How can I close comments on media files?
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I am having a serious problem with spammers getting through the wordpress.com spam block software and posting multiple times a day on old photo files on my blog. I have closed comments on articles older than 14 days but this does not seem to apply to my photos. PLEASE make it possible to do this for photos/media files! I am using wordpress.com, NOT wordpress.org. HELP!
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Hello there, Micha!
You can turn off the comments for your media files by opening them up in the Media Editor and changing the settings.
For instance:
https://brightideandbushytailed.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=894&action=editScroll down until you see the Discussion module and turn off your Comments/Pingbacks. Then, save your changes.
That will do the trick!
Please let us know if you have any other questions. Thanks much!
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Ok, but I have thousands of media files. Why can’t I turn off comments for all of them at once? Or why doesn’t the “close comments on articles older than 14 days” option also apply to media files? I can’t manually update each photo…it will take days and the spammers are much faster than I am!
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Micha,
Going forward, you will have to adjust those media comment settings manually. However, one of our developers adjusted your current media so the comments are all disabled.
I hope this helps! Take care.
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