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How to Quickly Disable Comments on WordPress Posts and Pages

Spam comments piling up? If you have a bunch of WordPress posts or pages where you want comments turned off, Quick Edit is the fastest way to do it without opening each one.

WordPress Quick Edit link in the Posts list

Steps

  1. In the WordPress dashboard, click Posts or Pages to see the full list.
  2. Hover over an item and click Quick Edit.
  3. Check or uncheck Allow Comments.
  4. Click Update to save.

Tip: to change many at once, check several items in the list, choose Edit from the Bulk actions menu, and set Comments to “Do not allow.”