Deleting Leave a Reply feature and other social media stuff

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  walthamstowbunny · Member · Jan 25, 2015 at 1:59 pm

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  Hello!

  I’d be very grateful for any help with this. Thank you!

  I don’t like the idea of people leaving any messages or feedback. I’ve tried to disable these in the settings but the Leave a Comment form still appears on my homepage. How can I delete all this? Also the Like/Dislike option. I’m not into these things and it might encourage trolls.

  I’m using the basic Goran theme, I don’t wish to upgrade. Thanks!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Jan 25, 2015 at 7:37 pm

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  All WordPress blogs by default have comments open on all Pages and Posts. Your visitors click the post tiles or the comment links or comment bubbles on the front page of the blog and they are directed to the full post appearing on it’s own page where the comment boxes appear at the end of the posts.

  You can enable and disable comments on free hosted WordPress.com blogs on this page > Settings > Discussion Discussion settings is where you set up defaults for comments.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/

  You can override the default settings and enable or disable future comments on any individual post or page.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/enable-disable-comments/
  See also for faster ways:
  http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/comments-off-1/

  Important Note: By default, new blogs on WordPress.com will have the Discussion hidden. You can reveal it by clicking on Screen Options http://en.support.wordpress.com/screen-options/ on the top right corner of your Admin page, and checking the box that says Discussion so the module is included. http://en.support.wordpress.com/modules/#list-of-modules

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  timethief · Member · Jan 25, 2015 at 7:38 pm

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  To Turn Likes On/Off on Specific Posts or Pages see here http://en.support.wordpress.com/likes/#turn-likes-onoff-on-specific-posts-or-pages

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  walthamstowbunny · Member · Jan 25, 2015 at 9:49 pm

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  Thank you so much timethief, I have a lot of reading to do!

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  timethief · Member · Jan 25, 2015 at 9:55 pm

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  Know that any logged in WordPress.COM/gravatar account holder can click the like button on their Admin bar and you cannot prevent them from doing so, nor can you remove their “likes” from your posts or pages.

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  walthamstowbunny · Member · Jan 25, 2015 at 9:57 pm

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  Thanks again timethief.

  Have a good week!

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  timethief · Member · Jan 25, 2015 at 10:10 pm

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  You’re welcome.

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  walthamstowbunny · Member · Jan 26, 2015 at 12:12 pm

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  I’ve finally managed to delete the pesky Leave a reply box from my homepage and other pages I’d already created. I went to pages, clicked all pages, clicked on quick edit and unchecked the allow comments box. Thank you.