A simple and lightweight plugin to completely disable comments, pingbacks, and trackbacks across your WordPress site.
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Effortlessly disable all comments and trackback functionality across your entire WordPress site by activating this plugin.
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Prevents trackbacks and pingbacks from showing up as comments on posts.
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Auto-Close keeps your site clean by automatically closing comments, pingbacks, and trackbacks—so you can focus on content, not cleanup.
Disable comments globally on all posts or certain post types. Delete all comments at once, by post type or comment status. Manage links in comments.
Lock down the WordPress comment attack surface with layered protections while preserving existing comment data.
Disable updates for WordPress core, plugins and themes, manage automatic updates, notifications, comments, Admin Notices, and more.