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Disable Comments in WordPress

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name: Disable Comments
 * Plugin URI: https://codex.wordpress.org
 * Author: @wpflames
 */

// Disable support for comments and trackbacks in post types
function df_disable_comments_post_types_support() {
	$post_types = get_post_types();
	foreach ($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');
		}
	}
}
add_action('admin_init', 'df_disable_comments_post_types_support');

// Close comments on the front-end
function df_disable_comments_status() {
	return false;
}
add_filter('comments_open', 'df_disable_comments_status', 20, 2);
add_filter('pings_open', 'df_disable_comments_status', 20, 2);

// Hide existing comments
function df_disable_comments_hide_existing_comments($comments) {
	$comments = array();
	return $comments;
}
add_filter('comments_array', 'df_disable_comments_hide_existing_comments', 10, 2);

// Remove comments page in menu
function df_disable_comments_admin_menu() {
	remove_menu_page('edit-comments.php');
}
add_action('admin_menu', 'df_disable_comments_admin_menu');

// Redirect any user trying to access comments page
function df_disable_comments_admin_menu_redirect() {
	global $pagenow;
	if ($pagenow === 'edit-comments.php') {
		wp_redirect(admin_url()); exit;
	}
}
add_action('admin_init', 'df_disable_comments_admin_menu_redirect');

// Remove comments metabox from dashboard
function df_disable_comments_dashboard() {
	remove_meta_box('dashboard_recent_comments', 'dashboard', 'normal');
}
add_action('admin_init', 'df_disable_comments_dashboard');

// Remove comments links from admin bar
function df_disable_comments_admin_bar() {
	if (is_admin_bar_showing()) {
		remove_action('admin_bar_menu', 'wp_admin_bar_comments_menu', 60);
	}
}
add_action('init', 'df_disable_comments_admin_bar');
//END DISABLE COMMENTS




//REMOVE LOST PASSWORD
function remove_lostpassword_text ( $text ) {
	 if ($text == 'Elfelejtett jelszó?'){$text = '';}
		return $text;
	 }
add_filter( 'gettext', 'remove_lostpassword_text' );

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I'm a web developer and designer based in Budapest, Hungary. In recent years, I've documented hundreds of solutions I came across during development. This site is an archive for useful code snippets on WordPress, Genesis Framework and WooCommerce. If You have any questions related to WordPress development, get in touch!

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Gabor Flamich

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