webberzone/autoclose

Auto-Close WordPress plugin

Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks

Requires: 5.6

Tested up to: 6.0

License: GPL-2.0+

Plugin page: Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks | WordPress.org plugin page

Close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your WordPress posts automatically at intervals set by you

Description

Spammers target old posts in a hope that you won't notice the comments on them. Why not stop them in their tracks by just shutting off comments and pingbacks? Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks let's you automatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your posts, pages and custom post types.

You can also choose to keep comments / pingbacks / trackbacks open on certain posts, page or custom post types. Just enter a comma-separated list of post IDs in the Settings page.

An extra feature is the ability delete post revisions or limit their number.

Key features

• Close (or open) comments on posts, pages, attachments and even Custom Post Types!
• Close (or open) pingbacks and trackbacks as well across all post types. You can also choose to delete them
• Schedule a cron job to automatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks daily
• Delete all post revisions or limit the number of revisions by post type

Screenshots

Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks - General Options

For more screenshots visit the WordPress plugin page.

Installation

WordPress install

1. Navigate to Plugins within your WordPress Admin Area

2. Click "Add new" and in the search box enter "autoclose"

3. Find the plugin in the list (usually the first result) and click "Install Now"

Manual install

1. Download the plugin

2. Extract the contents of autoclose.zip to wp-content/plugins/ folder. You should get a folder called autoclose

3. Activate the Plugin in WP-Admin

4. Goto Settings » Auto-Close to configure

Frequently Asked Questions

Check out the FAQ on the plugin page.

If your question isn't listed there, please create a new post at the WordPress.org support forum. It is the fastest way to get support as I monitor the forums regularly. I also provide premium paid support via email.

About this repository

This GitHub repository always holds the latest development version of the plugin. If you're looking for an official WordPress release, you can find this on the WordPress.org repository. In addition to stable releases, latest beta versions are made available under releases.

autoclose's Issues

Migrate to Settings API

Migrate all settings to the Settings API

Configure number of post revisions

Add an option to control number of post revisions.

https://wordpress.org/support/article/revisions/#revision-options

Upgrade settings to WZ Settings API

Use the WZ Settings API to load the settings page.

Disable self-pings

function no_self_ping( &$links ) {
$home = get_option( 'home' );
foreach ( $links as $l => $link )
if ( 0 === strpos( $link, $home ) )
unset($links[$l]);
}
add_action( 'pre_ping', 'no_self_ping' );

Via: https://wpmudev.com/blog/daily-tip-3-ways-to-remove-wordpress-self-pings/

Update comment count

autoclose/includes/comments.php

Line 196 in e151f4c

function acc_delete_pingtracks() {

For each of the comments, update the comment count for the posts using wp_update_comment_count()

Scheduled close by post

Add a metabox in the Edit Posts/Pages/Custom post types screen to allow a user to select the date and time of when comments and/or trackbacks are closed.

Define $args and use defaults

autoclose/includes/comments.php

Line 27 in e151f4c

function acc_edit_discussions( $type = 'comment', $action = 'open', $args = array() ) {

Delete trackbacks and pingbacks

New tools to delete all trackbacks and pingbacks

Multisite support

Enable activation and deactivation/delete on multisite