Let Us Disable Comments on Pages

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  geekornery · Member · Jun 2, 2014 at 11:14 pm

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  We have the ability to turn off the ability to leave comments on specific posts, why not give us the same ability for pages though?

  I have a page attracting ~60 spam comments a day from spam-bots, which isn’t going to get any comments from legitimate users, and this is just a hassle, and the infrastructure is already there.

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Jun 2, 2014 at 11:16 pm

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  That ability already exists. 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/

  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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  geekornery · Member · Jun 3, 2014 at 12:28 am

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  Ok, thanks! Seems “Discussion” under “Screen Options” is enabled by default for posts, but disabled by default for pages.

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  geekornery · Member · Jun 3, 2014 at 12:32 am

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  Hm, I did notice another thing then, if I enable “Discussion”, the “Enable likes and shares” at the bottom of the page disappears, even if that is still enabled at “Screen Options” – seems they only let two options appear at that section at the bottom, even if more are needed.