Title: disable comments?
Last modified: July 23, 2024

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# disable comments?

 *  Resolved [techdistractions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techdistractions/)
 * (@techdistractions)
 * [1 year, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-comments-48/)
 * Is there a way to disable comments completely in the theme?
   I can only see a 
   modifier setting to either show a button to add a comment, or a formI want it
   disabled completely

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 *  [alexperegrine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexperegrine/)
 * (@alexperegrine)
 * [1 year, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-comments-48/#post-17908197)
 * Hello [@techdistractions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techdistractions/),
 * This is not a theme specific setting this is WordPress core functionality. Below
   are the methods you can disable comments on posts:
 * **Disable Comments in WordPress Settings:**
    - Go to your WordPress dashboard.
    - Navigate to **Settings** > **Discussion**.
    - Uncheck “Allow people to post comments on new articles” and if you don’t want
      pingback notification uncheck “Allow link notifications from other blogs (
      pingbacks and trackbacks)”.
    - Save Changes.
 * **Remove Comments from Existing Posts:**
    - If you have existing posts with comments enabled, you can bulk-edit them to
      disable comments.
    - Go to **Posts** or **Pages**, select all or specific posts/pages, choose **
      Edit** from the **Bulk Actions** dropdown, click **Apply**, and then set Comments
      to “Do not allow”.
 * **Use a Plugin (optional):**
    - If your theme or plugins add comment-related functionality that you can’t 
      disable through the above methods, you might consider using a plugin like 
      [Disable Comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable-comments/). 
      This plugin allows you to globally disable comments on your entire site, including
      for existing content.
 * Thank you
 *  Thread Starter [techdistractions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techdistractions/)
 * (@techdistractions)
 * [1 year, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-comments-48/#post-17908985)
 * Perfect, thank you – this was user error on my part 🙂

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