{"id":1341,"date":"2021-07-23T07:17:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2023-03-10T12:36:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T18:36:50","slug":"how-to-stop-commenting-on-older-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-stop-commenting-on-older-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stop Commenting on Older Posts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-right counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #212121;color:#212121\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #212121;color:#212121\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-stop-commenting-on-older-posts\/#how_to_use_cookies_to_remember_commenters_information\" >How to Use Cookies to Remember Commenters\u2019 Information?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-stop-commenting-on-older-posts\/#how_to_enable_threaded_commenting\" >How to Enable Threaded Commenting?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-stop-commenting-on-older-posts\/#how_to_paginate_comments\" >How to Paginate Comments?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-stop-commenting-on-older-posts\/#how_to_get_email_notification_when_someone_comments\" >How to Get Email Notification When Someone Comments?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-stop-commenting-on-older-posts\/#how_to_get_email_notification_when_comments_await_moderation\" >How to Get Email Notification When Comments Await Moderation?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-stop-commenting-on-older-posts\/#how_to_require_all_comments_be_manually_approved\" >How to Require All Comments Be Manually Approved?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-stop-commenting-on-older-posts\/#how_to_require_commenting_authors_to_have_previously_been_approved\" >How to Require Commenting Authors to Have Previously Been Approved?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-stop-commenting-on-older-posts\/#how_to_block_comments_with_links_to_reduce_spam\" >How to Block Comments With Links to Reduce Spam?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-stop-commenting-on-older-posts\/#how_to_moderate_comments_based_on_commenter_name_email_url_ip_or_content\" >How to Moderate Comments Based on Commenter Name, Email, URL, IP or Content?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-stop-commenting-on-older-posts\/#how_to_trash_comments_based_on_commenter_name_email_url_ip_or_content\" >How to Trash Comments Based on Commenter Name, Email, URL, IP or Content?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-stop-commenting-on-older-posts\/#how_to_automatically_approve_wordpress_comments\" >How to Automatically Approve WordPress Comments?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-stop-commenting-on-older-posts\/#how_to_allow_anonymous_commenting\" >How to Allow Anonymous Commenting?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-stop-commenting-on-older-posts\/#conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>Some site owners don\u2019t want commenting on older posts, for a variety of reasons. Often, it\u2019s because the content is time-sensitive, and it wouldn\u2019t make much sense to revive old news. If you\u2019d like to restrict your posts so that they don\u2019t get comments after a certain number of days, apply the below steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019d like to restrict the number of days that can elapse before commenting is stopped, simply tick the box within the admin panel,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Settings -&gt; Discussion -&gt; Other Comment Settings:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>To set the number of days, fill in the day count box and tick the enabling tick box:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Automatically close comments on posts older than ___ days<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Untick the box if you\u2019d like visitors to be able to comment at any number of days following a post being published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then scroll down and click Save Changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how_to_use_cookies_to_remember_commenters_information\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_use_cookies_to_remember_commenters_information\"><\/span>How to Use Cookies to Remember Commenters\u2019 Information?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once someone has found a good post on your website, engaged with it, and made a comment, chances are they\u2019ll want to comment on other posts, in the same visit. Rather than requiring them to re-enter their name, email and website&nbsp;URL&nbsp;over and over again, you can simply tick an option in the WordPress admin panel, using the below steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;If you\u2019re logged in, this doesn\u2019t work, or didn\u2019t in some versions of WordPress, so don\u2019t be surprised if you test it and find odd behavior, when logged in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019d like to enable cookies to store comment author details, simply tick the box within the admin panel,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Settings -&gt; Discussion -&gt; Other Comment Settings:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>To enable cookie use, tick the box:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Show comments cookies opt-in checkbox, allowing comment author cookies to be set<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Untick the box if you\u2019d like to require visitors to have to re-enter their details with each and every comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then scroll down and click Save Changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how_to_enable_threaded_comments\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_enable_threaded_commenting\"><\/span>How to Enable Threaded Commenting?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/comments-in-wordpress\/#comment-display\">WordPress comments<\/a> can be flat, so that comments and responses occur chronologically. If you get 10 commenters and it takes you a few hours to respond, it could be that you have 10 responses below all the comments, not below each one individually. This is why comment nesting was created. With it, as you respond to a comment, and they respond to your response, the conversations are kept together &#8211; making conversations much more sensible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To enable comment threading and set how many levels of nesting are supported, you can set the levels numerically in a dropdown and simply tick an option in the WordPress admin panel, using the below steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Settings -&gt; Discussion -&gt; Other Comment Settings:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>To enable threading, tick the box and pick the number of nested levels of depth:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Enable threaded (nested) comments ___ levels deep<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Untick the box if you\u2019d like to keep comments un-nested, so they posted in one big stream of chronological events, unrelated to the responses associated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how_to_paginate_comments\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_paginate_comments\"><\/span>How to Paginate Comments?