page is hidden. All comment RSS/Atom feeds are disabled (and requests for these will be redirected to the parent post). The X-Pingback HTTP header is removed from all pages. Outgoing pingbacks are disabled. Stop spam comments entirely from the site with one click. [New] Delete comments by type. [New] Disable comments via XML-RPC & REST-API [New] Fully Multi-site Network supported. [New] Manage multiple website network-specific subsites or entire network comments in advance. [New] Exclude Disable Comments Settings based on user roles. [New] AI-agent ready: supports the WordPress Abilities API (WP 6.9+), so AI assistants and MCP clients can read your comment settings. Please delete any existing comments on your site before applying this setting, otherwise (depending on your theme) those comments may still be displayed to visitors. You can use the Delete Comments tool to delete any existing comments on your site. 🌟 WHAT’S NEW WITH DISABLE COMMENTS 2.0 AMAZING USER FRIENDLY INTERFACE Easily configure your comment-related settings with an amazing and attractive app-like user interface. WP-CLI COMMANDS TO DISABLE COMMENTS Use WP-CLI control for comment-related settings to disable comments on posts, pages, attachments or everywhere on your website. GET STARTED WITH QUICK SETUP WIZARD Use the quick setup wizard after activating the plugin to instantly configure comment-related settings for your WordPress website. DISABLE COMMENTS ON DOCS Instantly disable comments on your documentation pages or WordPress knowledge base with a single click. DELETE CERTAIN COMMENT TYPE(S) Permanently delete certain comment types from your WordPress website including WooCommerce product reviews as well as generic comments. DISABLE COMMENTS VIA XML-RPC And REST API Block any comments made on your WordPress website via XML-RPC specification and REST API. Important note: Use this plugin if you don’t want comments at all on your site (or on certain post types). Don’t use it if you want to selectively disable comments on individual posts – WordPress lets you do that anyway. If you don’t know how to disable comments on individual posts, there are instructions in the FAQ. If you come across any bugs or have suggestions, please use the plugin support forum. I can’t fix it if I don’t know it’s broken! Please check the FAQ for common issues. Want to contribute? Here’s the GitHub development repository. A must-use version of the plugin is also available. Advanced Configuration Some of the plugin’s behavior can be modified by site administrators and plugin/theme developers through code: Define DISABLE_COMMENTS_REMOVE_COMMENTS_TEMPLATE and set it to false to prevent the plugin from replacing the theme’s comment template with an empty one. Define DISABLE_COMMENTS_ALLOW_DISCUSSION_SETTINGS and set it to true to prevent the plugin from hiding the Discussion settings page. These definitions can be made either in your main wp-config.php or in your theme’s functions.php file. THIS PLUGIN IS NOW MAINTAINED BY THE TEAM WPDeveloper. 💙 LOVED DISABLE COMMENTS? 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WPControl is the ultimate way to clean up your WordPress site. With over 20 built-in optimizations, WPControl allows you to easily enable and disable WordPress Core features, letting you remove those features that you don’t use from the dashboard you and your users see. Simply put, WPControl is the ultimate plugin that you need to control your website. With our single plugin, you can remove the need to have plugins for things like: Disabling emails Disabling comments Disabling the WordPress REST API and so much more All in a single, easy to use plugin that helps boost both the performance and security of your WordPress install. WPControl is designed for simplicity first, made by the same WPBeginner team that makes your favorite WordPress tutorials. Our plugin is used by the plugin authors behind many of your favorite WordPress plugins including MonsterInsights , WPForms, AIOSEO and more. Simple, yet powerful. I love that I can easily disable all of the features of WordPress I’m not using in a single plugin. It makes new site setup a breeze! Chris Christoff At WPControl, we found that there are many unused features of WordPress that make it a hassle sometimes or we just don’t need. There are tons of plugins already out there that will disable a specific feature. But taking the time and energy to optimize all of them was too much. We made just one plugin that has the features of many so you can have a one stop shop for disabling unused features of WordPress. Unlike other methods of disabling features, WPControl allows you to disable many features with just a few clicks (no need to hire a developer). Settings Include Disable Comments – You can disable comments site wide or on specific post types such as posts, pages, and media. Disable Gutenberg – Disables the Gutenberg block editor and reverts it the Classic Editor Disable “Try Gutenberg” Nag – Removes the annoying admin notice that keeps nagging you to try Gutenberg Disable Shortlinks – The tag is auto generated by WordPress and is used to create shortlinks. If you are already using pretty permalinks, such as the PrettyLinks plugin. Then there is no need for this unnecessary tag. Disable RSD Link – RSD Links are used by blog clients and some 3rd parties that utilize XML-RPC requests. If you edit your site through your browser, then you do not need it. Most of the time, it is just unnecessary code. Remove XFN Profile Link – The XFN Profile Link is used to add semantic data to links to be used by browsers to assign relationships between profiles. Basically it tells browsers that the site contains links that use XFN Specification Disable wlwmanifest Link – The wlwmanifest link is used by Windows Live Writer. If you don’t use Windows Live Writer then disable the link as it is unnecessary code. Disable Links to Previous and Next Post – If your site is not a blog and is used as a CMS, then this feature will remove the previous and next post links in your WordPress theme. Disable XML-RPC Pingback – Removes XML-RPC method to prevent abuse of site’s pingback while you can use the rest of the XML-RPC Pingback method. Disable Gravatar – Blocks users WordPress from getting user Gravatar from their email to add privacy for the users or prevent inappropriate avatars. Disable Rest API – Disables the REST-API to prevent abuse of Rest/JSON API. Hide Login Errors – An attacker can find the authors login using a similar request as mysite.com/?author=1. Remove HTML comments – Removes HTML comments in source code to add a layer of defense from attackers trying to find the version of plugins. Remove Meta Generator – This meta tag allows attackers to see the version of WordPress, it serves no useful purpose. Disable Right Click – You can disable the ability to right click on your site, or just specific things like posts, pages, media, front page, and even have the ability to show an alert to the user that right click is disabled. Disable Admin Notices – You can disable all admin notices that appear in the admin settings page. Disable New User Emails – Stops WordPress from sending new user notification emails to admin. Disable Search – Disable the front-end search bar in WordPress. Disable Lazy Loading – Removes the lazy loading functionality that was added in WordPress 5.3. Hide Admin Toolbar – Hides the admin toolbar when the admin is on the front-end Disable Dashboard Widgets – Gives you the option to disable whichever default dashboard widgets you want. After reading this feature list, you can probably imagine why WPControl is the best disable plugin for WordPress. Give WPControl a try today! Credits This plugin is created by Zain Balkhi of the WPBeginner team. What’s Next If you like this plugin, then consider checking out our other projects: MonsterInsights – Best Google Analytics plugin for WordPress OptinMonster – Get More Email Subscribers WPForms – Best WordPress Contact Form Plugin AIOSEO – The original WordPress SEO plugin to help you rank higher in search results (trusted by over 2 million sites) SeedProd – Most popular coming soon & maintenance mode plugin for WordPress WP Mail SMTP – Improve email deliverability for your contact form with the most popular SMTP plugin for WordPress RafflePress – Best WordPress giveaway and contest plugin to grow traffic and social followers Smash Balloon – #1 social feeds plugin for WordPress – display social media content in WordPress without code PushEngage – Connect with visitors after they leave your website with the leading web push notification plugin TrustPulse – Add real-time social proof notifications to boost your store conversions by up to 15% This plugin would not be possible without the help and support of WPBeginner, the largest WordPress resource site. 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