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.

Yakura

<p><strong>Commenti</strong> lets you disable comments across your entire WordPress site with one click, or selectively remove comments on specific post types. Hide comment forms, delete existing comments in bulk, stop spam, and clean up your admin — with full multisite network support and WP-CLI commands.</p>
<h4>Why Commenti?</h4>
<p>WordPress’s built-in Discussion settings only scratch the surface. They let you close comments on future posts, but existing posts stay open, comment menus clutter the admin, REST API endpoints remain exposed, and pingback headers keep broadcasting. Commenti closes every door — front end, back end, feeds, APIs — while giving you fine-grained control over what stays open.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>One click vs. granular</strong> — Disable everything at once, or choose exactly which post types to affect</li>
<li><strong>Per-post overrides</strong> — Keep comments open on specific posts even when disabled globally</li>
<li><strong>Safe by default</strong> — Disabling comments never deletes anything. Deletion is a separate, intentional action</li>
<li><strong>Developer-friendly</strong> — 16+ filters, 7+ actions, 8 WP-CLI commands, and a REST API for full programmatic control</li>
</ul>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Disable All or Per Post Type</strong> — One toggle to disable comments everywhere, or select specific post types</li>
<li><strong>Per-Post Override</strong> — Enable or disable comments on individual posts via a meta box</li>
<li><strong>Show Existing Comments</strong> — Optionally keep displaying previously posted comments while blocking new ones</li>
<li><strong>Admin Cleanup</strong> — Remove the Comments menu, admin bar item, dashboard widgets, and block editor comment blocks</li>
<li><strong>REST API Blocking</strong> — Remove <code>/wp/v2/comments</code> endpoints and block comment requests</li>
<li><strong>XML-RPC Blocking</strong> — Remove all comment-related XML-RPC methods</li>
<li><strong>Feed & Pingback Removal</strong> — Remove comment RSS feeds, X-Pingback headers, and pingback XML-RPC methods</li>
<li><strong>Avatar & Gravatar Control</strong> — Disable avatar display and block external Gravatar requests for privacy</li>
<li><strong>Comment Type Whitelisting</strong> — Allow specific comment types like WooCommerce order notes or WP 6.9 Notes to bypass disabling</li>
<li><strong>User Role Exclusions</strong> — Exempt specific user roles from comment restrictions</li>
<li><strong>Scheduled Disable</strong> — Automatically close comments on posts older than a set number of days via WP-Cron</li>
<li><strong>Bulk Comment Deletion</strong> — Delete comments by post type, comment type, or status with a statistics preview before you commit</li>
<li><strong>Import/Export Settings</strong> — Transfer your configuration between sites via JSON files</li>
<li><strong>Activity Log</strong> — Full audit trail of every settings change, import, and bulk deletion</li>
<li><strong>Setup Wizard</strong> — Three-step first-run wizard to configure your site in under a minute</li>
<li><strong>Multisite Support</strong> — Network activation with network-wide settings and per-subsite management</li>
<li><strong>WP-CLI Commands</strong> — 8 commands for status, settings, deletion, stats, export, import, log, and reset</li>
<li><strong>Custom REST API</strong> — <code>yakura-commenti/v1/</code> endpoints for reading and updating settings programmatically</li>
</ul>
<h4>For Developers</h4>
<p>Commenti exposes 16+ filters and 7+ actions at every decision point — override whether a post type is disabled, modify settings before save, react after bulk deletions, filter REST endpoints, and more. All hooks are prefixed with <code>yakura_commenti_</code>.</p>
<p>WP-CLI: <code>wp yakura-commenti status|settings|delete|stats|export|import|log|reset</code>.</p>
<p>REST API: <code>GET/POST /yakura-commenti/v1/settings</code>, <code>GET /yakura-commenti/v1/status</code> (requires <code>manage_options</code>).</p>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.9 or later</li>
<li>PHP 7.4 or later</li>
</ul>


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

Disable and remove comments site-wide or per post type. Control REST API, feeds, XML-RPC, admin UI, and avatars. Multisite ready

Delete & Disable Comments vs Commenti – Disable & Remove Comments, Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support]