Andreas Ostheimer

<p><strong>Delete & Disable Comments</strong> gives WordPress administrators a focused screen for comment cleanup and comment shutdown tasks. Open it under <strong>Tools <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Delete & Disable Comments</strong>.</p>
<p>Many older sites collect spam comments, unused discussion threads, or imported comment data that no longer belongs on the site. This plugin keeps those maintenance actions in one place without asking you to edit the database manually.</p>
<h4>Why use it?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Delete all comments marked as spam after confirmation.</li>
<li>Delete all comments after confirmation.</li>
<li>Download a CSV backup before deleting all comments.</li>
<li>Disable comments site-wide with a single toggle.</li>
<li>Close comments and pings on existing posts when disable mode is active.</li>
<li>Use a standard WordPress admin screen available only to administrators.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Common use cases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Remove accumulated spam comments from a site.</li>
<li>Prepare a site that no longer accepts discussion.</li>
<li>Clean comments before a redesign, migration, or client handover.</li>
<li>Download a CSV copy of comment data before permanent deletion.</li>
<li>Close open comment status on existing posts without triggering <code>save_post</code> hooks.</li>
</ul>
<h4>What Disable Comments does</h4>
<p>The <strong>Disable Comments</strong> toggle changes the site’s comment behavior. When enabled, it sets WordPress defaults for new content to closed, prevents new comment and ping submissions, hides front-end comment output, removes comment-related UI, blocks comment REST endpoints, unregisters comment-related blocks, and removes the recent comments widget.</p>
<p>It does <strong>not</strong> delete existing comments. It also does not run a scheduled cleanup. If existing posts still have open comment or ping status, the admin screen shows a maintenance notice with a <strong>Close all comments now</strong> button. That button performs one direct SQL update to close those fields and avoids per-post <code>save_post</code> hooks, which is useful for sites using WPML, Yoast SEO, Polylang, or other plugins that listen to post updates.</p>
<h4>Translations</h4>
<p>The plugin ships with gettext translation files for broad EU language support, including German and additional EU locales. WordPress loads the matching <code>.mo</code> file automatically based on the site language. Text domain: <code>delete-disable-comments</code>.</p>


Delete & Disable Comments

Clean up spam, delete all comments with CSV backup, or disable comments site-wide from one admin screen.

Delower Hossain

MonarchWP

Zakir H. Sujon

WordPress Satkhira Community

<p>Comments Shield is a smart, lightweight plugin that gives you complete control over WordPress comments. Want to block unwanted comments site-wide, bulk-remove spam, disable comments on posts or pages, or export comment data? Comments Shield handles it all quickly and easily — powerful protection and cleanup in just a few clicks.</p>
<h3>Video Tutorial</h3>
<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L36Z7n_dk1w?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span>
<h4>🎯 Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Disable comments globally</li>
<li>Disable comments site-wide</li>
<li>One-click comment deletion</li>
<li>Delete all types of comments: Approved, Spam, Trash</li>
<li>Clean, user-friendly interface with confirmation alerts </li>
<li>Unlimited deletion</li>
<li>Friendly admin interface </li>
<li>No personal data collected </li>
<li>Priority support</li>
</ul>
<h3>Contributing & Bug Report</h3>
<p>Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on <a href="https://github.com/WordPress-Satkhira-Community/comments-shield" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a>.</p>


Comments Shield – Disable Comments & Stop Spam, Bulk Delete & Remove Comments

Delete, disable, and clean all comments in one click. Easily manage, bulk delete, or completely disable comments across your entire WordPress site.

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