Really Simple Disable Comments

Really Simple Disable Comments is a lightweight plugin that completely disables WordPress comments functionality with a single activation. No configuration needed! Features

• Disables comments on all post types
• Removes comment-related UI elements
• Disables trackbacks and pingbacks
• Blocks direct comment submission to wp-comments-post.php (403 response)
• Removes comment REST API endpoints (/wp/v2/comments)
• Disables XML-RPC pingback methods
• Strips X-Pingback response header
• Removes comment-related admin menu items and dashboard widgets
• Hides comment counts from dashboard "At a Glance" widget
• Hides "Recent Comments" section from dashboard Activity widget
• Disables all comment-related Gutenberg blocks
• Clean and efficient code with no settings required

What Gets Disabled?

• Comment forms and displays
• Direct comment submission via wp-comments-post.php
• Comment REST API endpoints (/wp/v2/comments)
• XML-RPC pingback methods
• X-Pingback response header
• Admin menu items and dashboard widgets
• Comment-related Gutenberg blocks
• Trackbacks and pingbacks
• Comment-related UI elements in themes

Developer Friendly The plugin includes various filters and actions for developers to customize its behavior:

• rsdc_post_type - Filter the post type before removing comment support
• rsdc_comments_status - Filter the comments status
• rsdc_hide_existing_comments - Filter the hidden comments array
• rsdc_hide_ui_styles - Filter the CSS used to hide comment UI elements
• rsdc_block_editor_settings - Filter the block editor settings
• rsdc_allowed_blocks - Filter the allowed Gutenberg blocks
• rsdc_block_comment_submission - Control whether direct comment submission is blocked (return false to allow)
• rsdc_rest_endpoints - Filter the REST endpoints array after comment endpoints are removed
• rsdc_xmlrpc_methods - Filter the XML-RPC methods array after pingback methods are removed
• rsdc_rest_post_response - Filter the normalized WP_REST_Response for post objects

0.4.0

• Block direct comment submission to wp-comments-post.php with a 403 response
• Remove /wp/v2/comments and /wp/v2/comments/ REST API endpoints
• Normalize comment_status and ping_status to "closed" in post REST responses
• Remove the replies HAL link from post REST responses
• Remove XML-RPC pingback.ping and pingback.extensions.getPingbacks methods
• Strip X-Pingback response header to remove pingback autodiscovery
• Added developer filters: rsdc_block_comment_submission, rsdc_rest_endpoints, rsdc_xmlrpc_methods, rsdc_rest_post_response

0.3.0

• Added WordPress 7.0 compatibility updates for comment-related block inserter removal
• Hardened dashboard comment count cleanup for the refreshed WordPress 7.0 admin UI
• Removed classic editor comment-related metaboxes so Screen Options cannot restore them on edit screens

0.2.1

• Changed wp_redirect() to wp_safe_redirect() for better security when redirecting from comments admin page

0.2.0

• Added hiding of comment counts from "At a Glance" dashboard widget
• Added hiding of "Recent Comments" section from Activity dashboard widget

0.1.0

• Initial release