Disable Comments vs Comment Experience by Progress Planner (formerly Yoast Comment Hacks)
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| Feature | Disable Comments v2.9.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Comment Experience by Progress Planner (formerly Yoast Comment Hacks) v2.1.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 500+ |
| Last updated | October 25, 2026 | November 10, 2025 |
| Editions | Disable Comments | Comment Experience |
| 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 | Free, GPL licence; Cleaner comment notification emails; Optional comment policy that commenters must accept; Minimum and maximum comment length |
| Cons | Deleting comments is permanent once confirmed; Optional usage tracking sends data to WPInsight once opted in | Changes core comment behaviour, so test it on a staging copy first; Does not add spam filtering or storage; Notification email links point at an IP lookup service |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| 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 | Comment policy that commenters must accept, Minimum and maximum comment length, Cleaner comment notification emails, Filtered comment notification recipients, Mailto link on comment rows, Redirect after posting a comment, Comment Experience settings page |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | — | Progress Planner |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 6.6 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.0 | 6.8 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | send.wpinsight.com, ip-api.com | — |