{"id":906,"date":"2025-03-24T14:27:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-to-disable-comments-on-a-listing\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:24:20","slug":"how-to-disable-comments-on-a-listing","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-tos\/how-to-disable-comments-on-a-listing\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable Comments on a Listing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tYou can use the default WordPress mechanism to disable or turn off comments on individual post types. <\/p>\n

\n\tNote that the following steps apply to disabling comments on one listing at a time. If you wish to disable comments entirely on your site, a free plugin such as Disable Comments<\/a> can do the job. <\/section>\n
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1<\/dt>\n
\n\tOn the Add New CPT <\/strong>page, click Screen Options. <\/strong> <\/dd>\n

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2<\/dt>\n
\n\tMake sure the Discussion <\/strong>option is selected. \n\t<\/dd>\n

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3<\/dt>\n
\n\tNow, scroll down on the same page. Locate the Discussion <\/strong>section, and uncheck Allow Comments <\/strong>as well as Allow Trackbacks\/Pingbacks. <\/strong> <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

\n\t\"\"<\/p>\n

\n\tThat’s all! You have disabled comments on that particular listing. <\/p>\n

Adjust Comments for future listings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enable comments in the WP Admin Settings at:<\/p>\n

WP Admin – Settings – Discussion<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can use the default WordPress mechanism to disable or turn off comments on individual post types.  Note that the following steps apply to disabling comments on one listing at a time. If you wish to disable comments entirely on your site, a free plugin such as Disable Comments can do the job.  1 On […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[734,735,736],"article\/categories":[211,432],"class_list":["post-906","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_place_tags-disable-comments","gd_place_tags-block-comments","gd_place_tags-comment-on-listing","gd_placecategory-tips-tricks-more","gd_placecategory-how-tos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/906","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"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=906"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}