Can't turn comments off

  • I think this should be really simple. I just want to turn off the facility for users to comment on posts in Twenty Eleven. I went to Discussion Settings and unchecked ‘Allow people to post comments on new articles’ and saved the changes. However, it makes no difference. Despite the fact that the box is unchecked comments are still turned on.

    I have a similar problem uploading or changing the header. Save changes makes no difference!

    Any thoughts gratefully received.

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  • Could you post the url?

    Thread Starter Theresaella

    (@theresaella)

    Thank you!

    https://www.alanlyonscarpentry.co.uk/

    You will see that it is in the very early stages of development!

    I think you can go to each post and just click edit and disable the comments actually.

    Hi,
    One way would be to access your database and in the wp_posts table update the comments_status column by changing it to “closed” where post_type = “post”.
    Strange that the changes are not working… are you self hosted?With a long shot this can be a permission issue.

    Thread Starter Theresaella

    (@theresaella)

    Thank you everyone for your interest! I will have a look at all suggestions when I get back to my computer.

    Yes, I am self-hosted and not particularly techy so on a steep learning curve. I wonder if it is something to do with permissions too as it seems that some pages just don’t appear. For example, when I try to upload a new header image, well under the file size limit, nothing happens. Am just taken back to the themes page, without the opportunity to do anything with the image. The image does not appear in the media library or anywhere else.

    u have to just put condition for when u required comment or delete comment section from index page

    Try changing the permissions on the wp-content directory to 766. If you still have problems, try 767, 775 or 777. Once your uploads are working, change the permissions on wp-content back to 755 again and check that everything still works OK.
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Changing_File_Permissions

    Changing the default setting, via Dashboard -> Settings -> Discussion, will only affect new posts/pages. Existing posts/pages will retain their current state.

    To bulk-disable comments for current posts, go to Dashboard -> Posts, use the “select all” checkbox to select all posts, then select “Edit” in the drop down, and click “apply”. You will then see the bulk quick-edit UI. Deselect the checkboxes for “Allow comments” and “Allow pings”, then click save.

    To bulk-disable comments for current pages, go to Dashboard -> Pages, use the “select all” checkbox to select all posts, then select “Edit” in the drop down, and click “apply”. You will then see the bulk quick-edit UI. Deselect the checkbox for “Allow comments”, then click save. You currently cannot bulk-disable pings for pages (for some reason).

    Thread Starter Theresaella

    (@theresaella)

    Thank you.

    I tried changing the permissions and got this message in the FileZilla window layout:

    Command: SITE CHMOD 766 wp-content
    Response: 550 Could not change perms on wp-content: No such file or directory

    Hmmm.

    Grateful for your patience and suggestions!

    What OS and what version are you using? Windows/Mac/Linux?

    Thread Starter Theresaella

    (@theresaella)

    Windows 7

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