disable-comments

A WordPress plugin to disable the comment system. Comments and pings are disabled for all contents (posts, pages, etc.). Comments related screens and menu items are removed from the admin UI.

Disclaimer: I’m publishing this here because it might be useful to others, but USE OF THIS SCRIPT IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. I accept no liability from its use.
That said, I’ve been using this plugin successfully for years and I’m interested in any feature or security improvement. So please contact me for this kind of requests.

Installation

You can drop the plugin folder in your wp-content/plugins or wp-content/mu-plugins directory.

If you use the mu-plugins directory, don’t forget to require it from an upper-level file like /wp-content/mu-plugins/index.php:

require_once __DIR__ .'/disable-comments/disable-comments.php';

This plugin doesn’t need any configuration, just install and it works.

No comments are deleted. You may remove this plugin at any time to get comment system back again.

Support

I’m interested in any feedback.

Author

Jérôme Mulsant https://rue-de-la-vieille.fr