How to Remove Comment Author Website Link in WordPress

WordPress comment form includes “Website” field, where comment author can add a link to his/her own website. It is a great feature that helps to get back-links and traffic easily. But this option is often misused  by spammers to promote their blog or product through spam comments.

Some anti-spam plugins like Akismet can be used, but in some cases those spam comments will by-pass these plugins. It is not always possible to moderate all those comments, hence here is a simple solution for that.

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Remove Comment Author Website Link in WordPress

You need to edit this file in your theme folder…

functions.php

Hence it is advised to backup your theme.

Deactivate comment author links, by using the code below. Go to Appearance > Editor, add this code to functions.php and update file.

/** Removes link to comment author website */
function author_link(){
global $comment;
$comment_ID = $comment->user_id;
$author = get_comment_author( $comment_ID );
$url = get_comment_author_url( $comment_ID );
if ( empty( $url ) || 'http://' == $url )
$return = $author;
else
$return = "$author";
return $return;
}
add_filter('get_comment_author_link', 'author_link');

Functionality of this Code:

• We have tweaked Default WordPress filter which adds link to comment author website.
• If there is no input in website field, then name of the author will be displayed.
• If any website link is included along with the comment, then also only author name will be displayed.

This is the best method and works fine on many WordPress themes including Genesis.

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Alternate Method to Remove Comment Author Website Link

You need to edit this file in your theme folder…

comments.php

Hence it is advised to backup your theme.

Follow these steps :

• Go to Appearance > Editor and edit comments.php file.
• Now Search for comment_author_link() code in it.
• Replace comment_author_link() with comment_author() and update file.
• Voila, you have successfully removed author website link from comments.

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