If you prefer to remove all comments manually from your site, you can paste the following code into the functions.php
file of your child theme.
Heads Up!
Advanced users should only do this, as editing your core WordPress files can easily break your site.
Here is the code snippet:
add_action('admin_init', function () { global $pagenow; if ($pagenow === 'edit-comments.php') { wp_safe_redirect(admin_url()); exit; } // Remove comments metabox from dashboard remove_meta_box('dashboard_recent_comments', 'dashboard', 'normal'); // Disable support for comments and trackbacks in post types foreach (get_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'); } } }); // Close comments on the front-end add_filter('comments_open', '__return_false', 20, 2); add_filter('pings_open', '__return_false', 20, 2); // Hide existing comments add_filter('comments_array', '__return_empty_array', 10, 2); // Remove comments page in menu add_action('admin_menu', function () { remove_menu_page('edit-comments.php'); }); // Remove comments links from admin bar add_action('init', function () { if (is_admin_bar_showing()) { remove_action('admin_bar_menu', 'wp_admin_bar_comments_menu', 60); } });
Happy Coding ?