Disable Comments vs MainWP Child
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| Feature | Disable Comments v2.9.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | MainWP Child v6.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 700,000+ |
| Last updated | October 25, 2026 | October 13, 2026 |
| Editions | Disable Comments | MainWP Child |
| Pros | Site-wide, per post type or per post rules; Bulk delete with a preview and export before deleting; Blocks REST API and XML-RPC comment endpoints | Manage many sites from one self-hosted dashboard; Updates, plugins, themes and backups managed remotely; Vulnerability checks through Patchstack; Changes log module for auditing edits |
| Cons | Deleting comments is permanent once confirmed; Optional usage tracking sends data to WPInsight once opted in | Needs a self-hosted MainWP Dashboard to be useful; Opens a remote management channel on every connected site; Cloudflare cache purge needs API credentials |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Disable comments per post type, Conditional rules for individual posts and auto-close, Bulk delete of existing comments with preview and export, Block REST API and XML-RPC comment endpoints, Count blocked comment attempts, Multisite site-by-site settings, WP-CLI command, Settings import and export | Secure connection to the MainWP Dashboard, Bulk settings push from the dashboard, Remote cache purge, including Cloudflare, Plugin vulnerability monitoring through Patchstack, Changes log module, Theme check requests |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | Yoast SEO |
| Other | — | Patchstack, Cloudflare, Sucuri SiteCheck |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 6.2 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 7.1.3 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | send.wpinsight.com, ip-api.com | api.patchstack.com, sitecheck.sucuri.net, api.cloudflare.com |