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1. M.K.
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   People are asking for jobs in my Dubai Employment Help site! I have the forum for these kinds of questions, so until my visitors learn to use the forum, how can I disable comments in the blog?

   Thanks,

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 3 years ago #

   For already published posts you need to uncheck the Allow Comments under the Comments & Pings section on each post.

   You also need uncheck the Allow people to post comments on the article via Administration > Settings > Discussion so that when creating posts in the future that Allow Comments box is automatically unchecked.

3. M.K.
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks,

4. Zoinks! Graphics
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I've seen a few requests for this type of solution during my own quest. Having just come up with an alternative to manually changing each post's settings *or* editing the database, I figured I'd post it here for the benefit of others.

   In /wp-content/themes/YOURtheme/single.php replace all the if/elseif $post->comment_status and 'open'==$post->ping_status with the following...

   if(('open'==$post->comment_status) &&
   	('open'==get_option('default_comment_status')))
   		{
   		echo ' You can follow any responses to this entry through the ';
   		post_comments_feed_link('RSS 2.0');  echo ' feed. ';
   
   		echo ' You can skip to the end and <a href="#respond">leave a response</a>. ';
   		}
   
   	if('open'==$post->ping_status)
   		{
   		echo ' You can <a href="';  trackback_url();
   		echo ' " rel="trackback">trackback</a> from your own site. ';
   		}

   Then change comments_template(); to...

   if('open'==get_option('default_comment_status'))
   		{ comments_template(); }

   The resultant potential repetition of "You can" verbiage isn't as elegant as the the default text, but it solves the issue of being able to turn off comment display/commenting in ALL posts in one shot using the Administration > Settings > Discussion "Allow people to post comments on the article" button, overriding each post's individual discussion settings.

   Hope this helps someone out there!

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