Title: [Plugin: Disable Comments] This Plugin is Broken
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Disable Comments] This Plugin is Broken

 *  Resolved [Terence Milbourn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pubdirltd/)
 * (@pubdirltd)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-disable-comments-this-plugin-is-broken/)
 * Does NOT to what it says on the can. It used to until recently and then one of
   the recent updates of WordPress broke it. Do you plan to fix it anytime soon?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/disable-comments/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/disable-comments/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Samir Shah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/solarissmoke/)
 * (@solarissmoke)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-disable-comments-this-plugin-is-broken/#post-2939539)
 * Nobody else has reported any problems with the plugin. I have just tested it 
   myself with the latest version of WordPress (3.4.1) and it works fine.
 * Perhaps you installed/updated your theme or another plugin and that is causing
   a conflict? In any case, saying “it’s broken” without explaining what exactly
   doesn’t work isn’t very helpful.
 *  [illusiodesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/illusiodesign/)
 * (@illusiodesign)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-disable-comments-this-plugin-is-broken/#post-2939594)
 * I have tested this using WordPress 3.4.1 on two themes: [Mindful](http://themetrust.com/demos/mindful/)
   and [Hero](http://themetrust.com/themes/hero). It doesn’t disable comments on
   pages or posts, even when everything is selected in the plugin preferences. No
   other plugins are currently installed.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Samir Shah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/solarissmoke/)
 * (@solarissmoke)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-disable-comments-this-plugin-is-broken/#post-2939595)
 * Does it work when you switch to the default theme (Twenty Eleven)? If that is
   the case, then please read the third entry in this list of [list of FAQs](http://rayofsolaris.net/code/disable-comments-for-wordpress#faq).
   It means that the theme isn’t using the correct method to check comment statuses,
   and that means that other plugins can’t modify them.
 *  [illusiodesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/illusiodesign/)
 * (@illusiodesign)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-disable-comments-this-plugin-is-broken/#post-2939597)
 * Your plugin works fine with Twenty Eleven. It looks like both themes are not 
   using that comment checking method. Thanks for the help.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Samir Shah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/solarissmoke/)
 * (@solarissmoke)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-disable-comments-this-plugin-is-broken/#post-2939599)
 * You’re welcome. This issue has come up quite a lot recently (it seems like a 
   lot of themes are doing it) – so I’ve [written a note](http://rayofsolaris.net/blog/2012/how-to-check-if-comments-are-allowed-in-wordpress)
   explaining why this is wrong, and how theme authors can fix it.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Samir Shah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/solarissmoke/)
 * (@solarissmoke)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-disable-comments-this-plugin-is-broken/#post-2939603)
 * I have now added a “permanent mode” to the plugin, which when enabled, should
   disable comments even for themes with which it didn’t work before. Details are
   in the [FAQ](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/disable-comments/faq/).
 *  [illusiodesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/illusiodesign/)
 * (@illusiodesign)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-disable-comments-this-plugin-is-broken/#post-2939604)
 * Rad. You are the man.

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/disable-comments/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2509854)
 * [Disable Comments - Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support]](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-comments/)
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 * 7 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [illusiodesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/illusiodesign/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-disable-comments-this-plugin-is-broken/#post-2939604)
 * Status: resolved