stopping comments

  • chaz19

    (@chaz19)


    18 years, 5 months ago

    I would like to shut off the comment feature on my current posts but leave all the dated comments alone in my archive. I’ve tried using the plug-in shut off comments… but I do not want to shut off all my comments in my history. Is there a simple way to do this without removing the code in the main template file?

    in the future I’ll also like to make a feedback form. That would allow comments on a separate template. Has anyone seen or used a plug-in that worked rather like a
    guestbook versus the feedback sheet?

    thank you in advance for your help.

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    18 years, 5 months ago

    Try this MySQL query:

    UPDATE wp_posts SET comment_status="closed";

    Thread Starter chaz19

    (@chaz19)

    18 years, 5 months ago

    where should I put this query?

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    18 years, 5 months ago

    Do you have access to phpmyadmin or a similar MySQL interface which you can input queries with?

    Beel

    (@beel)

    18 years, 5 months ago

    <?php $wpdb->query(“UPDATE $wpdb->posts SET comment_status = ‘closed'”); ?>

    Thread Starter chaz19

    (@chaz19)

    18 years, 5 months ago

    I do have access to a PHP my admin interface… but there’s a lot of information and I don’t wanna screw anything up…how do I go about administering the query?

    beel– where would you suggest that I put this line of code. In my main template?

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    18 years, 5 months ago

    Put Beel’s query in a plain text file, call it nocomments.php and upload it to your WordPress directory. Then, access the file in your web browser.

    Beel

    (@beel)

    18 years, 5 months ago

    That sounds good, but you will have to also add:
    require(‘./wp-blog-header.php’);

    Since it is likely a one-time run and a risk to leave it without adding a $user_level to prevent anyone running it at a later date, I’d just put it into any WP file (index, footer, header, etc.), run it once, and then remove it.

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