Disable Comments & Delete All Comments

80 Quality Score

Active Installs

18/30

Popularity scores above the maximum because, with about 9,000 active installs, it serves a well-defined niche efficiently despite modest reach.

Update Freshness

25/25

Maintenance is perfect, as the plugin was updated in May 2026 and tested against WordPress 7.0, indicating an actively maintained codebase.

User Rating

15/15

User ratings are flawless at 100/100 from 41 reviews, suggesting the small user base it has is highly satisfied.

Support Health

8/15

Support health is middling at 50/15 because there are zero support threads opened, which can mean no problems have surfaced or that users have nowhere to turn.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility is full marks, requiring PHP 7.4 and WordPress 5.6 or later, with confirmed testing on the current 7.0 release.

Scores higher than 81% of indexed plugins

About

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.

Active Installs 9k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2026-08-20 7:28pm GMT

Requires WordPress 5.6+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.4+

Security History

1 known vulnerability, all patched

1 Low

Most recent: May 29, 2026

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What It Does

Disable Comments & Delete All Comments lets you turn off commenting across your entire WordPress site or restrict it to specific post types, and provides tools to bulk delete existing comments by post type or status. It also lets you control how comment links are rendered, helping reduce link spam on older posts. In practice, you can convert a comments-heavy site into a clean, read-only publication in a few clicks.

Who It's For

This is a good fit for site owners running corporate sites, portfolios, real estate listings, legal or professional services pages, and documentation sites where comments add no value and create moderation overhead. It also suits blogs that have been overrun by spam and want to wipe the slate clean before disabling new comments. Membership sites where comments are not a core feature will also benefit.

Who Should Skip It

If your site relies on comments for community engagement, discussion, or user-generated content, skip this plugin because its primary job is to remove that functionality. Developers looking for fine-grained comment policy controls (e.g. per-user, per-thread) will also find it too blunt an instrument.

The Bottom Line

With an overall score of 80.21/100 and a perfect maintenance record, Disable Comments & Delete All Comments is a competent, narrowly focused utility that does exactly what it advertises. The lack of any support threads is a mild concern, but the perfect rating across 41 reviews suggests the plugin simply works as intended. It is a sensible choice for sites that want comments gone, not for sites that want better comments.

Pick this instead if you run a WordPress Multisite network, since it has explicit multi-site support and over 1 million installs.

Antispam Bee 88/100

Pick this instead if your goal is keeping comments open but eliminating spam, rather than disabling comments altogether.

WP Armour – Honeypot Anti Spam 88/100

Pick this instead if you want to keep comments enabled but block automated bots without using CAPTCHAs.

CF7 Apps – Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, and Addons for Contact Form 7 90/100

Pick this instead only if your spam problem is actually on Contact Form 7 submissions, not on WordPress comments.

Contact Form 7 Captcha 82/100

Pick this instead if you need CAPTCHA protection on Contact Form 7 forms, which is a different problem from disabling WordPress comments.