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Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support]
Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026
1M
Active installs, lower bound
Group: 1,000,000+ installs
29
Days since the last release
Group median: 8
4.7
out of 5, from 280 ratings
Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)
no threads
Support threads, two months
Group: 71.9%
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What is Disable Comments and who is behind it?
Disable Comments is a WordPress plugin in the “Admin and backup” field, made by WPDeveloper. It has been listed in the directory since 27 May 2011, so for 15 years. WPDeveloper has 12 plugins with at least 10,000 installs in the census. With 1,000,000 to 1,999,999 active installs it belongs to the 1,000,000+ installs group; its last release came 29 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.
This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:
“Disable comments site-wide or by post type, delete existing comments in bulk, and block comment spam via REST API and XML-RPC. Multisite ready.”
Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026
When was Disable Comments last released?
The last release of Disable Comments came 29 days before the reference date; the group median is 8 days.
How many installs does Disable Comments have?
Disable Comments had 1,000,000 to 1,999,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, 28 plugins had a higher band and 38 plugins the same band.
The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 1,000,000 means at least 1,000,000 and at most 1,999,999.
Which WordPress version is Disable Comments tested with?
No directory notice: tested up to WordPress 7.0, while core stood at 7.1 on the reference date. The notice appears once the field falls below 6.9; that applied to 3.0% of the group.
How does Disable Comments compare with its group?
The group holds 67 listed plugins. 80.6% of them had a more recent last release than Disable Comments; 1.5% had no release for more than 365 days.
| Figure | Disable Comments | Group, 67 plugins |
|---|---|---|
| Days since the last release | 29 | median 8 |
| Rating | 4.7 (280) | median 4.7 (10+ ratings) |
| Support threads marked resolved | not stated | 71.9% |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 65.7% on 7.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | most often 7.4 (49.3%) |
All values on the reference date
| Slug | disable-comments |
|---|---|
| Author | WPDeveloper |
| Active installs | 1,000,000 to 1,999,999 |
| Last release | 29 days before the reference date |
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.0 · core on the reference date: 7.1 |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 |
| Rating | 4.7 out of 5 from 280 ratings |
| Support threads, two months | none in the window |
| Listed since | 27 May 2011 |
| Total downloads | 34,520,483, updates included |
| Tags | delete-comments, disable-comments, remove-comments, spam-protection, stop-spam |
Tags
| Tag | Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag | Rank by installs | Median days since release |
|---|---|---|---|
| delete-comments | 2 | 1 | 45 |
| disable-comments | 3 | 1 | 60 |
| remove-comments | 3 | 1 | 60 |
| spam-protection | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| stop-spam | 1 | 1 | 29 |
Rank 1 has the highest installation band among plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag; equal bands share a rank.
Class of 2011
Disable Comments has been listed since 27 May 2011. Of the 107 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2011, 79.4% released within the 365 days before the reference date.
Same group, shared tags
Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.
| Plugin | Active installs | Last release | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antispam Bee | 700,000 to 799,999 | 5 days before the reference date | 4.8 (226) |
| CF7 Apps | 300,000 to 399,999 | 22 days before the reference date | 3.8 (135) |
| Disable Comments | 100,000 to 199,999 | 93 days before the reference date | 3.8 (24) |
| Titan Anti-spam & Security | 50,000 to 59,999 | 8 days before the reference date | 4.5 (369) |
| WP Armour | 400,000 to 499,999 | 53 days before the reference date | 5.0 (1,434) |
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How to cite
hafenstudios (2026): Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support], profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/disable-comments/
Source and status
All values come from the full pull of the public wordpress.org API on 28 Aug 2026 (reference time 21:56:30 UTC). The analysis and text on this page are available under CC BY 4.0; the raw values come from the public wordpress.org API and are in the raw data. How the count was made is set out in the method, what the fields do not say under limits. hafenstudios builds WordPress plugins itself, see the conflict of interest. Corrections to moin@hafenstudios.com; a documented correction leads to a new version. From issue 02 this page will also show the change since the previous reference date. Collected and prepared by Horst Wenzel.
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