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Comments Firewall is a powerful anti-spam plugin that provides enterprise-grade firewall protection for your WordPress comments. It blocks spam before it reaches your database, eliminating the need for manual moderation while maintaining full compatibility with your theme and existing comment system.
Key Features:
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<li>Remove Website Field: Completely eliminates the website field from comment forms to prevent URL submissions</li>
<li>Smart Link Blocking: Two-mode protection system (Balanced/Strict) blocks HTTP/HTTPS links with advanced pattern detection</li>
<li>Author Name Protection: Blocks links in commenter names to prevent sophisticated spam attempts</li>
<li>Submission Control: Granular control over comment submission methods (Form, REST API, XML-RPC)</li>
<li>Force URL Clearing: Ensures all author URLs are cleared on submission, regardless of input method</li>
<li>Statistics Dashboard: Real-time tracking of blocked spam comments with visual dashboard widget</li>
<li>Multilingual Ready: Full translations in 5 languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic with RTL support)</li>
<li>Optional Branding Badge: Customizable “Protected by Comments Firewall” badge for your site</li>
<li>Theme Compatible: Works with any theme using standard WordPress comment hooks</li>
<li>Lightweight & Secure: Zero performance impact with admin-only security controls</li>
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How It Works:
The plugin operates on multiple levels to ensure comprehensive spam protection:
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<li>Form Level: Removes website fields from comment forms via WordPress hooks</li>
<li>Validation Level: Blocks submissions containing HTTP/HTTPS patterns before they’re saved</li>
<li>Method Level: Controls which submission methods (form, API, XML-RPC) are allowed</li>
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Perfect For:
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<li>Site owners experiencing backlink spam in comments</li>
<li>Site owners wanting to avoid the hassle of manually managing spam comments</li>
<li>Sites that want to maintain existing comments while preventing new spam</li>
<li>Anyone looking for a plugin that blocks all comments containing a link</li>
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The plugin maintains full backward compatibility and won’t disrupt your existing comment workflow or database structure.

Comments Firewall

Firewall protection for comments. Blocks spam before it reaches your database with automatic link filtering and zero manual moderation.

rbplugins

The Disable Comments RB Plugin is a valuable tool for administrators seeking to completely disable comments on their website. Our plugin offers global disabling functionality, effectively removing all comment-related features and options across posts, pages, and attachments. With a focus on simplicity and power, our plugin streamlines the process of managing comments by employing a smart algorithm.
By installing and enabling our plugin, administrators can seamlessly eliminate comment-related elements from the Dashboard, Widgets, and Admin menu. This ensures a clutter-free interface and a smoother user experience for both administrators and visitors alike.
However, if you have specific sections of your website where comments are desired, our plugin offers the flexibility to selectively disable comments. Rather than globally disabling commenting, administrators can choose to deactivate this functionality only in the necessary areas of their WordPress site.
For those unsure of how to disable comments on individual posts or pages, our support team is readily available to provide assistance. Additionally, our FAQ section offers comprehensive guidance on navigating the plugin’s features and settings.
Whether you seek to globally disable comments or selectively manage commenting functionality, the Disable Comments RB Plugin offers a versatile solution tailored to meet your website’s needs.
Key features of Disable Comments RB
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<li>All comment links in the admin menu are hidden.</li>
<li>Hide Dashboard / Recent Comments section.</li>
<li>Hide Dashboard / Discussion section.</li>
<li>All comment links in the admin bar are hidden.</li>
<li>Disable all comments widgets.</li>
<li>Discussion page settings are turned off.</li>
<li>Disable RSS/Atom feeds.</li>
<li>Turn off Pingback functionality in the header.</li>
<li>Pingbacks are disabled.</li>
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Before enabling the Disable Comments RB plugin, it’s highly recommended to delete any existing comments to prevent potential conflicts with your current theme. Depending on the theme’s code, existing comments may remain published, causing visual or functional discrepancies.
Disabling comments on your website doesn’t necessitate any special skills or code modifications. Simply install the Disable Comments RB plugin and access its settings to activate the primary functionality. Installing the plugin from the directory and enabling the “Disable Comments” function in the plugin settings streamlines the process effectively.
If you have suggestions for new functionality or additional options for the Disable Comments RB plugin, we welcome your input. Feel free to reach out to us through our contact form or support section to share your ideas. We value your feedback and are committed to continuously improving our plugin to better meet your needs.

Disable Comments

I originally used the "Disable Comments" plugin. However, when it started spamming the WordPress dashboard with its notifications requesting to track data, I switched to "Disable Comments RB", which was a huge improvement.

A little while back, "Disable Comments RB" added advertisements to their settings page. I continued to use it because most of my clients will never see that page, and I never visit it after setting up the plugin. However, now this plugin places a brightly colored icon in the main WordPress menu.

Why does a plugin with a total of one option (and an option you will likely never change) need a top-level menu item? And why brightly colored, so it stands out like a sore thumb?

...unless it is there to get people to click on it so they can see the ads on the settings page.

Sadly moving on

Latest update (v1.0.14) introduces advertisments.

Moved from the Disable Comments plugin to this, to get rid of the ads.

I will be switching to a non-adware plugin again.

EDIT:
Updated from 2 stars to 1, since last update introduced yet another unwanted item, this time a root-level menu item.

Kind Regards
- Allan

Update introduced ads


All it does is hook into the admin to hide comments control, and stop pages from displaying comments....basically another layer of code that has to be loaded and run for every single requests.  


Doesn't actually disable comments

Disable Comments - easy tool to disable comments for your blog posts, and pages. Admin can disable comments in just a few clicks.

Comments Firewall vs Disable Comments