Title: How to remove Comments function entirely?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# How to remove Comments function entirely?

 *  [m327](https://wordpress.org/support/users/m327/)
 * (@m327)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-remove-comments-function-entirely/)
 * Hi…
    I’m working on a news site. It will be used to post headlines, summaries
   of news articles, and links to articles — but **not** for discussion. How do 
   I remove all references on the site to “Comments”? I know that when I edit the
   post, I can disallow Comments. And I’ve commented out the “feedback” section 
   in index.php. The problem is that when I click on a permalink to display a single
   post, the reader still sees a Comments header followed by “No comments yet”, 
   and a Leave a Comment header followed by “Sorry, the comment form is closed at
   this time.” So, I guess I have two questions: 1. How do I suppress these references
   to Comments when displaying a permalink? 2. Is anyone else running a news-only
   WordPress site? Many thanks! M. — Michael

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 *  Thread Starter [m327](https://wordpress.org/support/users/m327/)
 * (@m327)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-remove-comments-function-entirely/#post-101982)
 * OK, I think I’m making progress. I’ve edited wp-comments.php and commented out
   the sections that display these references.
    On the other hand, I don’t really
   know what I’m doing. 😉 Are there other things I should be considering here besides
   simply editing out these parts of wp-comments.php? Thanks again. M. — Michael
 *  [charle97](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charle97/)
 * (@charle97)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-remove-comments-function-entirely/#post-101986)
 * it’s probably easier to delete the following reference in your template:
    `<?
   php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?>`
 *  [charle97](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charle97/)
 * (@charle97)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-remove-comments-function-entirely/#post-101988)
 * sorry the above is 1.3 code. what you want to delete in your template is this:
   `
   <?php include(ABSPATH . 'wp-comments.php'); ?>`
 *  Thread Starter [m327](https://wordpress.org/support/users/m327/)
 * (@m327)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-remove-comments-function-entirely/#post-102005)
 * Thank you, charle97. That _is_ cleaner!
    I do want to keep the string that display
   the Trackback URI, however. I’ve copied this from wp-comments.php… `<?php if ('
   open' == $post->ping_status) { ?> <?php _e("The URI to TrackBack this entry is:");?
   > _<?php trackback\_url() ?>_ <?php } ?> …and dropped it into index.php immediately
   after the commented-out line… <?php include(ABSPATH . 'wp-comments.php'); ?> 
   It seems to do what I want (fingers crossed). 😉 Thanks again for your help. 
   M. — Michael
 *  Thread Starter [m327](https://wordpress.org/support/users/m327/)
 * (@m327)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-remove-comments-function-entirely/#post-102025)
 * No, that didn’t work after all. It displays the Trackback info on the front page
   as well as the permalink. Oh, well. I’m back to the commented-out version of 
   wp-comments.php for now.
 *  [weepel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weepel/)
 * (@weepel)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-remove-comments-function-entirely/#post-102445)
 * i wanna do the same thing like m327 did, but how to do it in kubrick’s default
   theme ver.1.5? i can’t find any of <?php include(ABSPATH . ‘wp-comments.php’);?
   > in my templete…
 * can anyone please help me?
 *  [Peter Westwood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/westi/)
 * (@westi)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-remove-comments-function-entirely/#post-102446)
 * weepel:
 * For the wordpress default theme ala Kubrick I think you need to remove the following:
 * From index.php in the theme remove:
    `<?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »','
   1 Comment »', '% Comments »'); ?>`
 * From single.php in the theme replace:
    `You can follow any responses to this 
   entry through the <?php comments_rss_link('RSS 2.0'); ?> feed. `
 *  <?php if (('open' == $post-> comment_status) && ('open' == $post->ping_status)){
   //
   Both Comments and Pings are open ?> You can <a href="#respond">leave a response
   </a>, or <a href="<?php trackback_url(true); ?>" rel="trackback">trackback</a
   > from your own site.
 *  <?php } elseif (!('open' == $post-> comment_status) && ('open' == $post->ping_status)){
   //
   Only Pings are Open ?> Responses are currently closed, but you can <a href="<?
   php trackback_url(true); ?> " rel="trackback">trackback</a> from your own site.
 *  <?php } elseif (('open' == $post-> comment_status) && !('open' == $post->ping_status)){
   //
   Comments are open, Pings are not ?> You can skip to the end and leave a response.
   Pinging is currently not allowed.
 *  <?php } elseif (!('open' == $post-> comment_status) && !('open' == $post->ping_status)){
   //
   Neither Comments, nor Pings are open ?> Both comments and pings are currently
   closed.
 *  <?php } edit_post_link('Edit this entry.','',''); ?>
 * with:
    `<?php edit_post_link('Edit this entry.','',''); ?>`
 * That should then I think stop any hint of comments appearing.
 * hope this helps
 * westi
 *  [Marc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marc/)
 * (@marc)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-remove-comments-function-entirely/#post-102447)
 * m327
 * > No, that didn’t work after all. It displays the Trackback info on the front
   > page as well as the permalink. Oh, well. I’m back to the commented-out version
   > of wp-comments.php for now.
 * If you are deleating all comment functions what’s the point of still displaying
   the Trackback URL?
 * When sent a trackback is displayed the same as a comment. ie, no comments function,
   no trackbacks.
 *  [weepel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weepel/)
 * (@weepel)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-remove-comments-function-entirely/#post-102448)
 *  [weepel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/weepel/)
 * (@weepel)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-remove-comments-function-entirely/#post-102449)
 * thanks westi for the help..
    i did the same thing and it actually works, but 
   sorry for didn’t tell you guys in more specific.
 * Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments » <— i want to delete all this actually..
 * thanks for the future help
    weepel

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-remove-comments-function-entirely/#post-102449)
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