How to Remove Comments on this Entry Are Closed in Thesis

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We already discussed on how to install Thesis Theme and now here is another pretty cool tutorial that helps to remove or hide “Comments Closed” message on  pages (If comments are not allowed).

Disable Comments on All Pages

First of all, learn how to disable comments on particular pages. In WordPress pages are static and are mainly used for About, Contact etc pages. One more thing is these pages will not be included in the blog feed.

Login to WordPress Dashboard and go to Pages Menu. Select all pages, Bulk Edit them using drop down menu. Now, in the comments menu select “Do Not Allow” and click on Update Button.

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Comments on this Entry Are Closed in Thesis

Now, for all the pages with comments disabled, a message will be displayed like “Comments on this Entry Are Closed”. If you wish to remove this message follow the below steps.

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Remove Comments Are Closed Using Thesis Design Options

If you are using Thesis Theme version 1.8 and above, you can remove comments are closed message using inbuilt Options. Go to Display Options page and in Comments Section uncheck the box. Also, you can disable comments on all pages using check box.

Also Read Thesis 2.0 Release Date and Features List

Remove Comments Are Closed Message Manually

If you want to remove comments closed message manually then add this code to custom_functions.php file in your thesis theme and update it. This code helps if you are using any version of Thesis prior to 1.7.

function remove_comments_message() {
if (!comments_open())
remove_action('thesis_hook_after_post', 'thesis_comments_link');
else
add_action('thesis_hook_after_post', 'thesis_comments_link');
}
add_action('thesis_hook_before_post','remove_comments_message');

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