Title: Exclude comments on private posts
Last modified: March 14, 2021

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# Exclude comments on private posts

 *  Resolved [Rufus McDufus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rufus-mcdufus/)
 * (@rufus-mcdufus)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-comments-on-private-posts/)
 * Hi – I love this plugin as it is much more efficient than the WordPress core “
   Recent Post” plugin on sites with a large number of posts/comments.
 * I have a tiny problem though. I have a site with people commenting on private
   posts. These comments show up in the Decent Comments list to everyone. I’m wondering
   if there’s a way to exclude comments made on private posts?
 * [edit] Correction – I noticed in my case the comments are on a private *page*,
   not a private post – so this might be more of an outlier case.
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [Rufus McDufus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rufus-mcdufus/).

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 *  Thread Starter [Rufus McDufus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rufus-mcdufus/)
 * (@rufus-mcdufus)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-comments-on-private-posts/#post-14178769)
 * My problem is solved in this case as I can specify comments just on post type“
   post” and ignore post type “page”.
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [Rufus McDufus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rufus-mcdufus/).
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [Rufus McDufus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rufus-mcdufus/).
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [Rufus McDufus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rufus-mcdufus/).
 *  [Kento](https://wordpress.org/support/users/proaktion/)
 * (@proaktion)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-comments-on-private-posts/#post-14270372)
 * Hi there!
 * Thanks for pointing this out, fixed in the latest release published today.
 * The potential drawback to the solution we’ve used is that any comments on private
   posts won’t be included at all, but that’s certainly better than having those
   on private posts shown to those who shouldn’t see them.
 * Cheers
 *  Thread Starter [Rufus McDufus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rufus-mcdufus/)
 * (@rufus-mcdufus)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-comments-on-private-posts/#post-14272937)
 * Many thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [Rufus McDufus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rufus-mcdufus/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-comments-on-private-posts/#post-14272937)
 * Status: resolved