add_action('admin_init', function () { // Redirect any user trying to access comments page global $pagenow; if ($pagenow === 'edit-comments.php') { wp_safe_redirect(admin_url()); exit; } // Remove comments metabox from dashboard remove_meta_box('dashboard_recent_comments', 'dashboard', 'normal'); // Disable support for comments and trackbacks in post types foreach (get_post_types() as $post_type) { if (post_type_supports($post_type, 'comments')) { remove_post_type_support($post_type, 'comments'); remove_post_type_support($post_type, 'trackbacks'); } } }); // Close comments on the front-end add_filter('comments_open', '__return_false', 20, 2); add_filter('pings_open', '__return_false', 20, 2); // Hide existing comments add_filter('comments_array', '__return_empty_array', 10, 2); // Remove comments page in menu add_action('admin_menu', function () { remove_menu_page('edit-comments.php'); }); // Remove comments links from admin bar add_action('init', function () { if (is_admin_bar_showing()) { remove_action('admin_bar_menu', 'wp_admin_bar_comments_menu', 60); } });