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

The format is based on Keep a Changelog
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.
This will be maintained from August 19, 2020 – @asif2bd

[2.5.2] – 2025-05-20

• Fixed: Issue where post types were not being selected in the “On Specific Post Types” section of the plugin settings

[2.5.1] – 2025-05-15

• Few minor bug fixes and improvements

[2.5.0] – 2025-05-15

• Added: Accessibility support to the plugin settings page
• Various minor improvements and enhancements

[2.4.7] – 2025-01-27

• Fixed: Errors reported by Plugin Check (PCP)
• Few minor bug fixes and improvements

[2.4.6] – 2024-03-25

• Added: WordPress 6.5 Compatibility

[2.4.5] – 2023-08-30

• Minor bug fixes and improvements.

[2.4.4] – 2023-06-19

• Fixed: PHP 8.2 deprecated issue fixed while using WP-CLI.
• Few minor bug fixes and improvements.

[2.4.3] – 2023-01-12

• Added: PHP 8.2 Compatibility

[2.4.2] – 2022-09-18

• Improved sanitization.

[2.4.1] – 2022-08-10

• Improvement: Localized missing strings in plugin.
• Improvement: Included the fonts in plugin distribution.

[2.4.0] – 2022-07-27

• New Feature: Exclude Disable Comments settings based on user roles.
• Few minor bug fix and improvement.

[2.3.6] – 2022-06-05

• Fixed: JavaScript error in Gutenberg editor.

[2.3.5] – 2022-04-27

• Added: More WP-CLI commands.
• Few minor bug fix and improvement.

[2.3.4] – 2022-03-28

• Fixed: PHP Warning in Multisite Network.

[2.3.3] – 2022-01-25

• Added: WordPress 5.9 compatibility added.

[2.3.2] – 2021-12-20

• Added: Configure Disable Avatar settings from the main network of Multisite Network.
• Fixed: Disable Comments via REST API toggle mismatch issue.

[2.3.1] – 2021-12-14

• Added: You can enable or disable Avatar from Disable Comments settings.

[2.3.0] – 2021-12-14

• New Feature: Delete Spam Comments.
• Updated deprecated jQuery library.
• Improvement: Disable Gravatar request.
• Few minor bug fixes and improvement.

[2.2.4] – 2021-11-09

• Added: Ajax pagination in Subsite area (Multisite network).
• Added: Ajax search in Subsite area (Multisite network).
• Added: “Disable Comments” navigation added inside Comments menu.
• Few minor bug fixes and improvement.

[2.2.3] – 2021-10-25

• Few minor bug fixes and improvement.

[2.2.2] – 2021-10-05

• Added: “Select All” checkbox for subsites selection in a multisite network.
• Few minor bug fixes and improvement.

[2.2.1] – 2021-09-26

• Fixed: 100+ subsites limit issue in multisite network

[2.2.0] – 2021-09-22

• New Feature: Configure Disable Comments on Subsites from Main Network in Multisite Network.
• Improvement: UX Improvement.
• Few minor bug fix and improvement.

[2.1.2] – 2021-06-20

• Improvement: Fix for Attempt to read property “post_type” on null

[2.1.1] – 2021-04-06

• Improvement: Compatible with WordPress 5.7
• Few minor bug fix and improvement

[2.1.0] – 2021-02-08

• New Feature: Site wise settings in Multisite Network
• Added: Some strings localization
• Fixed: Delete Comments in Multisite
• Few minor bug fix and improvement

[2.0.2] – 2020-12-01

• Removed: Quick Setup Wizard
• Improved: Redirection settings page after activation.
• Fixed: Text-Domain Issue.

[2.0.1] – 2020-11-28

• Bug Fix: Settings page URL issue fixed from plugins page.
• Improvement: Quick Setup Wizard instructions.

[2.0.0] – 2020-11-28

• Improved UI for Settings page
• New feature: Manage Disable Comments settings with WP-CLI
• New feature: Quick Setup Wizard
• New feature: Disable Comments via REST-API
• New feature: Disable Comments via XML-RPC

[1.11.0] – 2020-08-22

• Introducing Delete Comment by Type – Contribution by garretthyder
• PHP 7.4 Tested
• WordPress 5.5 Compatible Tested

[1.10.3] – 2020-07-29

• Minor fix – changelog backported.

