Removing Comment Element Entirely

  • My theme is the-scenery. It comes loaded with the comment/discussion element on all the pages. I like the fixed background feature of this theme, but don’t want discussion at all. It’s mot a blog. I want the whole option deleted.

    I am new to this and need to know exactly where I go and what i do to remove any reference to “comment”. I’ve already spent way too much time and can’t get the answer. Thanks so much!

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Depending on the theme, but generally

    1) Turn off comments in General -> Discussion

    2) Edit single.php and remove the call to comments.

    3) Have a beer ??

    George

    (@georgegecewicz)

    @ipstenu

    Always the best advice ??

    Thread Starter Charlie

    (@lynburg)

    I am new to all this. Need more detail.

    concerning 2) explain how and where I would edit single.php ?

    Where is the call to comments and how would I identify it?

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    #2 depends on your theme

    Assuming you mean https://www.ads-software.com/extend/themes/the-scenery then you go to wp-content/themes/the-scenery and edit, in this case, index.php

    There are some lines like
    <?php comments_popup_link(__('Comments (0)'), __('Comments (1)'), __('Comments (%)')); ?>

    and
    <?php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?>

    Remove them ??

    HOWEVER.

    If you do that, you’ll lose your changes when your theme updates. Instead you should make a child theme: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Child_Themes

    You’ll make your own folder there, call it ‘my-scenery’ or something ?? Make a style.css as the doc shows and then COPY that index.php file to your new folder and then edit it there ??

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