{"id":5276,"date":"2017-03-08T12:25:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T10:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=5276"},"modified":"2026-05-16T22:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:43:00","slug":"disable-comments-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/disable-comments-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable Comments in WordPress (Step by Step)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Should I disable comments on my blog, or should I leave them enabled?<\/em> It’s a common question that many WordPress users ask themselves when launching a new blog. Ultimately, it ends up being a very personal choice, and there’s no clear right or wrong approach. However, if you fall on the “nay” side of the equation, then you’ll need a way to disable comments because the default WordPress setting is to enable them on all new posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, there is a very – and I mean VERY<\/em> – easy way to disable comments in WordPress. It’s so easy that it only takes six clicks from start to finish<\/strong>. I will show you how to do it, and afterwards, I will share an alternative option that allows you to take a more granular approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t

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Disable comments in WordPress: step-by-step \ud83d\udca1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To pull this off, you’re going to use a free WordPress plugin called OrbitFox:<\/p>\n\n\n

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