Syed Balkhi

Peter Wilson

<h3>Comment Moderation Role by WPBeginner</h3>
<p>This comment moderation plugin improves the comment moderation permissions on your WordPress site.</p>
<p>The new role “WPB Comment Moderator” is created on your site to allow you to give users access only to the comment moderation screen. Unlike the WordPress default settings, a comment moderator is not required to be able to author posts, so you can keep your content secure.</p>
<p>The Comment Moderator can approve, decline, or edit any comments on any post.</p>
<p>This plugin also allows your Authors and Contributors to moderate comments on the posts they wrote. That means your guest authors can continue interacting with their readers, without getting access to other articles or comments.</p>
<h3>How Do I Create a Comment Moderator User?</h3>
<p>Once this plugin is activated, simply edit a user’s profile and change their role to WPB Comment Moderator. This will grant them access only to the comment moderation screens within WordPress, keeping the rest of your site secure.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Comment Moderation Role is created by the <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/" rel="friend nofollow ugc">WPBeginner</a> team.</p>
<h3>What’s Next?</h3>
<p>To learn more about WordPress, you can visit <a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/" rel="friend nofollow ugc">WPBeginner</a> for tutorials on topics like:</p>
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Comment Moderation Role by WPBeginner

Add a new comment moderator user role to your site.

Themeisle

Alexander Kovalev

Creativemotion

webcraftic

<p><strong>Disable comments</strong> across your entire site or only for selected post types. This removes comment forms from the front end, hides comment-related menus and widgets in the dashboard, and disables pingbacks and trackbacks.</p>
<p><strong>Delete comments</strong> in bulk with a simple cleanup tool. You can remove all comments at once or filter them by post type or comment status.</p>
<p><strong>Manage links in comments</strong> by disabling the website field from the comment form for cleaner, safer comment submissions. Replace external links in comments with safe span tags so they no longer act as real, followable links.</p>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<p><strong>Disable comments</strong><br />
– Disable comments globally or by post type<br />
– Hide all comment-related admin menus, dashboard widgets and settings<br />
– Disable pingbacks and trackbacks<br />
– Disable comments in RSS/Atom feeds</p>
<p><strong>Delete comments</strong><br />
– Delete all comments in WordPress at once<br />
– Delete comments by post type<br />
– Delete comments by comment status (spam, unapproved, trash)</p>
<p><strong>Manage links in comments</strong><br />
– Replace all external comment links with span tags via JavaScript, removing their SEO impact while keeping the text visible to users.<br />
– Remove the website/URL field from the comment form</p>
<p>All features can be enabled or disabled safely, and comment disabling does not remove existing comments unless you choose to delete them.</p>
<h3>Why use this plugin?</h3>
<p>WordPress still loads comment features even when you don’t use them, which can clutter your dashboard, expose unused functionality, and create unnecessary moderation work. This plugin gives you complete control over WordPress comments, whether you want to disable comments globally, bulk delete comments, or just manage them more efficiently.</p>
<h3>Advanced Configuration</h3>
<p>To prevent the plugin from replacing your theme’s comment template, define the following constant:</p>
<pre><code>define('DISABLE_COMMENTS_REMOVE_COMMENTS_TEMPLATE', false);
</code></pre>
<p>You can add this definition either to your <code>wp-config.php</code> file or to your theme’s <code>functions.php</code> file.</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>We’re here to help. Feel free to open a new thread on the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/comments-plus/" rel="ugc">Support Forum</a>.</p>
<h3>Useful Resources</h3>
<ul>
<li>If you like this plugin, you’re sure to love <a href="https://themeisle.com/wordpress-plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">our other plugins</a> as well.</li>
<li>Our blog is a great place to <a href="https://themeisle.com/blog/" rel="nofollow ugc">learn more about WordPress</a>.</li>
<li>Get the most out of your website with our helpful <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmRasCVwuvpSep2MOsIoE0ncO9JE3FcKP" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress YouTube Tutorials</a>.</li>
</ul>


Disable Comments & Delete All Comments

Disable comments globally on all posts or certain post types. Delete all comments at once, by post type or comment status. Manage links in comments.

Comment Moderation Role by WPBeginner vs Disable Comments & Delete All Comments