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How to Fix “Comments are Closed” Problem in WordPress

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Istiak Rayhan

“Comments on this entry are closed”

Recently I’ve noticed that some of my old posts show that ‘Comments on this entry are closed’ that means visitor won’t be able to comment on those posts. But I didn’t disable the comments option or any other setting.

After some research, I was able to find the problem. When I searched for this terms in Google I realized that many WordPress users also face this problem. So here is a quick guide to fix “Comments are Closed” under the posts.

Fixing “Comments are Closed” Problem in WordPress

You need to change two settings to fix the issue.

At first, go to your WordPress dashboard and click on “Discussion” from “Settings” tab. (Follow Screenshot)

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Now check the box “Allow people to post comments on new articles” and uncheck the box “Automatically close comments on articles older than * days”.

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Then click on “Save Changes”.

Now let’s see the second settings to configure.

 

Go to the post which shows that “Comments are Closed” and Edit the post. In the top right of Dashboard, you’ll see ‘Screen Options’. Click on it.

Screen Options WordPressScreen Options will slide out. Make sure the “Discussion” checkbox is checked.

Screen Optios Sliding on WordPressNow Scroll down to the bottom and you’ll find a ‘Discussion’ option there. Make sure that “Allow Comments” checkbox is checked. And Update your post.

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That’s it. You’re done. Now people can comment on your blog posts which were previously showing that “Comments are Closed”.

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78 responses to “How to Fix “Comments are Closed” Problem in WordPress”

  1. Parvez Avatar
    Parvez

    In my case, it was a plugin issue, fixed it after deactivating it.
    Plugin was – wappPress

    Reply
    1. Istiak Rayhan Avatar
      Istiak Rayhan

      Thanks for sharing the info. Someone might find it helpful.

      Reply
  2. Douglas Avatar
    Douglas

    thank you so much! I was struggling with this for a while, and didn’t realized that option… so easy! sometimes we’re so stressed that we can’t find a sollution right in front of our eyes.

    Reply
  3. Carole Avatar
    Carole

    Still having trouble! Comment option appears on first blog entry but not recent blog entry. I’ve done all of the above. Suggestions?

    Reply
  4. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    Thanks a lot! very useful! I solve my issue – screenshots explanation is great!

    Reply
  5. Jimmy Avatar
    Jimmy

    Excellent, Excellent!

    Reply
  6. Alice V Avatar
    Alice V

    I was having issues with this too and wondered why I wasn’t getting any comments. thanks so much! I did have to actually set a “close comments after X amount of days” otherwise it kept the comments closed. I set it to 900 days for now and at least the posts will stay open a few years for comments until I can go back and try to fix it again.

    Reply
  7. Christian Carpeso Avatar
    Christian Carpeso

    Thanks Istaik! That fixed the problem on my blog.

    Reply
  8. Gilliander Avatar
    Gilliander

    Thank you so much!

    Reply
  9. Da Nang Teacher Avatar
    Da Nang Teacher

    This saved my bacon! None of my pages were allowing comments. Your help has fixed it! Thank you so much!
    Da Nang Teacher

    Reply
  10. Nancy Loe Avatar
    Nancy Loe

    You are a GENIUS. I’ve had this problem for years. Every recommended the first part, but it’s your second step that makes this work. Thanks very much.

    Reply
    1. Istiak Rayhan Avatar
      Istiak Rayhan

      Glad I could help :)

      Reply
  11. Kelli Avatar
    Kelli

    Perfect quick fix! Thank you SO MUCH!

    Reply
  12. Susan Avatar
    Susan

    Solved my problem quickly and easily. THANK YOU!!

    Reply
  13. Francisco Meza Avatar
    Francisco Meza

    Yo’ man! Thanks! It seems like a WordPress update caused this to happen. Your guidance help and solved my problem.

