ATRC Help Documentation

How to Disable Commenting in WordPress

If you do not have an active blog for which you want to moderate comments, please do the following for each site you manage:

  • Log into the WordPress dashboard.
  • Visit Settings > Discussion > Default post settings.
    • Uncheck all three checkboxes.

To clear any manual overrides on pages or posts, do the following:

  • Visit Posts (or, Pages) > All Posts (or, Pages) > Published.
    • On each post or page, hover the title and choose “Quick Edit”.
    • Uncheck “Allow Comments” and “Allow Pings”.
    • Chose the “Update” button.

To view the comments that have come in, visit Comments from the WordPress dashboard. Look for the “In response to” column where you will have the ability to view the post or page on which the comment occurs. From this area comments can be deleted or subject to status change.