Spam comments even when comments are disabled

Resolved vojkanbg
(@vojkanbg)

11 months, 3 weeks ago
I’m having trouble with spam comments even though I disabled comments via ASE.
Here’s what I’ve done so far:
- Removed comment submit option from the frontend using theme settings (using Kadence).
- Toggled Disable Comments ON in ASE settings without checking any of the checkboxes (look at the image below).
https://share.zight.com/NQum6grB

So I have two questions:
1. If the main “Disable Comments” feature is enabled, but none of the individual post types are checked, does that mean comments are not disabled for any post type?
  Or does enabling the toggle alone disable comments globally?
2. Can you clarify what exactly the “Disable Comments” feature blocks?
  - Does it just hide the comment form and frontend display?
  - Or does it also prevent direct POST requests to wp-comments-post.php?
- This topic was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by vojkanbg.

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Plugin Author Bowo
(@qriouslad)

11 months, 3 weeks ago
@vojkanbg to your first question, “If the main “Disable Comments” feature is enabled, but none of the individual post types are checked, does that mean comments are not disabled for any post type?”… that is correct. You’ll need to select for which post types comments should be disabled.

To your second question, it hides and disables backend and frontend commenting tools / sections / routes, but does not currently handle POST requests to wp-comments-post.php. Note to self: this thread contains some info on this for future reference: https://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/comment-spam-via-wp-comments-post-php/

Please try checking the post type checkboxes first and see if that will be enough to stop spam comments.
- This reply was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by Bowo.
Plugin Author Bowo
(@qriouslad)

11 months ago

@vojkanbg were you able to try the recommended action and observe changes in spam comments?

Thread Starter vojkanbg
(@vojkanbg)

10 months ago

Thanks for a detailed reply and for checking if it worked.
Yes, checking the fields next to “Posts” solved the issue with spam comments.

Thanks again for making the plugin available and for amazing support.

Plugin Author Bowo
(@qriouslad)

10 months ago

@vojkanbg Great to hear that solved the issue. My pleasure. If you find ASE useful, please kindly consider leaving a quick review for it at https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/admin-site-enhancements/#reviews. Thank you.

Thread Starter vojkanbg
(@vojkanbg)

5 months, 1 week ago

Happy New Year. 🙂

I keep forgetting to check all post type for which comments should be disabled (and actually in 99% I want comments gone from all post types).

Can you please consider changing the wording from
“Disable comments for some or all public post types. When disabled, existing comments will also be hidden on the frontend.”
to something like
“Check each post types for which comments should be disabled. When disabled, existing comments will also be hidden on the frontend. “

Plugin Author Bowo
(@qriouslad)

5 months ago

@vojkanbg happy new year. 🙂

Most users seem to be fine with the existing copy. It’s very very rare that people reports that they forgot to choose the post types to disable comments for. Additionally, changing the copy means adding a new task for translators across 30+ languages. So, let’s keep the existing copy as is I’d say.

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