Turn Off Comments / Ping Backs by Default from Pages
Themes functions.php or yourplugin.php:
Snippet above turns off the check boxes only from New Pages, any existing pages must be unchecked manually.
Themes functions.php or yourplugin.php:
// This is valid hack as long as "wp-admin/includes/post.php" // `get_default_post_to_edit()` keeps calling `apply_filter()` for // `default_content` *after* `comment_status` and `ping_status` setting.
function my_disable_pages_default_commenting($content, $post) { if ($post->post_type == 'page') { $post->comment_status = "closed"; $post->ping_status = "closed"; } return $content; } add_filter('default_content', 'my_disable_pages_default_commenting', 1, 2);
Snippet above turns off the check boxes only from New Pages, any existing pages must be unchecked manually.