{"id":3527,"date":"2015-03-24T13:54:02","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T13:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2015\/03\/24\/remove-comments-2\/"},"modified":"2023-02-17T20:25:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T01:25:20","slug":"remove-comments-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/remove-comments-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Remove Comments from a WordPress Page or Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress was built for interaction with people in mind.  All pages and posts can allow discussion in the form of comments.  However, there are circumstances when comments are not welcome on a post. For example, the post may simply be an announcement or shared information.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WordPress interface does allow for the comment option to be removed. Follow the directions to remove comments from a post or page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><div class=\"yt-ufGirP0EOAE\">\n\t<a class=\"play-video-ufGirP0EOAE\" style=\"position: relative; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; cursor: pointer;\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/ufGirP0EOAE\/maxresdefault.webp\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" alt=\"How To Remove the Comments in the WordPress Editor\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\">\n\t\t<span class=\"fa fa-imh-play-circle imh-ds-icon play-circle\" style=\"position: absolute; display:block; font-size:150px; color: #c52228; opacity:0;\"><\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Don\u2019t have time to read our full article? Watch our walk-through video.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/logging-into-wordpress-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Login to the WordPress Administrator Dashboard<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> <span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">When <\/span>creating or editing a post or a page, click on the <strong>gear icon<\/strong> in the top right corner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This will open the settings column on the right side of the editor. 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All pages and posts can allow discussion in the form of comments. However, there are circumstances when comments are not welcome on a post. For example, the post may simply be an announcement or shared information. The WordPress interface does allow for the comment option to<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/remove-comments-2\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4325,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordpress-hosting","category-wordpress"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Remove Comments from a WordPress Page or Post | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When creating a portfolio site with WordPress, you may not need the user interactivity. 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