Grade B

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

Name: Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support]
Rating: 4.3 (278 reviews)
Author: WPDeveloper

⤓ Download v2.7.0 on WordPress.org ↗

by WPDeveloperupdated 2026-05-14🌿The Dependable Sort

The ultimate mute button for your comment section.

HealthyGrowing

84/100

It effectively silences comments but lacks granular settings and had past advertising issues.

Loved32/40

Trustworthy11/15

Fair & Honest14/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum9/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

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// Close comments on all existing posts
add_filter( 'comments_open', '__return_false', 20 );
add_filter( 'pings_open',    '__return_false', 20 );

// Hide existing comments
add_filter( 'comments_array', '__return_empty_array', 20 );

// Remove comments from admin menu and bar
add_action( 'admin_menu', function () {
    remove_menu_page( 'edit-comments.php' );
} );
add_action( 'admin_bar_menu', function ( $bar ) {
    $bar->remove_node( 'comments' );
}, 999 );

// Hide comments dashboard widget
add_action( 'wp_dashboard_setup', function () {
    remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_recent_comments', 'dashboard', 'normal' );
} );

// Disable X-Pingback header
add_filter( 'wp_headers', function ( $headers ) {
    unset( $headers['X-Pingback'] );
    return $headers;
} );

// Redirect comment feeds
add_action( 'template_redirect', function () {
    if ( is_comment_feed() ) {
        wp_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ), 301 );
        exit;
    }
} );

Keep in mind:The snippet does not cover WP-CLI commands, REST API or XML-RPC blocking, per-post-type granularity, multisite network support, Gravatar disabling, or the bulk comment deletion tool.

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Active installs

~1.5 million

our estimate · wp.org shows 1.0M+

→ on track for 2.0M+in ~4.9 years

Rating

4.7★

278 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

+6%

Growing

7,018 → 7,421 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Growing · +6% in the last year

7,018/day a year ago→7,421/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Disable Comments is a well-regarded, straightforward plugin for removing and managing comments on WordPress sites, though users note limited configuration flexibility and one past incident of intrusive in-editor advertising (since resolved by the developer).

What people like

+Easy to set up and works as advertised with minimal configuration×3
+Developer is responsive and resolved a reported issue quickly
+Spam filtering capability is appreciated

Common complaints

−Settings lack flexibility; users want more granular or customizable options×2
−Plugin UI was auto-translated into a local language with no option to switch back to English, making it unusable for some users
−Legitimate comments can be incorrectly flagged as spam
−Plugin previously injected advertising for another plugin directly into the post editor

Review trustReviews look organic

4.28★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 278 total

5★

250

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 90 analyzed

2026-04-08★★★★★Simple and Helpful lanalina
2026-04-02★★★★★Simple & Useful callietrinh
2026-03-08★★★★★Does The Job kameron156
2025-11-09★★★★★BRILLIANT! Thank you!!isolshell11-shot
2025-10-02★★★★★Timesaver!Robert
2025-05-30★★★★★* Swiftly resolved! * Added advertising into the post editor.tumshie
2025-05-15★★★★★[Corrected]Bloats the admin with ads…schwdim
2024-10-31★★★★★Lifesaver for managing comments grome32
2024-08-01★★★★★Disable comments partiturebaroccheclassiche
2024-02-19★★★★★WORKS PERFECTLY ! Thank you !clitopwebsite

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-14v2.7.0
2026-01-20v2.6.2
2025-12-02v2.6.1
2025-11-05v2.6.0
2025-09-14v2.5.3
2025-05-20v2.5.2
2025-05-15v2.5.0
2025-05-15v2.5.1

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For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

6,951

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

7,340

Prior 7-day baseline

4,500

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

14,350

Mean release-day peak (30d)

7,074

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-5.3%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

15%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

1.62

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

77%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

—

Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.23 → 4.28★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered