What this plugin does

• Slug: disable-comments
• Author: WPDeveloper
• 1000000+ active installs
• 94/100 rating (280 reviews on wordpress.org)
• 34493621 all-time downloads
• On WordPress.org since 2011-05-27

delete commentsdisable commentsremove commentsspam protectionstop spam

Maintenance status

• Latest known version: 2.8.0
• Last updated: 2026-07-30 8:52am GMT
• Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4
• Requires PHP: 7.0+
• Max supported PHP (analyzed): 8.4

Known vulnerabilities

1 known CVE on file for Disable Comments. Reported between 2014 and 2014.

How to fix it

Keep Disable Comments updated — 2.8.0 is the latest version on wordpress.org, and each CVE above lists the exact release that fixed it ("Fixed in").

This is the plugin's full known vulnerability history, not a scan of any specific installation — run a free scan of your own site to check your exact installed version.

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