Title: One Click Close Comments Author: Scott Reilly Published: June 12, 2009 Last modified: April 17, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/one-click-close-comments/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2055754) ![](https://ps.w.org/one-click-close-comments/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=2055754) # One Click Close Comments By [Scott Reilly](https://profiles.wordpress.org/coffee2code/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/one-click-close-comments.3.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/one-click-close-comments/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/one-click-close-comments/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/one-click-close-comments/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/one-click-close-comments/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/one-click-close-comments/) ## Description From the admin listing of posts (‘Edit Posts’) and pages (‘Edit Pages’), a user can close or open comments to any posts to which they have sufficient privileges to make such changes (essentially admins and post authors for their own posts). This is done via an AJAX-powered color-coded indicator. The color-coding gives instant feedback on the current status of the post for comments: green means the post/page is open to comments, red means the post/page is closed to comments. Being AJAX-powered means that the change is submitted in the background after being clicked without requiring a page reload. This plugin will only function for administrative users in the admin who have JavaScript enabled. Links: [Plugin Homepage](https://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/one-click-close-comments/) | [Plugin Directory Page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/one-click-close-comments/) | [GitHub](https://github.com/coffee2code/one-click-close-comments/) | [Author Homepage](https://coffee2code.com) ### Developer Documentation Developer documentation can be found in [DEVELOPER-DOCS.md](https://github.com/coffee2code/one-click-close-comments/blob/master/DEVELOPER-DOCS.md). That documentation covers the hooks provided by the plugin. As an overview, these are the hooks provided by the plugin: * `c2c_one_click_close_comments_click_char` : Filter to customize the character, string, or markup used as the indicator used to toggle a post’s comment status. ## Screenshots * [[ * A screenshot of the ‘Posts’ admin page with the plugin activated. The tooltip( from hovering over a green indicator) reads: “Comments are open. Click to close.” Were the mouse to hover over a red indicator, the tooltip would read: “Comments are closed. Click to open.” ## Installation 1. Install via the built-in WordPress plugin installer. Or install the plugin code inside the plugins directory for your site (typically `/wp-content/plugins/`). 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ admin menu in WordPress 3. When on the ‘Edit Posts’ or ‘Edit Pages’ admin pages, click the indicators to toggle the comment status for a post, as necessary. ## FAQ ### I can see the colored comment bubble indicating current commenting status, but why aren’t they clickable? The commenting status link/button is only clickable if you have JavaScript enabled. ### What do the colors of the comment bubble mean? Green means the post is currently open for comments; red means the post is not currently open for comments. ### How can I customize the colors used for the comment bubble? You can customize the colors via CSS. The class `.comment-state-1` applies to comments that are open. The class `.comment-state-0` applies to comments that are closed. I recommend my [Add Admin CSS plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-admin-css/) to easily add this CSS. ### How can I customize the character used to represent commenting status? By default, commenting status is represented using the comment bubble dashicon, ` dashicons-admin-comments`. You can change this by filtering `c2c_one_click_close_comments_click_char`. Here’s an example — added to a theme’s functions.php file — to change it to the original bullet (solid circle) character: ``` add_filter( 'c2c_one_click_close_comments_click_char', function ( $a ) { return "•"; } ); ``` ### How can I open or close comments when editing a specific post? WordPress already includes the interface for you to edit the comment status for a specific post. When editing a post, you’ll find the setting in the “Discussion” section; the checkbox is labeled “Allow Comments”. ### Why does the comment status indicator indicate that comments are open, when in reality comments are disabled (or vice vera)? The comment status indicator only reflects the value of the “Allow Comments” setting for the post. In most cases, the indicator will accurately reflect the ability for the user to see the comment form and/or submit a comment. However, other plugins, the theme, or custom code may affect the visitor’s ability to see the comment form when viewing a post and/or may permit or disable commenting at the time the post is shown to them despite the value of the setting. For instance, you could have another plugin installed which disables comments for a post after one year. After a year, that plugin would disable comments in its own way, but the comment status indicator for the post could reflect that comments are open since technically the post’s “Allow Comments” setting would still be enabled. ### Why can’t I see the comment status indicator for certain custom post types? The comment status indicator only appears for post types that support having comments. ### Does this plugin have unit tests? Yes. The tests are not packaged in the release .zip file or included in plugins. svn.wordpress.org, but can be found in the [plugin’s GitHub repository](https://github.com/coffee2code/one-click-close-comments/). ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/70d41198497ebad3fd4a5222f1060dbc376512151f3650bdedd7f4c10ada307d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-10122/)󠁿 [becaneweb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/becaneweb/) November 18, 2023 Merci pour ce plugin simple et efficace ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/598dea14cf1dfd5c5c59bc39ef27b98d3793202477a1e6ab3e652dd4a108b702? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Nice work!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-work-565/)󠁿 [cybercli](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cybercli/) April 2, 2023 As simple as this plugin is it solves a BIG problem for me! I needed something that would close and open comments on posts based on the author role but doing it manually works just fine. Thanks! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8bf8953b3e510bb5501fab1559685d16bc34e9939ba19f7f0a4b88616092d457? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-plugin-4023/)󠁿 [James1101](https://profiles.wordpress.org/james1101/) June 19, 2018 Excellent plugin. Used it for many years without a problem. It is a pity that it is not updated anymore. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e43333e9e9144e4ba6ab42f0199bfc42efe3561ae5f4584fcb76b6110c8a9823? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Easy and fast!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-and-fast-33/)󠁿 [jirkaxxl](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jirkaxxl/) September 3, 2016 However the dot is green even though the comments were automatically closed. Why? Error or feature? 🙂 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/83d3ba133e1fd5422595fc5deff6340a4c654d5372f5805eca8c25450ecdef1b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great utitlity plugin for wordpress bloggers](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-utitlity-plugin-for-wordpress-bloggers/)󠁿 [Weblizar – WordPress Themes & Plugin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/weblizar/) February 8, 2017 I used that plugin as a perfect utility tool for our documentation pages. One click& your work is done. Awesome!!! Thanks Weblizar [ Read all 10 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/one-click-close-comments/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “One Click Close Comments” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Scott Reilly ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/coffee2code/) “One Click Close Comments” has been translated into 4 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/one-click-close-comments/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “One Click Close Comments” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/one-click-close-comments) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/one-click-close-comments/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/one-click-close-comments/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/one-click-close-comments/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/one-click-close-comments/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 3.0 (2025-04-17) Highlights: This long-awaited major release improves accessibility by allowing keyboard navigation and interaction, reimplements JS to only use vanilla JS, properly shows (or doesn’t show) mouse cursor as pointer when hovering over comment status toggle, notes compatibility through WP 6.8+, and more. Details: * Change: Improve accessibility - Change: Use a semantic `button` instead of a `span` - New: Allow comment state buttons to be navigable by keyboard - New: Allow keyboard control by having the spacebar toggle comment state when toggle is focused * Change: Reimplement JavaScript to use vanilla JS and discontinue use of jQuery * Change: Prevent UI cues indicating comment status might be changeable to users who cannot change them (they never could) - Change: Prevent cursor from changing to pointer when comment status cannot be changed - Change: Prevent asynchronous JS submission of request to toggle comment status * Change: Prevent display and use of comment status indicator for post types that don’t support comments * Change: Improve nonce handling - Change: Generate a unique nonce per post rather than a generic nonce - Change: Store nonce in ‘data-nonce’ attribute rather than ‘id’ - Change: Use unused private static class variable ‘nonce_field’ as base for nonce field key and value * Change: Use result of update to recognize if the comment status didn’t get changed for some reason * Change: Ensure AJAX response is only ever an integer * Change: Remove any markup potentially introduced in a string translation * Fix: Restore changing mouse cursor to a pointer on hover * Change: Assign additional generic class of ‘comment_state’ to indicator markup * Change: Reset field_title variable in `reset()` and use `reset()` during initialization * Change: