Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks

Spammers target old posts in a hope that you won’t notice the comments on them. Why not stop them in their tracks by just shutting off comments and pingbacks? Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks lets you automatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your posts, pages and custom post types.

You can also choose to keep comments, pingbacks, or trackbacks open on certain posts, pages or custom post types. Just enter a comma-separated list of post IDs in the Settings page.

An extra feature is the ability to delete post revisions or limit their number.

Found a bug or want to contribute? PRs and issues welcome on GitHub. For help, use the support forum or premium support.

Key Features

• Close (or open) comments on posts, pages, attachments and even Custom Post Types
• Close (or open) pingbacks and trackbacks as well across all post types. You can also choose to delete them
• Schedule a cron job to automatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks daily
• Delete all post revisions or limit the number of revisions by post type
• Exclude specific post IDs from auto-close
• Exclude posts in specific categories, tags, or any taxonomy term from auto-close
• Reopen comments automatically when a post is updated, with a configurable open window
• Receive an email summary after each scheduled cron run showing what was closed or deleted
• Block self-pings and custom ping URLs
• Schedule the closing of comments, pingbacks, and trackbacks for the current post