Descrição
Replai Comments gives you full control over WordPress comments and stops comment spam — from its own admin section.
Turn it on and choose where to disable comments:
- Everywhere on the site, or
- Only on specific post types (posts, pages, media or your custom post types).
While active, Replai Comments:
- Closes comments and trackbacks and removes comment support from the selected content.
- Hides existing comments on the front-end (optional), and swaps the theme’s comment template for an empty one so no “comments are closed” message shows.
- Cleans the admin — hides the Comments menu and admin-bar bubble, the “Recent Comments” dashboard widget, the comments list column and the Discussion settings page.
- Blocks spam at the source — disables comments sent through XML-RPC and the REST API.
- Removes pingbacks & feeds — strips the
X-Pingbackheader, disables outgoing pingbacks and comment RSS/Atom feeds.
Live status
A real-time panel tells you whether comments are actually open on the web and via the REST API, whether XML-RPC pingback and the X-Pingback header are removed, and — when comments are closed — why (by Replai Comments or by WordPress’s Discussion settings / the post itself). Re-check any time.
Cache-aware and editor-safe
When you save settings or delete comments, Replai Comments purges common page caches (WP Rocket, LiteSpeed, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, WP Fastest Cache, SG Optimizer, Cache Enabler) so a cached page never keeps serving the comment form. It also leaves the block editor “Notes” comment type (WordPress 6.9+) untouched.
Bulk delete tool
Clean your database with one click: permanently delete all comments, or only pending, spam or pingbacks/trackbacks, processed in batches with live counters.
Everything runs on your own site, is fully reversible (turn the plugin off to bring comments back), and the whole admin is available in 7 languages (English, Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian, Portuguese and German) based on your site language.
For developers: define REPLAI_DC_KEEP_TEMPLATE (true) to keep your theme’s comment template, or REPLAI_DC_KEEP_DISCUSSION (true) to keep the Discussion settings page.
Ecrãs
Instalação
- Upload the replai-disable-comments folder to
/wp-content/plugins/, or install it from the WordPress plugin directory. - Activate the plugin.
- Open the Replai Comments menu, enable it, choose the scope and save.
Perguntas frequentes
-
I disabled comments but the form still shows. Why?
-
Some themes don’t check the comment status correctly. Replai Comments also swaps the comment template for an empty one; if a message still appears, your theme is hard-coding it and you may need to edit the theme.
-
Does it delete my comments?
-
Only if you use the Delete comments tool. Disabling comments hides/closes them but does not remove them from the database.
-
Can I bring comments back?
-
Yes. Turn the plugin off (or disable it in settings) and WordPress comments work again. Deleted comments, however, cannot be recovered.
-
Does it stop spam sent via XML-RPC or the REST API?
-
Yes. It blocks comment creation through XML-RPC and the REST API, and removes pingback methods.
-
The comment form still shows after disabling — is it a cache?
-
Often, yes. Replai Comments clears the common page-cache plugins when you save or delete, but if you use another cache or a CDN, purge it once. The Live status panel checks the real state so you can confirm.
-
Does it affect the block editor “Notes” (WordPress 6.9+)?
-
No. The editor “Notes” comment type is excluded from both the API block and the bulk delete, so collaboration notes keep working.
-
Does it call any external service?
-
No. Everything runs locally on your site.
Avaliações
Este plugin não tem avaliações.
Contribuidores e programadores
“Replai Disable Comments & Stop Spam” é software de código aberto. As seguintes pessoas contribuíram para este plugin:
Contribuidores
Traduza o “Replai Disable Comments & Stop Spam” para o seu idioma.
Interessado no desenvolvimento?
Consulte o código, consulte o repositório SVN, ou subscreva o registo de alterações por RSS.
Registo de alterações
1.0.9
- The plugin description in the Plugins list now follows your site language (7 languages), like the rest of the admin.
1.0.8
- Tested and compatible with WordPress 7.1.
1.0.7
- Code standards: sanitize post-type input, drop suppress_filters in status queries, and annotate the core/third-party hooks used for live status and cache purging (PHPCS / VIP).
1.0.6
- New: purges common page caches (WP Rocket, LiteSpeed, W3TC, WP Super Cache, WP Fastest Cache, SG Optimizer, Cache Enabler) when settings are saved or comments are deleted.
- New: excludes the block editor “Notes” comment type (WordPress 6.9+) from the API block and bulk delete.
1.0.5
- UI: moved the Re-check button to the Live status panel and removed the Open link from the toggle header.
1.0.4
- UI: the admin is now split into two tabs — General configuration and Delete comments — using the native WordPress tab style.
1.0.3
- Live status now explains why web comments are closed: by Replai Comments or by WordPress (Discussion settings or the post itself).
1.0.2
- UI: settings reorganised into General configuration (with the live status shown in a right column) and a separate Delete comments section.
1.0.1
- New: real-time status panel showing whether comments are open on the web, via REST API, XML-RPC pingback and the X-Pingback header, with a Re-check button.
- New: enable switch redesigned to match the Replai family (toggle + status pill + Open + Re-check).
- Hardening: sanitize post-type input and remove interpolated SQL in the delete tool (PHPCS).
1.0.0
- Initial release: disable comments everywhere or per post type; hide existing comments; clean the admin (menus, admin bar, dashboard widget, list column, Discussion page); block comments via XML-RPC and REST API; remove X-Pingback, outgoing pingbacks and comment feeds; bulk-delete comments (all, pending, spam, pingbacks); multilingual admin.