Title: Default Posting Options?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Default Posting Options?

 *  Resolved [danielwalters6](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielwalters6/)
 * (@danielwalters6)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-posting-options/)
 * Hi all, I have done a little searching around this site, but not come up with
   anything that seems to help me.
 * Is it possible to define a list of presets or default options for when creating
   a new post?
 * ie – I’m developing a community-based website, which posts are to be the main
   way of displaying information, but by default new posts have “allow comments”
   in the discussion tab checked…?
 * Is there a way to stop this being checked as default? – whilst allowing the user
   to actively check this box, should it be needed?
 * I thought about editing the .php page;
    blog/wp-admin/post-new.php and finding
   the bit where the checkbox is displayed – is this where the check box gets it’s
   default value from?

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-posting-options/#post-675513)
 * Under Options > Discussion there are two settings:
 * * Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks.)
    * Allow
   people to post comments on the article
 * Both of these set whether pingback/trackbacks and comments are on by default 
   in the post editor.
 *  Thread Starter [danielwalters6](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielwalters6/)
 * (@danielwalters6)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-posting-options/#post-675542)
 * Thank you – I knew it was probably easier than I was making it for myself.

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 * Last reply from: [danielwalters6](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielwalters6/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-posting-options/#post-675542)
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