Title: removing "No Comments" in posts
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# removing "No Comments" in posts

 *  Resolved [deirdrehughes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deirdrehughes/)
 * (@deirdrehughes)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-no-comments-in-posts/)
 * I have comments turned off for all posts, and would like to remove the “no comments”(
   comment counting) element from posts altogether so that this text does not appear.
   Based on previous WP support blog postings, I’ve looked in archive.php, single.
   php and index.php but can’t determine what to modify. I see there is a comments.
   php, but I don’t know if this is where I need to be looking.
 * Thanks in advance.

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 *  [keyalea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keyalea/)
 * (@keyalea)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-no-comments-in-posts/#post-7259116)
 * It’s better to do it with CSS, or by using a child theme, instead of making the
   changes directly on your theme’s php files.
 * It’d also be easier for people to help if you posted a link to your site.
 *  Thread Starter [deirdrehughes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deirdrehughes/)
 * (@deirdrehughes)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-no-comments-in-posts/#post-7259119)
 * Thanks keyalea. Intended to include site link but forgot — apologies. It’s [http://trishstenson.com/](http://trishstenson.com/)
 *  [descology](https://wordpress.org/support/users/descology/)
 * (@descology)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-no-comments-in-posts/#post-7259311)
 * Remove below code from content.php (line 20)
 * <?php comments_number(__(‘No Comments’,’tribute’), __(‘One Comment’, ‘tribute’),
   __(‘% Comments’, ‘tribute’) );?>
 *  Thread Starter [deirdrehughes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deirdrehughes/)
 * (@deirdrehughes)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-no-comments-in-posts/#post-7259320)
 * Many, many thanks!
 *  Theme Author [Ydesignservices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ydesignservices/)
 * (@ydesignservices)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-no-comments-in-posts/#post-7259372)
 * Thanks descology for the help.
 *  [CrouchingBruin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crouchingbruin/)
 * (@crouchingbruin)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/removing-no-comments-in-posts/#post-7259375)
 * As a general rule, you shouldn’t be making changes directly to theme files. If
   the theme gets updated because of feature enhancements, bug fixes, or security
   patches, or if the theme has to be updated because of a change to the WordPress
   core, then your changes will be lost. Instead, create a [child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
   and make your changes to a copy of the file you want to modify (i.e., content.
   php).

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