{"id":995,"date":"2020-11-08T00:49:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T07:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kadence-theme.com\/?post_type=knowledgebase&#038;p=995"},"modified":"2025-10-13T06:44:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T06:44:25","password":"","slug":"how-do-i-turn-off-comments","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/docs\/kadence-theme\/how-do-i-turn-off-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I turn off comments?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The steps below outline how comments can be turned off in WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id995_768892-03 .kb-table-of-content-wrap{padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);}.kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id995_768892-03 .kb-table-of-contents-title-wrap{padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id995_768892-03 .kb-table-of-contents-title{font-weight:regular;font-style:normal;}.kb-table-of-content-nav.kb-table-of-content-id995_768892-03 .kb-table-of-content-wrap .kb-table-of-content-list{font-weight:regular;font-style:normal;margin-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}<\/style>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_3436f7-b9, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_3436f7-b9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_3436f7-b9\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_3436f7-b9 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_3436f7-b9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_3436f7-b9\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_3436f7-b9 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_3436f7-b9[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_3436f7-b9\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading995_3436f7-b9 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_3436f7-b9\">Disabling Comments on Future Posts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the WordPress admin go to Settings &gt; Discussion. Uncheck &#8220;<strong>Allow people to submit comments on new posts<\/strong>&#8220;. This will ensure that comments are disabled for all <em>future<\/em> posts.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image995_23e7b3-c5 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image995_23e7b3-c5 size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2025-04-28-at-4.18.11\u202fPM-1024x249.png\" alt=\"WP Admin - Settings &gt; Discussion\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-12062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2025-04-28-at-4.18.11\u202fPM-1024x249.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2025-04-28-at-4.18.11\u202fPM-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2025-04-28-at-4.18.11\u202fPM-768x186.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2025-04-28-at-4.18.11\u202fPM-1536x373.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2025-04-28-at-4.18.11\u202fPM-360x87.png 360w, https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2025-04-28-at-4.18.11\u202fPM.png 1722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_50f0d4-5f, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_50f0d4-5f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_50f0d4-5f\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_50f0d4-5f mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_50f0d4-5f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_50f0d4-5f\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_50f0d4-5f img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_50f0d4-5f[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_50f0d4-5f\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading995_50f0d4-5f wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_50f0d4-5f\">Disabling Comments for Existing Posts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Changing the above setting will not affect existing posts.  To disable commenting for existing posts, go to Posts and select individual posts to update or select all posts by clicking the checkbox in the header.  After selecting your posts, choose&nbsp;<strong>Edit<\/strong>&nbsp;from the Bulk Actions dropdown, and click&nbsp;<strong>Apply<\/strong>. In the bulk editor, select&nbsp;<strong>Do not allow<\/strong>&nbsp;from the <strong>Comments<\/strong> dropdown and click on&nbsp;<strong>Update<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image995_0fb73a-59 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image995_0fb73a-59 size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2025-04-28-at-4.28.36\u202fPM-1024x297.png\" alt=\"Posts - Bulk Editing Comment status\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-12063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2025-04-28-at-4.28.36\u202fPM-1024x297.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2025-04-28-at-4.28.36\u202fPM-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2025-04-28-at-4.28.36\u202fPM-768x223.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2025-04-28-at-4.28.36\u202fPM-1536x446.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2025-04-28-at-4.28.36\u202fPM-2048x595.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Screenshot-2025-04-28-at-4.28.36\u202fPM-360x105.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_058270-ee, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_058270-ee[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_058270-ee\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_058270-ee mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_058270-ee[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_058270-ee\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_058270-ee img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_058270-ee[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_058270-ee\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading995_058270-ee wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_058270-ee\">Show\/Hide comments from the theme setting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kadence Theme also provides a way to show\/hide the comments in <br><em>Appearance &gt; Customize &gt; Posts\/Pages Layout &gt; Single Post Layout<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image995_18e29e-1c .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image995_18e29e-1c size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Customize-teejay-2025-10-13-at-2.38.45-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-15567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Customize-teejay-2025-10-13-at-2.38.45-PM.jpg 777w, https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Customize-teejay-2025-10-13-at-2.38.45-PM-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Customize-teejay-2025-10-13-at-2.38.45-PM-768x857.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/help-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/11\/Customize-teejay-2025-10-13-at-2.38.45-PM-360x402.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_f63bb7-ae, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_f63bb7-ae[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_f63bb7-ae\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_f63bb7-ae mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_f63bb7-ae[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_f63bb7-ae\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_f63bb7-ae img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_f63bb7-ae[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_f63bb7-ae\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading995_f63bb7-ae wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_f63bb7-ae\">Using a PHP Code Snippet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can disable comments via a PHP code snippet.  This will not only close comments and pingbacks but also hide any existing comments on the front-end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"php\" class=\"language-php\">\/\/ Close comments on the front-end\nadd_filter('comments_open', '__return_false', 20, 2);\n\/\/ Close pings on the front-end\nadd_filter('pings_open', '__return_false', 20, 2);\n\/\/ Hide existing comments\nadd_filter('comments_array', '__return_empty_array', 10, 2);<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_454701-c2, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_454701-c2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_454701-c2\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_454701-c2 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_454701-c2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_454701-c2\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_454701-c2 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading995_454701-c2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_454701-c2\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading995_454701-c2 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading995_454701-c2\">Using a Plugin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another option is to use a plugin that disables comments throughout the site.  <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/disable-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Disable Comments<\/a> is a good option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The steps below outline how comments can be turned off in WordPress. Disabling Comments on Future Posts In the WordPress admin go to Settings &gt; Discussion. Uncheck &#8220;Allow people to submit comments on new posts&#8220;. This will ensure that comments are disabled for all future posts. 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