Can't Disable Comments

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  rhk111 · Member · May 10, 2014 at 8:02 am

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  The “Screen Options” does NOT show up on the “Discussion Settings” page, it only shows up on the “Dashboard”, hence I can NOT disable Comments.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · May 12, 2014 at 5:59 pm

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  Hi there,

  Are you trying to disable comments on a specific page? If so, you’ll need to visit the Screen Options setting from the Edit Page screen, not from the Discussion Settings. For example, when you’re on the following page, you should see the correct menu:

  https://rhk111smilitaryandarmspage.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1&action=edit

  The menu should look like this:

  

  In order to deactivate comments, just make sure the “Discussion” box is checked there. That will open up the comment options for that page.

  Please let me know if you need anything else!

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  rhk111 · Member · May 13, 2014 at 2:01 am

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  No, I wanted to remove commenting for my entire blog, not just for a specific page.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · May 13, 2014 at 3:07 pm

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  In order to do that, you’ll want to change your default Discussion setting here:

  https://rhk111smilitaryandarmspage.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-discussion.php

  Just deselect the option for “Allow people to post comments on new articles” and save the changes. This means that for new posts you create, comments will be disabled by default. However, you’ll still need to manually remove comments from new and old pages as well as for old posts.

  Here are instructions on bulk disabling comments on old posts:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/enable-disable-comments/#bulk-editing-comments

  You can use the same tactic for disabling comments on previously published pages.

  Please let me know if you need anything else!