Can you delete the Comment Tables in PHPMyAdmin?

  • Hi there database experts!

    If someone does not want to deal with any comments on their WP site, can I just delete the Comment Tables from the Database?

    I would think I need to take out the following ones:
    * wp_commentmeta
    * wp_comments

    Or will that interfere in any way with the rest of the site?

    Please let me know your thoughts! Thanks!

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  • I know very little about the actual database, but I do know it is nothing other than a sophisticated storage locker with no code of its own for going out to fetch anything to be stored in its bins. So, and since deleting bins (tables) in the database would not stop WordPress from continually trying (and maybe even re-trying) to store and fetch things within the database, I suspect doing that would cause an immediate crash.

    @colourinfusion I just read this and tried it on my local server; I renamed both tables and tested the site; no changes at all. Went to comments admin page and the page was still there, no crashes or anything happened. I do not use the comment feature in my templates, but I ignore if deleting those tables would have other internal consequences, maybe force the system to look for said tables, or a failure in the long run; but, for the moment, *it seems* that wp can work well without comments…

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