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1. cmm77wfc
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi everyone,

   I've recently been receiving a more than usual amount of Spam comments. All comments are automatically sent to be moderated before appearing, so I have always dealt with them by moderating them and then since they're produced by a bot, I close the article they are attacking, to comments.

   However, I'm growing VERY tired of them doing this and I have far too many articles to keep it up. I am trying to figure out how to close ALL my articles to comments. I can't seem to figure it out though.

   Can anyone help me in finding out how this is done? I think it's possible through myPHPAdmin, right? But I don't have a clue about how to globally close every article that way.

   I appreciate any and all help in this issue, and thank you in advance!

2. Justin Tadlock
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   In your WordPress dashboard, go to Settings > Discussion and uncheck the box labeled Allow people to post comments on the article.

3. Jeremy Clark
   Moderator
   Posted 3 years ago #

   That won't close them on older articles. You'd either have to close it on each old post or in phpmyadmin in the posts table changing the comment_status to closed on your posts.

4. jbjweb
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   This is what you need :)
   http://www.wprecipes.com/how-to-get-rid-of-the-comment-section-on-your-wordpress-blog

5. cmm77wfc
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks for the help! I did try going to my phpmyadmin and changing the comment_status to closed, but I might not have done that in the right place. I'll have to check it again, as these spam comments are getting even more ridiculous!

   I like to have the legit comments already posted in the past still visible though, so removing the whole comments section may only be a last resort. Of course, I may just tweak the code to remove the comment form for entry. . .

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