How to Enable or Disable Comments in WordPress

Knowing how to enable or disable comments in WordPress helps you manage conversations on your site. You might want to allow comments to encourage interaction or turn them off to avoid spam and keep pages clean. WordPress makes it easy to control comments for your whole site or just certain pages. This guide will show you the quick steps to change your settings so your site works the way you want.

How to Enable or Disable Comments on All New Articles

Important: This setting only applies to comments going forward. It does not delete or remove existing comments on any WordPress pages.

Log in to your account via https://www.networksolutions.com/my-account/login.
Click WordPress on the left navigation menu.

Note: Alternatively, if you have multiple WordPress accounts, click MANAGE first to proceed with Step 3.
Navigate to Settings on your WordPress dashboard, then click Discussion from the options below.
In the Discussion Settings page, under Default article settings, check to enable or uncheck to disable Allow people to post comments on new articles.

How to Enable or Disable Comments on an Individual Page

Important: This setting only applies to comments going forward. It does not delete or remove existing comments on any of your WordPress pages.

Log in to your account via https://www.networksolutions.com/my-account/login.
Click WordPress on the left navigation menu.

Note: Alternatively, if you have multiple WordPress accounts, click MANAGE first to proceed with Step 3.
Navigate to Pages on your WordPress dashboard, then select All Pages.
Hover your mouse over the title page to display the options below, then click Edit for the page you want to modify.

Note: Quick Edit also has an option to disable comments.

Want to Learn more about WordPress?

WordPress: Tutorial Videos: Network Solutions has created several free tutorial videos to help you quickly grasp the basics of creating a WordPress website. These videos were designed to be followed in order, but you are welcome to view whichever one best suits your needs.

You can always check out WordPress.org and browse their codex or online help forums.

Review

It’s easy to manage your site’s conversations once you know how to enable or disable comments in WordPress. You can change the settings for all new posts or just for certain pages, right from your dashboard. Simply go to the Discussion Settings for site-wide changes, or use the Edit/Quick Edit options for individual pages. Remember, these changes only affect new comments and won’t delete any old ones. With these options, you can control how people interact on your site, cut down on spam, and keep discussions on topic.

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