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1. Lawcom
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I would like to remove comments from 2 categories while still allowing comments in 2 other categories ..

   So this is not a global remove comments just specific to the 2 categories that do not require comments, so would like them removed..

   Anyone got an insight ?

   Thanks ...

2. kymac
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I can give you a query to identify the comments for a category. just replace 'my_category_slug' with your own category slug:

   SELECT *
   FROM wp_comments
   WHERE comment_post_ID
   IN (
   
   SELECT c.object_id
   FROM wp_terms a, wp_term_taxonomy b, wp_term_relationships c
   WHERE a.name = 'my_category_slug'
   AND b.term_id = a.term_id
   AND b.taxonomy = 'category'
   AND c.term_taxonomy_id = b.term_taxonomy_id
   )

   however, using this to delete comments is DANGEROUS! It will not reset the comment_count in the related posts, and I don't know what effect this will have on the site.

   IF YOU USE THIS TO DELETE COMMENTS, BACK UP YOUR DATABASE!

3. Lawcom
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks kymac ..

   It is a new site and as such no direct comments to delete, I just don't want to make them available from the off ..

   In 2 specific categories which do not require commenting on ..

4. PBP_Editor
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You can do something more topical

   <?php if ( in_category( array( 'cat1', 'cat2') ) {
   //hide comments box
   .commentclass {display:none;}
   }
   ?>

   Look at the div class or id or whatever holds the comment box and use that for .commentclass

5. Lawcom
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   mmmmmmmmm I was thinking there must be a simply WP solution that I was just too stupid or blind to see ?

   Surely WP didn't expect every category produced would want to have comments made ? it seems like such a simple request to have.. This category, no comments..

   Is there not a plugin that I may have missed that does this ?

6. Lawcom
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I guess the first easy step is not to allow comments per post, a bit of a hassle but not too much, but then how would I remove the 'Comments are closed.' just on that category posts ?

7. Jack Barham
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   PBP_Editor,

   I presume that code needs to go in page.php, but where abouts in that page does the it need to go.

   I am trying to manually disable comments from certain categories as well!

   Many thanks - Jack

8. WesleyTack
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi, I'm also trying to turn off comments in some category pages.
   I would like to know how to do this, I also can't seem to get it to work atm, what .php file should we add this, I'm not very good at .php you see :)

   thanks!

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