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re getting a lot of comment activity, waiting for a slew of comments to load can slow down site performance and make a page look like Santa\u2019s list for the entire planet &#8211; not visually appealing, at all. To sort this, you can choose to paginate WordPress comments into blocks of X number of comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To enable comment pagination, set how many comments per page, and set whether you see the oldest or most recent first, you can set the values and tick an option in the WordPress admin panel, using the below steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Settings -&gt; Discussion -&gt; Other Comment Settings:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>To enable pagination, tick the box and pick the number of comments per page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Break comments into pages with __ top level comments per page and the ___ page\n  displayed by default<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Untick the box if you\u2019d like to keep comments all on one page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then scroll down and click Save Changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how_to_get_email_notification_when_someone_comments\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_get_email_notification_when_someone_comments\"><\/span>How to Get Email Notification When Someone Comments?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re not getting tons of comments and would like a nudge as a reminder to go and review or approve comments on your WordPress blog, you can turn on email notification, so you get the alert. Alternatively, if you\u2019re getting loads of these, or login regularly without a prompt, then you may want to turn off this functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To enable email notifications on comment submission, tick an option in the WordPress admin panel, using the below steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Settings -&gt; Discussion -&gt; Email Me Whenever:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>To enable email notifications, tick the box next to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Anyone posts a comment<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Untick the box if you\u2019d like to avoid all that email coming to your inbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then scroll down and click Save Changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how_to_get_email_notification_when_comments_await_moderation\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_get_email_notification_when_comments_await_moderation\"><\/span>How to Get Email Notification When Comments Await Moderation?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In those instances when people can post comments, and sometimes they get auto-approved and others they don\u2019t, there will be some posts that go into the moderation queue, needing you to review them before approving, deleting or flagging as spam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To enable email notifications on comments awaiting moderation, tick an option in the WordPress admin panel, using the below steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Settings -&gt; Discussion -&gt; Email Me Whenever:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>To enable email notifications, tick the box next to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  A comment is held for moderation<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Untick the box if you\u2019d like to avoid being reminded when there are some comments being held for approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then scroll down and click Save Changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how_to_require_all_comments_be_manually_approved\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_require_all_comments_be_manually_approved\"><\/span>How to Require All Comments Be Manually Approved?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are times you\u2019d like to stop any comment from automatically appearing, by turning on manual approval of all WordPress blog comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To force all comments to need manual approval, tick an option in the WordPress admin panel, using the below steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Settings -&gt; Discussion -&gt; Before a Comment Appears:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>To require manual comment approval, tick the box next to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Comment must be manually approved<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Untick the box if you\u2019d like comments to be published without manual intervention each time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then scroll down and click Save Changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how_to_require_comment_authors_to_have_previously_been_approved\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_require_commenting_authors_to_have_previously_been_approved\"><\/span>How to Require Commenting Authors to Have Previously Been Approved?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Stopping spam is painful. In order to get some posts automatically approved, based on the fact that they\u2019ve been previously vetted and approved, you can use one of the options below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To enable approval of comments by a prior poster, tick an option in the WordPress admin panel, using the below steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Settings -&gt; Discussion -&gt; Before a Comment Appears:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>To require manual comment approval, tick the box next to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Comment author must have a previously approved comment<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Untick the box if you don\u2019t want to favor previously approved commenters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then scroll down and click Save Changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how_to_block_comments_with_links_to_reduce_spam\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_block_comments_with_links_to_reduce_spam\"><\/span>How to Block Comments With Links to Reduce Spam?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s several built-in tools in WordPress for reducing the amount of comment spam that your site gets. One such method is to limit commenting which has a certain number of links in the body of the comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To block comments with at least X number of links in them, set the number of links in the WordPress admin panel, using the below steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Settings -&gt; Discussion -&gt; Comment Moderation:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>To require manual comment approval based on the number of links, specify the number in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Hold a comment in the queue if it contains ___ or more links.