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brew-bytes/acorn-disable-comments
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An Acorn package to fully disable WordPress comments site-wide.

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Acorn Disable Comments
======================

[](#acorn-disable-comments)

A theme-agnostic [Acorn](https://roots.io/acorn/) package that fully disables WordPress comments. Drop it into any [Sage](https://roots.io/sage/) theme (or any Acorn-aware project) and stop re-implementing the same dozen comment- disabling hooks on every build.

Modeled on [`roots/acorn-prettify`](https://github.com/roots/acorn-prettify): each concern lives in its own module, every module is independently toggleable from `config/disable-comments.php`.

What it disables
----------------

[](#what-it-disables)

ModuleWhat it does`close-comments`Closes comments and pingbacks on every post type.`hide-existing-comments`Returns an empty comment array; reports zero comments.`admin-ui`Removes the Comments admin menu, admin-bar item, dashboard widget, list-table columns, and the Discussion settings page. Redirects direct visits.`front-end`Short-circuits `comments_template`, empties comment links, dequeues `comment-reply.js`.`rest-api`Strips `/wp/v2/comments` routes and rejects comment writes.`feeds`Disables the global comments feed and per-post comment feeds.`xml-rpc`Removes the `X-Pingback` header and pingback / comment XML-RPC methods.Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require brew-bytes/acorn-disable-comments
```

The provider auto-registers via `extra.acorn.providers`. No further wiring needed — defaults disable everything.

### Customizing

[](#customizing)

Publish the config to your app:

```
wp acorn vendor:publish --tag=disable-comments-config
```

Then edit `config/disable-comments.php` to toggle individual modules or sub-features:

```
return [
    'close-comments' => ['enabled' => true],
    'xml-rpc' => [
        'enabled' => true,
        'disable-fully' => false, // keep XML-RPC available for app passwords
    ],
    // ...
];
```

Setting any module's `enabled` to `false` removes its hooks entirely.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.1+
- Acorn 4.x or 5.x
- WordPress 6.0+

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT © Brew & Bytes

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 84% of packages

Maintenance93

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity34

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

33d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

acorn-packagewordpresscommentsrootssageacorn

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StyleLaravel Pint

Type Coverage Yes

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