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How to turn off pingbacks and trackbacks for your WordPress website without a plugin

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If you are using a WordPress website you may have pingbacks and trackbacks listed on your comments page. If you view the information on WordPress.org about trackbacks and pingbacks it details that trackbacks and pingbacks are methods for alerting blogs that you have linked to them on there.

You can turn off pingbacks and trackbacks on your WordPress website without using a plugin on there

  1. From the wordpress admin left menu you can click on settings > discussion
  2. From the discussion settings page the top of the page has a few boxes you can click on
  3. You can click on the box that lists allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks) on new articles
  4. You can then click on the save button at the bottom of the discussion settings page

If that works for you it would then turn off pingbacks and trackbacks for your WordPress website on there.

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How to delete comments from the trash folder on your WordPress website

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On your WordPress website if you have moved comments to the trash folder you may want to delete comments from the trash folder or empty the trash folder on there.

To delete comments from the trash folder or empty the trash folder on there

  1. From the WordPress admin left menu you can click on comments
  2. You can then click the trash link at the top of that page
  3. You can then hover over the comment that you want to delete
  4. You can then click the delete permanently link
  5. That would delete the comment

If you want to empty the trash folder

  1. From the WordPress admin left menu you can click on comments
  2. You can then click the trash link at the top of that page
  3. You can then click the empty trash button
  4. That would empty the trash folder

Now if that works for you it would delete that comment or empty the trash folder on there.

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How to move website comments to the trash folder in your WordPress website

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If you are using WordPress for your website with comments on for the website you may have comments that you want to put in the trash folder on there. In the WordPress comments page of your WordPress admin you have a way to move comments to the trash folder on there.

To move comments to the trash folder on your WordPress website

  1. From the WordPress admin left menu you can click on comments
  2. Hover over the comment in the list that you want to update
  3. There is a menu of links with one for trash on there
  4. You can then click the trash link
  5. That would move that comment to the trash folder

Then if you want to delete the comments from the trash folder you can view this post on there.

Now if that works for you it would move that comment to the trash folder on there.

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How to move comments to the spam folder in your WordPress website

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On your WordPress website you may receive comments from visitors that you think are spam on there. The WordPress comments have a way for you to move those comments to the spam folder in the WordPress admin.

  1. From the WordPress admin left menu you can click on comments
  2. Hover over the comment in the list that you want to update
  3. There is a menu of links with one for spam
  4. You can then click the spam link
  5. That would move that comment to the spam folder

Now if that works for you it would move that comment to the spam folder on there.

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How to remove the URL link from user comments on WordPress

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On your WordPress website when a user makes a comment if they put in a url it often makes that a link in the comments. If you want to make that link not clickable you can then add this code to your functions.php file. You may want to backup your WordPress website before you make updates to that on there.

/**
 * Remove link from user comments
 *
 * @author WPSnacks.com
 * @link https://www.wpsnacks.com
 */
remove_filter('comment_text', 'make_clickable', 9);

Then if that works for you it would remove the links from user comments on there.

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How to fix #comments div links for comments plugins in StudioPress Genesis

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If you are using a WordPress Comments Plugin like Livefyre or Disqus to handle the comment discussion on your site, your theme’s links to the #comments div may be broken once the default comments have been turned off. Today’s snack will show you how to fix the #comments div links for comments plugins used in a StudioPress Genesis theme to where your theme’s Comment links work throughout your site.
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How to hide remove description tab on WooCommerce Product Page

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If you are using WooCommerce for an online store plugin for your WordPress site, you may want to hide or remove the description tab on the WooCommerce Product Page. Just add this WordPress Code Snippet to your CSS stylesheet in your current WordPress theme in order to hide the description tab on product pages in WooCommerce.

/**
 * Remove/Hide WooCommerce Product Page description tab
 *
 * @author WPSnacks.com
 * @link https://www.wpsnacks.com
 */
.single .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li.description_tab {
	 display: none;
}

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How to show the comment count for a certain WordPress post using a shortcode

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Just add this WordPress Code Snippet to the functions.php file in your current WordPress theme in order to show the comment count for a certain WordPress post using a shortcode.
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How to change comment is awaiting moderation text in StudioPress Genesis

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If your site allows comments, you may want to set it up to where you have to approve comments before they appear on the site. When this setting is enabled, commenters see a message after posting a comment telling them that their comment is awaiting moderation. You can change that comment awaiting moderation message text in StudioPress Genesis. Just add this WordPress Code Snippet to the functions.php file in your current WordPress theme in order to change the comment is awaiting moderation text to a custom message.
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How to remove website url field from WordPress comment form in StudioPress Genesis

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If your site allows comments, you may not want the comment form to ask for a website url from the commenter. Just add this WordPress Code Snippet to the functions.php file in your current WordPress theme in order to make it so your comment form no longer asks for the commenter’s website url.
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