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Comments and Pingbacks - Do not display
7 replies · Started by Austin on June 25, 2021
Is there a way to remove the comments and pingbacks section entirely? I followed this recommendation and I understand that disabling comments only makes it so new comments are added. I am wanting to globally not display the entire comments and pingbacks section across the site, and I would rather not use a plugin like the linked article suggests.
Hi Austin,
Have you done the second step of this recommendation?
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/removing-comments/
Yes, I have the "Allow Comments" box unchecked. But that is different, I am trying to make it so the entire pingbacks and comments section is removed. And I don't want to have to go in and delete every comment and pingback.
All the comments are listed at Dashboard > Comments, you can bulk delete them there.
I don't want to delete the comments or pingbacks... I want them to stay in the Wordpress backend but not display the comments and pingback section on the front end.
In this case, using CSS is the only solution as far as I know.
.comments-area {
display: none;
}The comments system is handled by WordPress, you can also check with their support.
That does it, but I'd rather it not be rendered in the first place. Are you sure there's not another way?
I don't believe so. It's an odd request so I'm not sure if WordPress has a way to handle this.
Please check with the WordPress support team if you want further confirmation.
Thanks!
