Tech question for Wordpress users...

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This maybe a simple question for some but I can't seem to figure out the answer! Is there away how I can totally disable wordpress comments so the commer box does not even show up?

Is there a plugin out that does this? I thought it maybe easier figuring it out myself rather than having to keep hiring someone to do it for me!

So if anyone knows you will become my new best friend! Lol
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  • Profile picture of the author aaron_nimocks
    Settings -> Discussions -> Allow people to post comments on new articles (uncheck)

    The above only fixes NEW posts.

    For your old articles that still allow it you need to go back in each post and disable comments.

    Or if you know MYSQL and you have a ton of posts and it will take too long to do 1 at a time you can run a query to disable them all at once.

    PHP Code:
    UPDATE wp_posts SET comment_status 'closed' WHERE post_status 'publish'
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  • Profile picture of the author matt5409
    its stuff like this that wordpress have just been irresponsibly negligent about, i had the same issue a while back and it took forever to figure it out.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Baker
      Originally Posted by matt5409 View Post

      its stuff like this that wordpress have just been irresponsibly negligent about, i had the same issue a while back and it took forever to figure it out.
      Excuse me?! It's your responsibility to learn how to use a product before trying to make anything of it. All the features are there, you just need to know how to use them.
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      • Profile picture of the author JohnCalvinII
        Originally Posted by mikescos View Post

        Excuse me?! It's your responsibility to learn how to use a product before trying to make anything of it. All the features are there, you just need to know how to use them.
        Thank you. When did we quit going through a product and learning about it rather than blaming the producer for not making it do exactly what we want automatically.
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  • Profile picture of the author stanislavlem
    Aaron is right! You can disable comments in settings.

    If I remeber with some WP templates there will be: "Comments are closed". Like that!
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  • Profile picture of the author Ashley Wright
    That simple? Lol Gonna give this a try when I get back to the office! Cheers Aaron!
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  • Profile picture of the author matt5409
    @mike @john

    wordpress is a fantastic platform - and it's free. both massive plus points. HOWEVER, I have significant experience in web application design and usability, so I expect something as simple as being able to turn off comments, site-wide, to be a case of clicking a button. if it isn't - it's not good enough!
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    • Profile picture of the author Mike Baker
      Originally Posted by matt5409 View Post

      @mike @john

      wordpress is a fantastic platform - and it's free. both massive plus points. HOWEVER, I have significant experience in web application design and usability, so I expect something as simple as being able to turn off comments, site-wide, to be a case of clicking a button. if it isn't - it's not good enough!
      Just because you have "significant experience in web application design and usability" doesn't mean **** in this situation. Besides Wordpress has the feature to turn off comments as already explained.
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      • Profile picture of the author matt5409
        Originally Posted by mikescos View Post

        Just because you have "significant experience in web application design and usability" doesn't mean **** in this situation. Besides Wordpress has the feature to turn off comments as already explained.
        and also what was explained is that you have to GO BACK to disable comments on post already published, unless you perform a query on the database(!!!) which is BAD user orientated design!
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    • Profile picture of the author Patrick
      Originally Posted by matt5409 View Post

      @mike @john

      wordpress is a fantastic platform - and it's free. both massive plus points. HOWEVER, I have significant experience in web application design and usability, so I expect something as simple as being able to turn off comments, site-wide, to be a case of clicking a button. if it isn't - it's not good enough!

      Wordpress isnt good enough ? lol and its VERY simple to turn off comments.
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    • Profile picture of the author SteveJohnson
      Originally Posted by matt5409 View Post

      @mike @john

      wordpress is a fantastic platform - and it's free. both massive plus points. HOWEVER, I have significant experience in web application design and usability, so I expect something as simple as being able to turn off comments, site-wide, to be a case of clicking a button. if it isn't - it's not good enough!
      WordPress isn't designed that way. If it's not an option that the core developers think EVERYONE will want/need, it's not included in the core. Most people don't want to turn off comments site-wide; it's a blog, after all.

      Features not included in the core are what plugins and custom theme developers are for.

