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Conditionally Remove Comments & Comment Form in Genesis

Published · Ren Ventura · 3 Comments

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Conditionally Remove Comments & Comment Form in Genesis

Unless otherwise noted, any code snippet in this post goes in your theme's functions.php file or a plugin for your custom functions.

These snippets allow you to conditionally remove the comments altogether (and optionally display a message) or remove just the comment form (and optionally display a message). They are specific for use in the Genesis Framework.

Conditionally Remove Comments in Genesis

Conditionally Remove Comment Form in Genesis

In all cases, remember to replace $some_condition in the if() statements to whatever conditional you need to use.

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  2. Avatar for Avinash Jude DAvinash Jude D'Souza says

    Been awhile Ren!

    Quick question; what use cases do you see for this code?

    I had a VERY quick think and I can’t come up with anything off the top of my head…

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    • Avatar for RenRen says

      Hey, Avinash. The main idea behind this is if someone wants to close off comments to specific categories or maybe users who don’t have certain capabilities, etc. It’s not something many people are going to want to do but I found myself exploring the option so I did the research and made it available.

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