olimax

Thanks you so much for a swift and comprehensive response
In the end, as I was removing comments across the board, I just used this

if (class_exists('Disable_Comments')) 
{
	function wpforge_remove_recent_comments_style() 
	{
		return;
	}
}

It would be easy to just remove the comments from the front end templates but the plugin has the advantage of removing all the baggage from the admin too

I have always though that the option to have comments or not should be in the core
They are generally ugly and superfluous to many developers now WP is far more a CMS than just a blog. The fact that nearly 1 million have downloaded that plugin is testimony to that

I have been on the WP-Forge mailing list for ages and have finally got around to giving it a go on a new site. It looks a great clean starter theme with a few class features
I have only just had a brief run at it so far but it appears to be elegantly coded and well thought through. Thank you so much

Thank you for your quick response
and please accept my humble apologies.
You are right. Wrong plugin by a very similar name
I’ll have to try yours next time

Excellent. Thanks

Do you have error reporting on
have a look at the relevant line cited
It does use the /e modifier so needs changing
Other plugins are irrelevant