Title: Override Comment Deadline Author: Scott Nelle Published: November 4, 2014 Last modified: November 4, 2014 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/override-comment-deadline.svg) # Override Comment Deadline By [Scott Nelle](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scottnelle/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/override-comment-deadline.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/override-comment-deadline/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/override-comment-deadline/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/override-comment-deadline/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/override-comment-deadline/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/override-comment-deadline/) ## Description WordPress lets you set a number of days after which comments will be unavailable for individual posts. This plugin will allow you to keep commenting open on specific posts. Once the plugin is enabled: * Set a comment deadline in Settings > Discussion using the “Automatically Close Comments…” option. Closing comments on old posts is a great way to avoid spam comments. * Edit an individual post on which you’d like to keep discussion open indefinitely and check the Override Comment Deadline box. ## Installation 1. Upload Override Comment Deadline to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Override Comment Deadline” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Scott Nelle ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scottnelle/) [Translate “Override Comment Deadline” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/override-comment-deadline) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/override-comment-deadline/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/override-comment-deadline/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/override-comment-deadline/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/override-comment-deadline/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * Initial Release ## Meta * Version **1.0** * Last updated **12 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.0.38** * Tags * [comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/)[discussion](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/discussion/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/override-comment-deadline/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/override-comment-deadline/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/override-comment-deadline/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/override-comment-deadline/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/override-comment-deadline/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/override-comment-deadline/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/override-comment-deadline/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/override-comment-deadline/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Scott Nelle ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scottnelle/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/override-comment-deadline/)