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9/19/2019 - 2:56 AM

Disable Comments Site Wide #reg #hide

Completely disable any commenting and trackback features in WordPress. This code won’t turn off any “This post has X comments” or front-end code that displays comments that may be in your theme. Instead it removes the ability for comments to be added/stored against posts.
Source: https://keithgreer.uk/wordpress-code-completely-disable-comments-using-functions-php

functions.php
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// First, this will disable support for comments and trackbacks in post types
function df_disable_comments_post_types_support() {
   $post_types = get_post_types();
   foreach ($post_types as $post_type) {
      if(post_type_supports($post_type, 'comments')) {
         remove_post_type_support($post_type, 'comments');
         remove_post_type_support($post_type, 'trackbacks');
      }
   }
}
add_action('admin_init', 'df_disable_comments_post_types_support');

// Then close any comments open comments on the front-end just in case
function df_disable_comments_status() {
   return false;
}
add_filter('comments_open', 'df_disable_comments_status', 20, 2);
add_filter('pings_open', 'df_disable_comments_status', 20, 2);

// Finally, hide any existing comments that are on the site. 
function df_disable_comments_hide_existing_comments($comments) {
   $comments = array();
   return $comments;
}
add_filter('comments_array', 'df_disable_comments_hide_existing_comments', 10, 2);