Disable Comments on a post

Sometimes you just want to disable comments on a single post or you want the ability to disable comments on a post when you publish it. Turning off comments by default may not be an option.

1. Go into Edit mode for the post that you want to change the option
2. Scroll down towards the bottom of the edit page to find a section/module called Discussion
3. Expand the module by clicking on it
4. Uncheck the option Allow Comments
5. Optionally, also uncheck the option to Allow trackbacks and pingbacks
6. Scroll back up and click on Update button in the Publish module to save the settings

In case, you do not find the Discussion module (it is different from the Comments module, yeah…it is confusing), it might be disabled in the screen options.

1. Click on Screen Options in the upper right hand corner of the edit page
2. This will drop down to expose several options to configure the screen layout
3. Make sure that the option Discussion is selected and has a check box next to it.

Depending on the theme that is used, if you cannot find the option to turn off comments in the Edit interface also check the Quick Edit interface to see if it can be turned off from there.