Title: Really Simple Disable Comments
Author: NEXTFLY® Web Design
Published: <strong>January 13, 2025</strong>
Last modified: December 9, 2025

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# Really Simple Disable Comments

 By [NEXTFLY® Web Design](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nextfly/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/really-simple-disable-comments.0.2.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-disable-comments/#description)
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 *  [Installation](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-disable-comments/#installation)
 * [Development](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-disable-comments/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/really-simple-disable-comments/)

## Description

Really Simple Disable Comments is a lightweight plugin that completely disables 
WordPress comments functionality with a single activation. No configuration needed!

#### Features

 * Disables comments on all post types
 * Removes comment-related UI elements
 * Disables trackbacks and pingbacks
 * Removes comment-related admin menu items and dashboard widgets
 * Hides comment counts from dashboard “At a Glance” widget
 * Hides “Recent Comments” section from dashboard Activity widget
 * Disables all comment-related Gutenberg blocks
 * Clean and efficient code with no settings required

#### What Gets Disabled?

 * Comment forms and displays
 * Admin menu items and dashboard widgets
 * Comment-related Gutenberg blocks
 * Trackbacks and pingbacks
 * Comment-related UI elements in themes

#### Developer Friendly

The plugin includes various filters and actions for developers to customize its 
behavior:

 * `rsdc_post_type` – Filter the post type before removing comment support
 * `rsdc_comments_status` – Filter the comments status
 * `rsdc_hide_existing_comments` – Filter the hidden comments array
 * `rsdc_hide_ui_styles` – Filter the CSS used to hide comment UI elements
 * `rsdc_block_editor_settings` – Filter the block editor settings
 * `rsdc_allowed_blocks` – Filter the allowed Gutenberg blocks

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/really-simple-disable-comments`
    directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
 3. That’s it! No configuration needed.

## FAQ

### Does this plugin remove existing comments?

No, this plugin only hides existing comments and prevents new comments. It does 
not delete any data from your database.

### Will this plugin disable comments on specific post types only?

No, this plugin is designed to completely disable comments across all post types
for simplicity.

### Does this affect my site’s performance?

No, the plugin is very lightweight and only adds the necessary hooks to disable 
comment functionality.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Really Simple Disable Comments” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ NEXTFLY® Web Design ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nextfly/)

[Translate “Really Simple Disable Comments” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/really-simple-disable-comments)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/really-simple-disable-comments/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/really-simple-disable-comments/),
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## Changelog

#### 0.2.1

 * Changed `wp_redirect()` to `wp_safe_redirect()` for better security when redirecting
   from comments admin page

#### 0.2.0

 * Added hiding of comment counts from “At a Glance” dashboard widget
 * Added hiding of “Recent Comments” section from Activity dashboard widget

#### 0.1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.2.1**
 *  Last updated **4 months ago**
 *  Active installations **300+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-disable-comments/)
 * Tags
 * [comments](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/)[disable comments](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable-comments/)
   [disable pingbacks](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable-pingbacks/)
   [disable trackbacks](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable-trackbacks/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-disable-comments/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ NEXTFLY® Web Design ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nextfly/)

## Support

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