1.10.0

• Disable “recent comments” Gutenberg block.

1.9.0

• Fix compatibility with WordPress 5.0 and above.
• Remove deprecated “persistent mode” feature.

1.8.0

• Added DISABLE_COMMENTS_ALLOW_DISCUSSION_SETTINGS configuration.

1.7.1

• Small enhancements to hiding comment-related functionality in the admin.

1.7

• Dropped logic to try and hide the comments link from the Meta widget. Administrators should manually add styling to hide this link, or replace the Meta widget with an alternative.
• Removed the disable_comments_allow_persistent_mode filter. Define DISABLE_COMMENTS_ALLOW_PERSISTENT_MODE instead.

1.6

• Added a tool for deleting comments in bulk.

1.5.2

• Fix Javascript errors when the Meta widget is enabled.
• Hide comments link from the Welcome panel.

1.5.1

• Hide existing comments if there are any.
• Filter the comments link in the Meta widget if it is enabled.

1.5

• Remove the comments feed link from the head in WP 4.4 and higher.

1.4.2

• Delay loading of translation text domain until all plugins are loaded. This allows plugins to modify translations.

1.4

• Hide the troublesome “persistent mode” option for all sites where it is not in use. This option will be removed in a future release.

1.3.2

• Compatibility updates and code refactoring for WordPress 4.3
• Adding a few new translations

1.3.1

• Change the behaviour for comment feed requests. This removes a potential security issue.

1.3

• Move persistent mode filter into a define.
• Add an advanced option to show the theme’s comment template even when comments are disabled.

1.2

• Allow network administrators to disable comments on custom post types across the whole network.

1.1.1

• Fix PHP warning when active_sitewide_plugins option doesn’t contain expected data type.

1.1

• Attempt to hide the comments template (“Comments are closed”) whenever comments are disabled.

1.0.4

• Fix CSRF vulnerability in the admin. Thanks to dxw for responsible disclosure.

1.0.3

• Compatibility fix for WordPress 3.8

1.0.2

• Disable comment-reply script for themes that don’t check comment status properly.
• Add French translation

1.0.1

• Fix issue with settings persistence in single-site installations.

1.0

• Prevent theme comments template from being displayed when comments are disabled everywhere.
• Prevent direct access to comment admin pages when comments are disabled everywhere.

0.9.2

• Make persistent mode option filter available all the time.
• Fix redirection for feed requests
• Fix admin bar filtering in WP 3.6

0.9.1

• Short life in the wild.

0.9

• Added gettext support and German translation.
• Added links to GitHub development repo.
• Allow network administrators to prevent the use of persistent mode.

0.8

• Remove X-Pingback header when comments are completely disabled.
• Disable comment feeds when comment are completely disabled.
• Simplified settings page.

0.7

• Now supports Network Activation – disable comments on your entire multi-site network.
• Simplified settings page.

0.6

• Add “persistent mode” to deal with themes that don’t use filterable comment status checking.

0.5

• Allow temporary disabling of comments site-wide by ensuring that original comment statuses are not overwritten when a post is edited.

0.4

• Added the option to disable the Recent Comments template widget.
• Bugfix: don’t show admin messages to users who don’t can’t do anything about them.

0.3.5

• Bugfix: Other admin menu items could inadvertently be hidden when ‘Remove the “Comments” link from the Admin Menu’ was selected.

0.3.4

• Bugfix: A typo on the settings page meant that the submit button went missing on some browsers. Thanks to Wojtek for reporting this.

0.3.3

• Bugfix: Custom post types which don’t support comments shouldn’t appear on the settings page
• Add warning notice to Discussion settings when comments are disabled

0.3.2

• Bugfix: Some dashboard items were incorrectly hidden in multisite

0.3.1

• Compatibility fix for WordPress 3.3

0.3

• Added the ability to remove links to comment admin pages from the Dashboard, Admin Bar and Admin Menu

0.2.1

• Usability improvements to help first-time users configure the plugin.

0.2

• Bugfix: Make sure pingbacks are also prevented when comments are disabled.