WordPress.com Forums » Topic: disable comments for old pages not future ones? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/disable-comments-for-old-pages-not-future-ones WordPress.com Forums » Topic: disable comments for old pages not future ones? en Thu, 23 May 2013 02:39:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "disable comments for old pages not future ones?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/disable-comments-for-old-pages-not-future-ones#post-1159108 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:02:18 +0000 timethief 1159108@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome.

]]> lezawang on "disable comments for old pages not future ones?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/disable-comments-for-old-pages-not-future-ones#post-1158345 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:38:54 +0000 lezawang 1158345@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ that is great. thanks for the help.

]]> timethief on "disable comments for old pages not future ones?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/disable-comments-for-old-pages-not-future-ones#post-1157904 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:04:00 +0000 timethief 1157904@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ All WordPress blogs by default have comments open on all pages and posts in the blog.

This page > Settings > Discussion
Discussion settings is where you set up defaults for comments.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/

We can also override the default settings and enable or disable future comments on any individual post or page.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/enable-disable-comments/

Note 1: By default, new blogs on WordPress.com will have the Discussion hidden. You can reveal it by clicking on Screen Options http://en.support.wordpress.com/screen-options/ on the top right corner of your Admin page, and checking the box that says Discussion so the module is included. http://en.support.wordpress.com/modules/#list-of-modules

Note 2: To disable comments on already-published posts or pages, you can edit each post and uncheck the "Allow comments" setting. See http://en.support.wordpress.com/enable-disable-comments/#enabledisable-comments

To disable comments on already published pages (not posts), you go to Pages > All Pages, click the little square to select all the pages, select "Edit" from the Bulk Actions pulldown, click Apply, select "Do not allow" from the Comments pulldown, click Update. Same thing for already published posts, in Posts > All Posts.

]]> lezawang on "disable comments for old pages not future ones?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/disable-comments-for-old-pages-not-future-ones#post-1157861 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:30:42 +0000 lezawang 1157861@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi
I created a page and added some content. the comment box (leave a message) is there. Later, i went to settings and I unchecked the option that "allow comments". I went back to that page and I still see "leave a massage" box! but when i create a new page, I do not see that box. Does that mean changing the setting after publishing a page would not effect the old pages only the future pages?

Thanks

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