Title: Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam
Author: Mehraz Morshed
Published: <strong>March 12, 2023</strong>
Last modified: November 8, 2025

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# Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam

 By [Mehraz Morshed](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mehrazmorshed/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/turn-off-comments.1.8.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/turn-off-comments/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/turn-off-comments/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/turn-off-comments/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/turn-off-comments/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/turn-off-comments/)

## Description

Remove comments functionality from your website!

The **[Turn Off Comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/turn-off-comments)** Plugin
is a valuable tool for WordPress Websites to remove comment section and hide comments.

### Why and how to disable comments and stop spam?

Comments can be a valuable tool for website owners, allowing for engagement with
readers and fostering a sense of community. However, not all comments are beneficial.
Many websites face challenges such as:

 * **Spam:** Automated bots and malicious users often flood comment sections with
   irrelevant or harmful content.
 * **Moderation Overload:** Managing comments can be time-consuming, especially 
   for websites with high traffic.
 * **Privacy Concerns:** Sometimes, website owners may want to disallow comments
   for privacy or security reasons.

To address these issues, the **[Turn Off Comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/turn-off-comments)**
offers the essential feature of hide comment section that makes easier to disable
comment box and protect your website from spamming.

### Why use Turn Off Comments?

 * By providing a simple, easy to use solution for disabling comment box and hiding
   comments, **[Turn Off Comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/turn-off-comments)**
   empowers WordPress Webmasters to maintain a spam-free and engaging website.
 * If you’re tired of dealing with unwanted comments and are looking to disallow
   comment features in your WordPress site, consider adding the **[Turn Off Comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/turn-off-comments)**
   plugin to your toolkit.
 * Use **[Turn Off Comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/turn-off-comments)** 
   Plugin, if you are looking for hiding comment box as well as for removing comment
   features entirely on your site.

## Installation

Install the Turn Off Comments plugin via WordPress Dashboard (from plugin directory
or from your computer), or upload the files manually to your server and activate
the plugin.

#### Install via WordPress dashboard

_From Plugin Directory_

 * Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’
 * Search for ‘Turn Off Comments’
 * Install and Activate the plugin

_From Your Computer_

 * Download the Turn Off Comments plugin
 * Visit ‘Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin’
 * Choose the plugin file in .zip format
 * Click the Install Now button, and Activate after installation

#### Install via Uploading Files Manually

 * Download the Turn Off Comments plugin and unzip the folder
 * Upload the folder to your ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
 * Activate the Turn Off Comments Plugin from Dashboard

## FAQ

### How to disable comments from my website?

Activate the plugin. That’s it.

### How to enable comments in my website?

Just deactivate the plugin.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Nag messages](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nag-messages-3/)󠁿

 [dtparkers](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dtparkers/) November 12, 2024 2 replies

Latest update added a nag message to install other plugins.

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### 󠀁[naggs you to install other plugins from same developer](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/naggs-you-to-install-other-plugins-from-same-developer/)󠁿

 [datto510](https://profiles.wordpress.org/datto510/) November 10, 2024 1 reply

I was happy with this plugin until the nagging started to install other plugins 
from the developer

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[This is great!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-is-great-136/)󠁿

 [sjonvugt](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sjonvugt/) August 20, 2024

Does the job without bloat. It just works. Thanks!

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### 󠀁[The best way to avoid spams](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-best-way-to-avoid-spams/)󠁿

 [Ranzuni](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ranzuni/) October 6, 2023

Thanks for this plugin. Its the best way to disable comments and avoid spams in 
website.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Highly Recommended](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/highly-recommended-643/)󠁿

 [Uday Chakma](https://profiles.wordpress.org/udayck/) August 9, 2023

Highly recommended plugin. Protected my website from spam comments.

 [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/turn-off-comments/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam” is open source software. The
following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Mehraz Morshed ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mehrazmorshed/)

“Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam” has been translated into 5 
locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/turn-off-comments/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/turn-off-comments)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/turn-off-comments/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/turn-off-comments/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/turn-off-comments/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/turn-off-comments/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.8

_Release Date – 8 November 2025_

 * Tested with WordPress v6.9

#### 1.7

_Release Date – 15 April 2025_

 * Tested with WordPress v6.8

#### 1.6

_Release Date – 9 April 2024_

 * Tested with WordPress v6.5

#### 1.5

_Release Date – 9 January 2024_

 * Tested with WordPress v6.4.2
 * Reorganized Plugin Structure
 * Optimized Code

#### 1.4

_Release Date – 7 November 2023_

 * Tested with WordPress v6.4

#### 1.3

_Release Date – 26 September 2023_

 * Tested with WordPress v6.3.1
 * Optimized code
 * Increased Compatibility

#### 1.2

_Release Date – 10 August 2023_

 * Tested with WordPress v6.3

#### 1.1

_Release Date – 26 April 2023_

 * Tested with WordPress v6.2

#### 1.0

_Release Date – 12 March 2023_

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.8**
 *  Last updated **5 months ago**
 *  Active installations **1,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.4 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (Australia)](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/turn-off-comments/),
   [English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/turn-off-comments/), [English (New Zealand)](https://en-nz.wordpress.org/plugins/turn-off-comments/),
   [English (South Africa)](https://en-za.wordpress.org/plugins/turn-off-comments/),
   [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/turn-off-comments/), and [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/turn-off-comments/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/turn-off-comments)
 * Tags
 * [disable comment](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable-comment/)[disable comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable-comments/)
   [hide comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hide-comments/)[remove comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/remove-comments/)
   [stop spam](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/stop-spam/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/turn-off-comments/advanced/)

## Ratings

 3.4 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  3 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/turn-off-comments/reviews/?filter=5)
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 *  [  2 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/turn-off-comments/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/turn-off-comments/reviews/#new-post)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Mehraz Morshed ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mehrazmorshed/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/turn-off-comments/)

## Donate

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