    Reply
  14. Dimitris Karousos Avatar
    Dimitris Karousos

    no words enough to thank you !!!! I have this problem for days , i read a lot on the net , i try several plugin’s but NOTHING …..Thank you VERY MUCH for this solution it is worked perfect for me …sorry for my bad English come from Greece

    Reply
  15. RAAckerman, PhD, EA Avatar
    RAAckerman, PhD, EA

    Nope. This does absolutely nothing. (My discussion box was properly set, but after a while, a post lost the discussion check mark on screen options. I reset it. NOTHING changes.)

    Reply
    1. Istiak Rayhan Avatar
      Istiak Rayhan

      This post has been updated. Please check the tutorial now. Thanks

      Reply
  16. Jon Avatar
    Jon

    Thanks for that. Worked like a dream.

    Reply
  17. Amy at Cooking1handed.com Avatar
    Amy at Cooking1handed.com

    Finally! You solved my problem when wordpress technical support could not. I cannot thank you enough.

    Reply
    1. Istiak Rayhan Avatar
      Istiak Rayhan

      Glad I could help.

      Reply
  18. Bryan Avatar
    Bryan

    This worked when I updated the date and time of my post to 5 minuets in the future.

    Settings… allow users to comment on NEW posts!

    Thanks!

    Reply
  19. Vijay Avatar
    Vijay

    This post needs to be updated.
    You just need to uncheck “close comments after 28 days” option in wordpress discussion settings.

    Reply
    1. Dylan Satow Avatar
      Dylan Satow

      BOOM! Nice one Vijay. That is the real solution.

      Reply
    2. Vincent Avatar
      Vincent

      Vijay!!! Thanks for the clarification my friend! You nailed it!

      Reply
  20. Victorvijay Avatar
    Victorvijay

    Was it that easy.I did not know it.
    Thanks for sharing this

    Reply
  21. Brittney Nobles Avatar
    Brittney Nobles

    Hi all!

    So I have struggled for the last few weeks with my comment box, and this tip actually worked, but it’s tricky to find.
    Make sure you are in the edit of your post in order to select “screen options.”
    I was trying to do with from the quick edit, but I needed to be on full edit mode to find the “Discussion” box that needed to be checked.

    Thanks so much for this, it was most helpful!

    Reply
  22. Hershel Gau Avatar
    Hershel Gau

    I have checked all these settings and everything is on, It still says closed. Any idea? My site is isitwrong.com Thank you!

    Reply
  23. Stella Ryuk Avatar
    Stella Ryuk

    Hey Istiak, I have a problem too. So I have enabled the comments but in the form people can’t put their names and email and website and post the comment, even though they can write it. What can I do?
    Here is my website: travelingfoodies.org

    Reply
    1. Istiak Rayhan Avatar
      Istiak Rayhan

      You can use this plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/disable-comment-author-links

      Reply
  24. Albert Barkley Avatar
    Albert Barkley

    Glad to read this post because this is much helping and provide me best information to get into issue of comments.

    Reply
  25. rose Avatar
    rose

    I just spent over and hour looking for this fix trying all sorts of things and voila! You solved it in less than 1 minute!!

    YOU ARE A MAGICIAN!!

    Many , many thanks!
    RM

    Reply
    1. Istiak Rayhan Avatar
      Istiak Rayhan

      Glad I could help :)

      Reply
  26. ali Avatar
    ali

    that was GRATE , keep it up.

    Thanks,

    Reply
  27. Angelo Avatar
    Angelo

    Wow, a single checkbox is all that was needed! Thanks for the helpful article, really appreciate it.

    Reply
  28. Srinivas Avatar
    Srinivas

    I have done all the above things but still, have issue, if you see one post link it has comments open and for another it is closed :(

    any help would be great full, I am ready to go on a screen share as well to show my current issue.

    Post showing comments and are open: http://www.testingtools.co/oats/openscript-oft-oracle-functional-test
    Post does not display the comment form at all :( http://www.testingtools.co/oats/2-ways-to-maintain-stable-performance-of-openscript-in-script-execution-oats

    Would be waiting for your response

    Reply
    1. Istiak Rayhan Avatar
      Istiak Rayhan

      From my side, I can see the comment box on both posts.