<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Setting the value to 0 will force all comments to require approval before publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then scroll down and click Save Changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how_to_moderate_comments_based_on_commenter_name_email_url_ip_or_content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_moderate_comments_based_on_commenter_name_email_url_ip_or_content\"><\/span>How to Moderate Comments Based on Commenter Name, Email, URL, IP or Content?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress comments can be moderated (requiring manual approval) based on information submitted in the Name, Email,&nbsp;URL, IP or Content fields of the comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To moderate comments with a particular value in any of the fields, set whatever it is you\u2019d like to match against in the WordPress admin panel, using the below steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Settings -&gt; Discussion -&gt; Comment Moderation:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>To moderate comments based on the fields value, specify the content to match in the box below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, email, or IP address, \n  it will be held in the moderation queue. One word or IP address per line. It will match inside words, \n  so \u201cpress\u201d will match \u201cWordPress\u201d.<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  To moderate posts with \u201cviagra\u201d or \u201cViagra\u201d or \u201cVIAGRA\u201d in one of the fields, \n  simply put \u201cviagra\u201d in the text box. It\u2019ll also block \u201cDiviagranos\u201d and other strings with \u201cviagra\u201d \n  somewhere inside the name field.<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Then scroll down and click Save Changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how_to_trash_comments_based_on_commenter_name_email_url_ip_or_content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_trash_comments_based_on_commenter_name_email_url_ip_or_content\"><\/span>How to Trash Comments Based on Commenter Name, Email, URL, IP or Content?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress comments can be trashed based on information submitted in the Name, Email,&nbsp;URL, IP or Content fields of the comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To trash comments with a particular value in any of the fields, set whatever it is you\u2019d like to match against in the WordPress admin panel, using the below steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Settings -&gt; Discussion -&gt; Comment Blocklist:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>To trash comments based on the fields value, specify the content to match in the box below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  When a comment contains any of these words in its content, name, URL, email, or IP address, \n  it will be put in the Trash. One word or IP address per line. It will match inside words, \n  so \u201cpress\u201d will match \u201cWordPress\u201d.<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  To trash \u201cviagra\u201d or \u201cViagra\u201d or \u201cVIAGRA\u201d in one of the fields, simply put \u201cviagra\u201d in the text box. \n  It\u2019ll also block \u201cDiviagranos\u201d and other strings with \u201cviagra\u201d somewhere inside the name field.<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Then scroll down and click Save Changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how_to_automatically_approve_wordpress_comments\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_automatically_approve_wordpress_comments\"><\/span>How to Automatically Approve WordPress Comments?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While there are a myriad of reasons why someone would force comments to be manually approved, there are some cases where a blog owner might want to have comments automatically approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To automatically approve all WordPress comments, untick a couple of options in the WordPress admin panel, using the below steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Settings -&gt; Discussion -&gt; Before a Comment Appears:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>To allow automatic comment approval, untick BOTH boxes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Comment must be manually approved\n  Comment author must have a previously approved comment<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, tick the box if you\u2019d like comments to be automatically approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then scroll down and click Save Changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how_to_allow_anonymous_comments\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"how_to_allow_anonymous_commenting\"><\/span>How to Allow Anonymous Commenting?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Most WordPress blogs won\u2019t allow anonymous commenting because of the amount of spam abuse that they would receive. However, in the interest of free, open discussion, and to avoid persecution of authors, occasionally anonymous comments make sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To allow anonymous WordPress comments, untick an option in the WordPress admin panel, using the below steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Settings -&gt; Discussion -&gt; Other Comment Settings:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>To allow anonymous comments, untick the box:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  Comment author must fill out name and email<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, tick the box if you\u2019d like comments to require author information before being submitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then scroll down and click Save Changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a WordPress website? Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/wordpress-hosting\"><strong>Managed Hosting for WordPress<\/strong><\/a> and see if we are a good fit for you. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\">KnownHost <\/a><\/strong>offers 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, all 7 days of the week best in class technical support. A dedicated team ready to help you should you need our assistance. You\u2019re not using KnownHost for the best webhosting experience? Well, why not?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some site owners don\u2019t want commenting on older posts, for a variety of reasons. Often, it\u2019s because the content is time-sensitive, and it wouldn\u2019t make much sense to revive old news. If you\u2019d like to restrict your posts so that they don\u2019t get comments after a certain number of days, apply the below steps. 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