Justin Tadlock

<p>WordPress version 4.4 moves the textarea to the top of the comment form.  This plugin moves the textarea back to the bottom to what it was like pre-4.4.</p>
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Reverse Comment Textarea

Moves the textarea back to the bottom of the comment form.

wpsimpletools

<p>Completely disables comments functionality from backend and frontend:<br />
* Hides existing comments<br />
* Close comments on the front-end<br />
* Disable support for comments, trackbacks and ping<br />
* Redirects any user trying to access comments page<br />
* Removes comments metabox from dashboard<br />
* Removes comments links from admin bar<br />
* Removes comments page in menu<br />
* Completely disables comments API</p>


Disable Comments

The type of plugin I just love... does exactly what it says, no configuration necessary, source readable and understandable in minutes.

Simple, effective, no config ✅

Completely disables comments functionality from backend and frontend. Just install it, nothing to configure!

Reverse Comment Textarea vs Disable Comments