Comments on: Auto Shutoff Comments And Trackbacks

By: Smart Car Care

Smart Car Care — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:55:13 +0000

Hello,
I am Angela Rickson, I always read this sites something everyday because I like its component and I get many advice after read its article. I tell to my other friends about this site. I hope you will read my this comment and you will remember me. i want you always make new articles like this.The downside of Ajay's plugin is that it updates the posts table via a wp-cron query. Ajay does provide a couple of 'undo' queries which are handy.
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By: John P

John P — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:58:24 +0000

It took me all of a minute to code a function in my theme which will allow comments on pages to stay open. Ryan built the feature into the WP 2.7 core using a filter so all I had to do was tweak and rename his core function, remove the core filter and add my new filter. Adding exception post IDs could be done with a foreach loop with just a little work.

By: Ajay

Ajay — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:15:53 +0000

Thanks for the comparison John.

I chose to go with the cron option because that takes place on the db only once a day as opposed to a contant check. (I hope that is how WP functions)

IMO, I prefer not running the cron but doing an occasional manual close.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:22:35 +0000

Thanks John, for the information about the advantages of Ajay's Plugin compare the the core function in WordPress.

By: John P

John P — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:04:20 +0000

Ajay's plugin differentiates between pages and posts which the core does not do. Ajay's plugin also allows you to keep specific posts open past the stipulated aging.The downside of Ajay's plugin is that it updates the posts table via a wp-cron query. Ajay does provide a couple of 'undo' queries which are handy.I believe the core doesn't send update queries to the posts table but rather filters the comments_status field to 'open' or 'closed' based on post_date. Personally, I prefer this approach rather than sending regularly scheduled update queries to the posts table.

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By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:21:28 +0000

Thank you Ajay for your link to your plugin but as you can see, DD32 said, this function will be builtin WordPress 2.7.

Thanks DD32 for your information, we updated the post accordingly.

By: DD32

DD32 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:49:36 +0000

I'm pleased to note, that WordPress 2.7 has this function builtin, Under the Discussion settings you'll find: Automatically close comments on articles older than xx daysIt defaults to 14 days, and Doesnt use a a couple of queries to achieve it, It mearly "closes on the fly".

By: Ajay

Ajay — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:48:14 +0000

Hi, about a while back I released a plugin Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks that fulfils this purpose.

Do check it out and let me know what can be improved.