Use `update()` rather than `query()` for making SQL update request * New: Add inline documentation to class variables * New: Add recommendation for Add Admin CSS plugin for adding the CSS suggested in FAQ entry related to customizing indicator * New: Add DEVELOPER-DOCS.md and move hooks documentation into it * Change: Discontinue unnecessary explicit loading of textdomain * Change: Prevent unwarranted PHPCS complaints * Change: Tweak some text in the FAQ section, including fixing a typo * Change: Note compatibility through WP 6.8+ * Change: Update copyright date (2025) * Change: Note compatibility through PHP 8.3+ * Change: Tweak installation instruction * Change: Reduce number of ‘Tags’ in readme.txt * Change: Remove development and testing related files from release packaging * Unit tests: - Fix: Allow tests to run against current versions of WordPress - Hardening: Prevent direct web access to `bootstrap.php` - Change: Restructure unit test directories * Change: Move `bin/` into `tests/` * Change: Move `tests/bootstrap.php` into `tests/phpunit/` * Change: Move `tests/test-one-click-close-comments.php` into `tests/phpunit/ tests/` - Change: Remove ‘test-‘ prefix from unit test files - Change: In bootstrap, store path to plugin file constant - Change: In bootstrap, add backcompat for PHPUnit pre-v6.0 - Change: Rename `phpunit.xml` to `phpunit.xml.dist` per best practices - New: Add `composer.json` for PHPUnit Polyfill dependency - Change: Explicitly define return type for overridden methods * New: Add a few more possible TODO items #### 2.7.1 (2021-04-01) * New: Add a unit test * Change: Note compatibility through WP 5.7+ * Change: Update copyright date (2021) #### 2.7 (2020-08-02) Highlights: * This recommended release updates its JavaScript, streamlines markup output, adds unit testing, adds a TODO.md file, updates a few URLs to be HTTPS, notes compatibility through 5.4+, and other minor behind-the-scenes improvements. Details: * New: Extract code for determining click character into new `get_click_char()` * New: Add unit tests * New: Add `reset()` for resetting memoized variables * New: Add TODO.md and move existing TODO list from top of main plugin file into it (and add items to it) * Change: Improve output of markup - Remove encompassing `span` only shown for users authorized to toggle comment status - Add ‘title’ attribute to primary span to indicate current state - Change text to not indicate that comment staus can be toggled when user does not have that capability * Change: Update JavaScript - Change: Migrate use of deprecated `.live()` to `.on()` - Change: Handle removal of a previously encapsulating `span` - Change: Remove unused code - Change: Update code syntax * Change: Allow class to be defined even when loaded outside the admin * Change: Return ‘-1’ to Ajax requests that don’t result in the comment status being toggled * Change: Add `$and_exit` argument to `toggle_comment_status()` to prevent exiting in order to facilitate unit testing * Change: Refactor `add_post_column()` to be more concise * Change: Add inline docs for deprecated filter `one-click-close-comments-click- char` * Change: Switch to use of strict equality operator instead of simple equality operator * Change: Note compatibility through WP 5.4+ * Change: Update links to coffee2code.com to be HTTPS _Full changelog is available in [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/coffee2code/one-click-close-comments/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)._ ## Meta * Version **3.0** * Last updated **12 months ago** * Active installations **6,000+** * WordPress version ** 4.7 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * Languages * [Czech](https://cs.wordpress.org/plugins/one-click-close-comments/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/one-click-close-comments/), [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/one-click-close-comments/), [Romanian](https://ro.wordpress.org/plugins/one-click-close-comments/), and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/one-click-close-comments/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/one-click-close-comments) * Tags * [admin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[coffee2code](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/coffee2code/) [comment](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comment/)[comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/) [status](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/status/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/one-click-close-comments/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.9 out of 5 stars. * [ 9 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/one-click-close-comments/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/one-click-close-comments/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/one-click-close-comments/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/one-click-close-comments/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/one-click-close-comments/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/one-click-close-comments/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/one-click-close-comments/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Scott Reilly ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/coffee2code/) ## Support Got something to say? 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