Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support]

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Reviewers say it does the job with almost no setup, and the recent 4-star ones just want more settings to play with.

1. ★★★★★ piercand

   1mo ago

   It does exactly what it’s needed, easy, affordable and lightweight. A must-use in all my websites.

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2. ★★★★★ lanalina

   5mo ago

   Disable Comments did what I needed without much setup. Easy to use and saves time when managing site content. Worked fine on my end, though a few extra options would make it even better.

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3. ★★★★★ callietrinh

   5mo ago

   Does exactly what it says. Helps disable comments easily without extra setup. Works fine on most parts. But a few settings could be more flexible. Overall good. tnx 👍 This topic was modified 3 months, 3 weeks ago by callietrinh.

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4. ★★★★★ kameron156

   6mo ago

   Installed this to quickly turn off comments across my site. Setup took like a minute and everything worked as expected. Simple settings, no confusion. Could use a few more options maybe, but overall pretty solid.

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5. ★★★★★ isolshell1

   10mo ago

   I had a daunting task of first moving 500+ the Pending Comments that I have identified as all SPAM to the Trash folder, page by fricken page, then having to go into the Trash folder to permentantly delete them, page by painstaking page.Then I said there must be a plugin for this. Lo & Behold there was. It was yours. Task finished in less than 3 minute and that included installing and activating the plugin and figuring out which choice I had within the plugin that would accomplish the task. BAM! IT WAS DONE.Bravo!!

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6. ★★★★★ Robert

   11mo ago

   For me it’s more of a one-use-thing, hopefully I’ll avoid homepages with a gazillion spam comments going forward. Very clear and easy to understand plugin. Great choices for what and where to turn off or remove comments. I’ll recommend this plugin to anyone working with wordpress. Also, developer seem to listen to critique as I was reading the previous reviews.

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7. ★★★★★ schwdim

   1.3y ago

   Was using this plugin on pretty much every client’s websiteAll of the sudden it started adding ads for another plugin in the admin, as well as the page editor !!I’m removing it everywhere. This is not ok.EDIT:Thank you for sparing me hours of works. 🙂 This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by schwdim.

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8. ★★★★★ tumshie

   1.3y ago

   Plugin functions well. But. Added intrusive advertising for another plugin into the post editor. That is a hard no from me – so removing the plugin from my client’s websites. -=-=-=Update=-=-=- Super pleased to say the plugin author has resolved the issue quickly, removing the advertising. Edited to a 5 star from me! Plugin functions well and the developers are friendly and responsive. This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by tumshie. Reason: Update to plugin resolved issue This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by tumshie.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2026-07-27 Version 2.8.0 New Feature: WordPress Abilities API support (WordPress 6.9+) — AI assistants, the command palette and MCP clients can now ask the site where comments are disabled, via the read-only disable-comments/get-status ability F 2.8.0
2. 2026-07-22 Version 2.7.1 Improvement: General improvements 2.7.1
3. 2026-04-05 Version 2.7.0 Improvement: Improved overall performance and stability 2.7.0
4. 2026-01-20 Version 2.6.2 Fixed: An issue where deleting Notes in WordPress 6.9+ throws an error 2.6.2
5. 2025-12-02 Version 2.6.1 Compatible with WordPress 6.9 Added: Introduced the “Enable Certain Comment Types” setting, allowing you to exclude the new Block Editor “Notes” comment type introduced in WordPress 6.9 2.6.1
6. 2025-11-05 Version 2.6.0 New Feature: Show Existing Comments Improved: Security Enhancements 2.6.0

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. High · 8.8 Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support] < 1.0.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2014-08-01 CVE-2014-2550 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects < 1.0.4 Patched in 1.0.4

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 60 languages, 16 at 90% or more

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Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Disable Comments & Delete All Comments 9K+ installs · 4.8★ · 4 shared tags A
• Commenti – Disable & Remove Comments, Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support] — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags B
• Habibur Comment Blocker — installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags B
• WP Comment Cleaner – Delete All Comments, Disable Comments, Bulk Delete & Remove Comments 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
• MM Comment Manager — Disable Comment Box, Hide Existing Comments and Stop Spam 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B
• CRUDLab Disable Comments 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D

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Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support]: 1M+ active installs, 4.7★ (280 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/disable-comments