{"id":2762,"date":"2026-10-20T08:36:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/disable-reviews-and-comments\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T08:39:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:39:19","slug":"disable-reviews-and-comments","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/core-features\/disable-reviews-and-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"How to disable reviews and comments on GeoDirectory listings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reviews in GeoDirectory are WordPress comments with a star rating, and you turn them off per post type:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to Places &gt; Settings &gt; General (or the settings of your other post types).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tick Disable comments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That closes comments and reviews on every listing of that post type, and the rating stars and review count from the GD &gt; Post Rating element no longer show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The other review settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the same page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Disable ratings removes the stars but keeps comments. Its description says &#8220;Disable review stars without disabling comments&#8221;, so if this is the only box you tick, the comment count (for example &#8220;No Comments&#8221;) still shows.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Single review lets each user leave only one review per listing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disable favorites removes the favorite button, if you want that gone too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a Reviews tab still shows on the listing page, remove it at Places &gt; Settings &gt; Tabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use these GeoDirectory settings rather than Settings &gt; Discussion in WordPress. The WordPress option to allow comments on new posts only sets the default for posts created after you change it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To close comments on one listing only, see <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-tos\/how-to-disable-comments-on-a-listing\/\">How to disable comments on a listing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviews in GeoDirectory are WordPress comments with a star rating, and you turn them off per post type: That closes comments and reviews on every listing of that post type, and the rating stars and review count from the GD &gt; Post Rating element no longer show. The other review settings On the same page: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[],"article\/categories":[421,213],"class_list":["post-2762","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_placecategory-core-features","gd_placecategory-extensions-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2872,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2762\/revisions\/2872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=2762"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=2762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}