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Disable Comments — WordPress Comment Plugin

by rbplugins · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.0.27 Tested up to WP 7.0.4

Disable Comments has 100,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 1,085,989 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on May 27, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Disable Comments at a glance

Active installs
100,000+
Total downloads
1,085,989
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Disable Comments well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 7.0.4, not yet with the current 7.1
One-star reviews
28%
7 of 25 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • All comment links in the admin menu are hidden
  • Hide Dashboard / Recent Comments section
  • Hide Dashboard / Discussion section
  • All comment links in the admin bar are hidden
  • Disable all comments widgets
  • Discussion page settings are turned off
  • Disable RSS/Atom feeds
  • Turn off Pingback functionality in the header
  • Pingbacks are disabled

Disable Comments reviews and ratings

25 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
3.8 out of 5

25 reviews

5★
17
4★
0
3★
1
2★
0
1★
7

  • It works, I use it often and never an issue.

    I like how simple it is. So many plugins try way too hard.

    WebHostPro

  • Still working!

    Good to see this plugin is still being updated!

    tranxhdr

  • Enable comments - not works

    Enable comments - not works Disabling - works Ok.

    [email protected]

  • Works like a charm, easy setup

    Using it on many many websites because it's so easy to setup, no extra settings or similar. Just disable comments. Thanks!

    chakmear

  • Doesn't actually disable comments

    All it does is hook into the admin to hide comments control, and stop pages from displaying comments....basically another layer of code that has to be loaded and run for every single requests.

    Aurovrata Venet

  • A+ plugin

    Very easy to use and helpful solution for the comments management!

    nomishi

Where Disable Comments ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Disable Comments appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Comment Plugins #5 by tag, #3 in search #2 –

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Details

Disable Comments - easy tool to disable comments for your blog posts, and pages. Admin can disable comments in just a few clicks.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • comments
  • disable
  • disable comments

More from rbplugins

Version
1.0.27
Last updated
May 27, 2026
First published
Jun 1, 2017
Requires WordPress
3.1
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
–
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Disable Comments FAQ

What does Disable Comments do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Disable Comments offers All comment links in the admin menu are hidden, Hide Dashboard / Recent Comments section, Hide Dashboard / Discussion section, All comment links in the admin bar are hidden and Disable all comments widgets.

How many active installs does Disable Comments have?

WordPress.org reports 100,000+ active installs for Disable Comments as of September 7, 2026.

Is Disable Comments still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on May 27, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Is Disable Comments free?

Disable Comments is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Disable Comments rank among Comment Plugins?

Disable Comments is #2 in the WordPress.org "comments" ranking as of today.