You edit the page and uncheck ‘allow comments’ for the page.
3.1 hides some screen options on posts & pages edit screensby default. Just turn on the ones you want.
More info here: http://ottopress.com/2011/wp-quickie-metaboxes/
Alternately, put this in your theme’s functions.php if you want the custom fields to show up by default (from this thread):
// Change what's hidden by default
add_filter('default_hidden_meta_boxes', 'be_hidden_meta_boxes', 10, 2);
function be_hidden_meta_boxes($hidden, $screen) {
if ( 'post' == $screen->base || 'page' == $screen->base )
$hidden = array('slugdiv', 'trackbacksdiv', 'postexcerpt', 'commentstatusdiv', 'commentsdiv', 'authordiv', 'revisionsdiv');
// removed 'postcustom',
return $hidden;
}
(By the way, if you ever customized yours, that’s why they didn’t vanish. It only changed for people still using default.)
Thanks.
I actually read up on how 3.1 hides the screen options. When I went to my page, I clicked on the ‘screen options’ pulldown and saw items like discussion, comments, slugs, etc. I thought having the ‘comments’ unchecked meant that it would not show up on my webpage.
I didn’t read the title of the pulldown which says ‘Show on Screen’, which means show the ‘option’ on my computer screen (not my webpage). And then I found out that the option to ‘allow comments’ is under the ‘discussion’ section, so I needed to put a checkmark in the ‘discussion’ box.
I actually read a topic similar to this on another post, but couldn’t understand what the person was saying. Now I understand. Again thanks.
Is there any way to turn OFF comments on pages by default whenever pages are created?
^ i want to know if this is possible as well
The Screen Options” are on Upper Right of Edit Page or Edit Post. I had trouble finding it.
You Click on Discussions. Then scroll down to bottom of page and under “Discussions” option, Unclick “Allow Comments”
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15 years, 3 months ago
I am running 3.1. How do I remove showing the comment box on Pages. I have a static page as my intro page and don’t want the comment box. Did 3.1 change the option to remove it?