Enable page comments by default?

Hello @hmishkoff, to enable comments by default, go to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to Settings > Discussion, and ensure the checkbox next to “Allow people to submit comments on new posts” is checked.

This resource can be helpful: https://wordpress.com/support/comments/

try something like this – put the following code in a custom plugin or install a plugin like code snippets and put the code in a snippet

test in a local environment before adding to a live site

<?php
// Enable comments for new pages by default
add_action('wp_insert_post', function($post_id, $post, $update) {
    if ($post->post_type === 'page' && !$update) {
        update_post_meta($post_id, '_allow_comments', 1);
        wp_update_post(['ID' => $post_id, 'comment_status' => 'open']);
    }
}, 10, 3);

// Enable comments for existing pages (one-time script)
add_action('init', function() {
    $pages = get_posts(['post_type' => 'page', 'post_status' => 'publish', 'numberposts' => -1]);
    foreach ($pages as $page) {
        if (get_post_meta($page->ID, '_allow_comments', true) !== '1') {
            wp_update_post(['ID' => $page->ID, 'comment_status' => 'open']);
            update_post_meta($page->ID, '_allow_comments', 1);
        }
    }
});
?>

(code was generated with assistance of AI tool)

• This reply was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by lisa.