Disable Comments

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  curriculumteam · Member · Feb 28, 2013 at 7:50 pm

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  I have tried to disable the comment box on the homepage. I followed the directions in help, and everything is unchecked under settings-discussions. The comments are disabled on all of my other pages but not the main home page. Is there something special I have to do for this page?

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  timethief · Member · Feb 28, 2013 at 8:45 pm

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  By default the front page of the blog is the page all Posts are displayed on. It’s the posts when displayed on their own pages after your click a post title or comment link that you disable or enable comments on, and not the dynamic page where posts are only showcased.

  This page > Settings > Discussion
  Discussion settings is where you set up defaults for comments.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/

  We can also override the default settings and enable or disable future comments on any individual post or page.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/enable-disable-comments/

  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

  You go to Pages > All Pages, hover over the page title, click Quick Edit, uncheck the option “Allow Comments”, click Update. That’s all. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/remove-comments-section-and-posting-format?replies=6

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  qwerkj · Member · Mar 12, 2013 at 3:22 am

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  Is there a way to hide comments so it does leave a long trail of comments, distracting from the actual posts? I want to leave a small comment link that people can click on, which will transfer them to a separate comment page. Is this possible?

  Or is it possible to hide individual comments?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 12, 2013 at 3:36 am

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  No, comments will appear on the post or page that that the comments are associated with. You can however paginate and choose the number of comments that will appear below a post or page at settings > discussion in your dashboard.