Title: Turning comments off
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Turning comments off

 *  [WTF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wtf/)
 * (@wtf)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/turning-comments-off-1/)
 * I have a few questions about running WP with comments off.
 * I believe I’ve turned comments off through the administrative functions, but 
   I’m still seeing the ‘Comments’ link on the page as well as a ‘0’ for the number
   of posts. I also see ‘Comment on’ pop up when I float my mouse over the comments
   link.
 * 1) Even though (I think) I have comments off, am I still seeing the ‘Comments’
   link because that is also the permalink for that post?
 * 2) If the Comments link is the post’s permalink, can I edit the text for the ‘
   Comments’ link so that it simply says ‘Link’?
 * 3) How do I turn off the ‘0’ for number of comments, so that doesn’t show up 
   on the page?
 * Thanks,
 * Mark

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 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/turning-comments-off-1/#post-440553)
 * 1) No, because it is in your theme. You can edit your theme files and remove 
   reference to comments there as well.
 * 2) see above.
 * 3) see above 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [WTF](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wtf/)
 * (@wtf)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/turning-comments-off-1/#post-440615)
 * Okay, the comments are coming from my theme….
 * Good to know. Are there some general truths about where such comments might be
   hiding, say, in your generic theme?
 * Are there specific calls being made I might track down?
 * Thanks.
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/turning-comments-off-1/#post-440619)
 * Using the default theme as an example. Look in index.php and find:
    `<p class
   ="postmetadata">Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php edit_post_link('
   Edit', '', ' | '); ?> <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »','%
   Comments »'); ?></p>`
 * Kill it.
 * In single.php, find this line:
    `and is filed under <?php the_category(', ') ?
   >.` Delete under it until this line: `<?php } edit_post_link('Edit this entry.','','');?
   >`
 * (you may need to remove that `}` in that last line though)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/turning-comments-off-1/#post-440619)
 * Status: not resolved

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