Title: anonymous commenting
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# anonymous commenting

 *  [dleonte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dleonte/)
 * (@dleonte)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-commenting/)
 * I want to remove the email and website fields from the leave a comment. How can
   I do this?

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 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-commenting/#post-5113573)
 * There are different ways depending on the theme.
    Search remove+the+email+and
   +website+fields+from+the+leave+a+comment and try suggestions there.
 *  Thread Starter [dleonte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dleonte/)
 * (@dleonte)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-commenting/#post-5113583)
 * I found recommendations for the adding the following code to the function.php.
   But it did not work for me.
 * function remove_comment_fields($fields) {
    unset($fields[’email’]); unset($fields[‘
   url’]); return $fields; } add_filter(‘comment_form_default_fields’, ‘remove_comment_fields’);
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-commenting/#post-5113587)
 * You shouldn’t change any of the core files. If you want to add something you 
   should use a child theme.
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * And above I meant to say search the plugins section.
 *  Thread Starter [dleonte](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dleonte/)
 * (@dleonte)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-commenting/#post-5113588)
 * I can only find a plugin that eliminates comments, not a plugin that will customize
   to remove email and URL.
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-commenting/#post-5113746)
 * There are plugins that will eliminate the website block. For name, it is not 
   required and if not filled out it will be anonymous. Email is also not required.
   That is not explained in the comment fields.
 * Name. Otherwise anonymous.
 * Email. Not required.
 * Website. Not required.
 * You can edit these fields to say what you want, although changing core files 
   is never recommended. Using a child theme is but I am not sure of the exact code
   to put into custom functions. I am playing with it now and hope to find something
   for you.

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 * Last reply from: [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/anonymous-commenting/#post-5113746)
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