Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam

Description

Remove comments functionality from your website!

The Turn Off Comments Plugin is a valuable tool for WordPress Websites to remove comment section and hide comments.

Why and how to disable comments and stop spam?

Comments can be a valuable tool for website owners, allowing for engagement with readers and fostering a sense of community. However, not all comments are beneficial. Many websites face challenges such as:

  • Spam: Automated bots and malicious users often flood comment sections with irrelevant or harmful content.
  • Moderation Overload: Managing comments can be time-consuming, especially for websites with high traffic.
  • Privacy Concerns: Sometimes, website owners may want to disallow comments for privacy or security reasons.

To address these issues, the Turn Off Comments offers the essential feature of hide comment section that makes easier to disable comment box and protect your website from spamming.

Why use Turn Off Comments?

  • By providing a simple, easy to use solution for disabling comment box and hiding comments, Turn Off Comments empowers WordPress Webmasters to maintain a spam-free and engaging website.

  • If you’re tired of dealing with unwanted comments and are looking to disallow comment features in your WordPress site, consider adding the Turn Off Comments plugin to your toolkit.

  • Use Turn Off Comments Plugin, if you are looking for hiding comment box as well as for removing comment features entirely on your site.

Installation

Install the Turn Off Comments plugin via WordPress Dashboard (from plugin directory or from your computer), or upload the files manually to your server and activate the plugin.

Install via WordPress dashboard

From Plugin Directory

  • Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’
  • Search for ‘Turn Off Comments’
  • Install and Activate the plugin

From Your Computer

  • Download the Turn Off Comments plugin
  • Visit ‘Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin’
  • Choose the plugin file in .zip format
  • Click the Install Now button, and Activate after installation

Install via Uploading Files Manually

  • Download the Turn Off Comments plugin and unzip the folder
  • Upload the folder to your ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
  • Activate the Turn Off Comments Plugin from Dashboard

FAQ

How to disable comments from my website?

Activate the plugin. That’s it.

How to enable comments in my website?

Just deactivate the plugin.

Reviews

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Contributors & Developers

“Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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Changelog

1.8

Release Date – 8 November 2025

  • Tested with WordPress v6.9

1.7

Release Date – 15 April 2025

  • Tested with WordPress v6.8

1.6

Release Date – 9 April 2024

  • Tested with WordPress v6.5

1.5

Release Date – 9 January 2024

  • Tested with WordPress v6.4.2
  • Reorganised Plugin Structure
  • Optimized Code

1.4

Release Date – 7 November 2023

  • Tested with WordPress v6.4

1.3

Release Date – 26 September 2023

  • Tested with WordPress v6.3.1
  • Optimised code
  • Increased Compatibility

1.2

Release Date – 10 August 2023

  • Tested with WordPress v6.3

1.1

Release Date – 26 April 2023

  • Tested with WordPress v6.2

1.0

Release Date – 12 March 2023

  • Initial release.