      Aside from the above, if every conceivable option were included in the backend, what would that do for your 'usability'?
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      • Profile picture of the author matt5409
        Originally Posted by SteveJohnson View Post

        WordPress isn't designed that way. If it's not an option that the core developers think EVERYONE will want/need, it's not included in the core. Most people don't want to turn off comments site-wide; it's a blog, after all.

        Features not included in the core are what plugins and custom theme developers are for.

        Aside from the above, if every conceivable option were included in the backend, what would that do for your 'usability'?
        personally i find wordpress to be lacking a lot of features that should be there. also after devling deeper into it i've noticed a few bugs which i've had to patch with plugins.

        i'm not knocking it, but i'm not praising it as the best thing ever either.
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        • Profile picture of the author Mike Baker
          Originally Posted by matt5409 View Post

          personally i find wordpress to be lacking a lot of features that should be there. also after devling deeper into it i've noticed a few bugs which i've had to patch with plugins.

          i'm not knocking it, but i'm not praising it as the best thing ever either.
          That's your opinion about the lack of features. If you think Wordpress is lacking in features then create a plugin to solve your problem.

          And as already stated, Wordpress was designed as a blog so comments are a natural feature that is used site-wide. If you decide after you have launched your site and have comments on there, and then you change your mind later on that you don't want comments, it's not up to Wordpress to solve your problem. That's what is called a User Error, NOT an error with any feature.
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          • Profile picture of the author matt5409
            Originally Posted by mikescos View Post

            That's your opinion about the lack of features. If you think Wordpress is lacking in features then create a plugin to solve your problem.

            And as already stated, Wordpress was designed as a blog so comments are a natural feature that is used site-wide. If you decide after you have launched your site and have comments on there, and then you change your mind later on that you don't want comments, it's not up to Wordpress to solve your problem. That's what is called a User Error, NOT an error with any feature.
            will you cull the attitude please? i have clearly said that i find wordpress to be a great platform, but it is not without it's oversights. i dont know your technical background but i'm speaking from a user experience background and i've seen clear points in which the software COULD be improved, and i believe the way it handles comments is one of them.
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            • Profile picture of the author SteveJohnson
              Originally Posted by matt5409 View Post

              will you cull the attitude please? i have clearly said that i find wordpress to be a great platform, but it is not without it's oversights. i dont know your technical background but i'm speaking from a user experience background and i've seen clear points in which the software COULD be improved, and i believe the way it handles comments is one of them.
              Then write a patch for what you think needs improvement, submit it to the WP community here: WordPress Trac and try to convince the hundreds of people that have worked to develop WP that they've overlooked an important usability feature.

              It's possible that you may actually get to contribute to making WP a better product.
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  • Profile picture of the author jasonmorgan
    check this: Allow people to post comments on new articles

    and

    check this: Automatically close comments on articles older than... change the default 14 to 1 day.

    That is the simple solution to take care of your problem.

    To completely remove comments so the form doesn't even show on your site requires some code removal.
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  • Profile picture of the author Quentin
    I thought you just do click a button or in this case check a box. No comments. been doing this for years. Its very obvious as you set up wordpress for the first time.

    Of course if you don't set up your software then you get default and live with it.

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    Ashley you can just go into your php admin and delete all comments.

    Quentin
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  • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
    OP,

    IF you really want to remove comments COMPLETELY from your whole site, you can stick your hands down into code (WP editor) and remove the comments part from page.php and single.php.

    This way you get rid of them for good. Remember to save those files before editing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Baker
    No attitude dude, just trying to get you to realize that upgrades are usually based on security fixes as well as user feedback. If there were that many people who didn't like the way the comment feature is set up, I'm sure they would implement a change. But because, as I said, this is just your opinion about the comment feature, it is your problem to deal with. It is by no means a feature that is lacking due to the overwhelming support from the users who already make great use of that feature.
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  • Profile picture of the author Caleb Spilchen
    If you don't think WordPress has the features for the price.. Ask for a refund

    /*sarcasm*/

    Honestly WordPress is like a gift from the Internet heavens... Imagine if we didn't have developers to make scripts that... Would go so main stream that 50%+ of blogs are using it.. Imagine that.

    And to be able to get a script like that for free.

    Caleb

    Edit: That was to the person complaining about wordpress features.
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