Remove all comments

Hi there,

WP-Forge is a standard theme, if it wasn’t it wouldn’t be in the repository. I believe that error is caused by a function that removes the default stylings of the recent comment widget.

You can do one of two things: You can comment out that portion of functions.php which is this:

/**
 * Removes recent comments styling injected into header by WordPress - Styles moved to style sheet
 * @since WP-Forge 5.5.1.7
 */
if ( ! function_exists( 'wpforge_remove_recent_comments_style' ) ) {
	function wpforge_remove_recent_comments_style() {
		global $wp_widget_factory;
		remove_action( 'wp_head', array( $wp_widget_factory->widgets['WP_Widget_Recent_Comments'], 'recent_comments_style' ) );
	}

to this:

/**
 * Removes recent comments styling injected into header by WordPress - Styles moved to style sheet
 * @since WP-Forge 5.5.1.7
 */
//if ( ! function_exists( 'wpforge_remove_recent_comments_style' ) ) {
//	function wpforge_remove_recent_comments_style() {
//		global $wp_widget_factory;
//		remove_action( 'wp_head', array( $wp_widget_factory->widgets['WP_Widget_Recent_Comments'], 'recent_comments_style' ) );
//	}
//	add_action( 'widgets_init', 'wpforge_remove_recent_comments_style' );
//}

and then use the plugin you referred to above to remove comments, or…

you could open up single.php and comment out the following:

<?php comments_template( '', true ); ?>

like so:

<?php // comments_template( '', true ); ?>

Entirely up to you how want to do it. I do hope that you are using a child theme, if not, of course as you know, when you update you will lose those edits.

Hope this help.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by ThemeAWESOME.

Thanks you so much for a swift and comprehensive response
In the end, as I was removing comments across the board, I just used this

if (class_exists('Disable_Comments')) 
{
	function wpforge_remove_recent_comments_style() 
	{
		return;
	}
}

It would be easy to just remove the comments from the front end templates but the plugin has the advantage of removing all the baggage from the admin too

I have always though that the option to have comments or not should be in the core
They are generally ugly and superfluous to many developers now WP is far more a CMS than just a blog. The fact that nearly 1 million have downloaded that plugin is testimony to that

I have been on the WP-Forge mailing list for ages and have finally got around to giving it a go on a new site. It looks a great clean starter theme with a few class features
I have only just had a brief run at it so far but it appears to be elegantly coded and well thought through. Thank you so much

Awesome! You are very welcome. Glad we got it sorted out.

I’m happy you finally gave WP-Forge a try, I greatly appreciate that and thank you for the kind words.

If there is anything else I can assist with, please do not hesitate to let me know. I’ll do my best to provide an answer.

Also, if possible, please leave a rating and review of WP-Forge and let everyone know what you think.

Thanks again.