admin -> Options -> Discussion
Uncheck box for “Allow people to post comments on the article”
That only appears to turn off comments for articles published from that point onwards. I want to know how to temporarily turn off the ability to further comment on existing articles (without hiding the comments already made).
Thanks, that does the trick. Pity it doesn’t hide the comments form though. I hate to think of people writing a comprehensive repiy only to be told comments are not being accepted.
Quick and extremely dirty way:
Edit your comments.php file in your theme.
At the top, just after the “<?php” line, add this line:
$post->comment_status = 'closed';
This won’t actually prevent commenting, but it will hide the comment form.
Remove the line later.
