Sure, Akismet will send the worst offenders to the folder and there is still inevitably job for someone.. They can help continue the conversation 'below the line and real insights can be added. Under 'Default article settings section untick 'Allow people to post comments on new articles This will turn off comments on all posts you publish from now on. Also, depending on your theme, I've noticed that WordPress will still display 'Comments are closed message. To hide this, try adding CSS to Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS... Strange as it may seem there is not built-in way to do this in WordPress natively that satisfies the requirement of removing comments for every post or page. The plugin will even remove it as option within WordPress there will be no trace of comments to be seen.. For completeness and to provide its full list of features, Disable Comments plugin will do the following. Hide Recent Comments and Discussion sections from the dashboard when you log in to your WordPress site.. Removes 'Comments widget entirely it sidebar, for example, it will disappear..
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