      Reply
  29. Ted Genders Avatar
    Ted Genders

    Very helpful information. I am setting up my first WordPress website and was stumped by this. You have an extremely good talent for explaining things. I am sure I will be visiting your site more often.

    Reply
  30. Jeanne Avatar
    Jeanne

    Thank you for this information. Fixed the problem!

    Reply
  31. Dominique | Perchance to Cook Avatar
    Dominique | Perchance to Cook

    Thank you!! This was a life saver :)

    Reply
    1. Istiak Rayhan Avatar
      Istiak Rayhan

      Glad I could help :)

      Reply
  32. Jessa Otero Avatar
    Jessa Otero

    YOU HAVE SAVED MY LIFE!

    Reply
  33. Chris Avatar
    Chris

    I have a variant of the thread!
    I am only using web pages and do not want any comments/blogs etc on the website. I have managed to delete the comments box (by unticking everything in the discussion page) but still get a statement at the bottom of each webpage saying ‘comments are closed’! Can you advise how I might suppress this text please?

    Reply
  34. Wayne Ulery Avatar
    Wayne Ulery

    Great job, but still says “comments are closed” I can’t believe how difficult this process is. I’ve been trying to figure this out for months. Back to the drawing board.

    Reply
    1. Istiak Rayhan Avatar
      Istiak Rayhan

      This is unfortunate.

      Can you give me a link of your posts that show “Comments are closed”?

      Reply
  35. Christopher Avatar
    Christopher

    Yah, I did this and it did not work. I have tried everything and I cannot get my comments to show! Someone please help me. This is so messed up!

    Reply
    1. Istiak Rayhan Avatar
      Istiak Rayhan

      Comment box disappears? or something else?

      Reply
      1. Andrew Wheeler Avatar
        Andrew Wheeler

        I am having this issue as well. Did you find a fix may-hap?

        Reply
  36. George Avatar
    George

    Nice description, but that’s in the manual. What to do if the comments are still closing, AFTER doing all this right? I’m editing an older post with comments open, click update and the comments are closed. I go back to the post, check the comments open box, click update, scroll down and the box is unchecked.

    Reply
  37. Neil Hogan Avatar
    Neil Hogan

    Thank you very much. Your info fixed my problem. The hours of other fixes didn’t do it! And without your instruction to ‘scroll down to the bottom and make sure the discussion box is checked’ I still would have been struggling to work out why it wasn’t working. Thanks again!

    Reply
    1. Istiak Rayhan Avatar
      Istiak Rayhan

      Glad I could help!

      Reply
  38. Sandra Gulland Avatar
    Sandra Gulland

    Yay! I searched Google and tried many “solutions”–without luck. THIS fixed the problem. Thank you!

    Reply
  39. John Chatman Avatar
    John Chatman

    Just wanted to drop a quick line and say thank you.

    This helped me fix the issue within just a couple of minutes.

    I appreciate it.

    Reply
  40. Jaco Avatar
    Jaco

    Thanks Istiak! That was exactly it! Problem solved…thank you so much for your post!

    Reply
  41. olayinka Avatar
    olayinka

    This is the perfect answer/solution for my problem.

    Reply
  42. steve Avatar
    steve

    Awesome! You make it so easy. All sorted now, thank you so much sir.

    Reply
    1. Istiak Rayhan Avatar
      Istiak Rayhan

      Glad it helped.

      Reply
  43. Maz Kwok Avatar
    Maz Kwok

    Oh dear I’ve tried many things but no work untill I found your post. Very simple and clear way! Thanks so much!

    Reply
  44. Christine Faith Avatar
    Christine Faith

    Dude, you rocked my world! Thank you so much – the solution was simple, quick and effective. You’re awesome!

    Reply
    1. Istiak Rayhan Avatar
      Istiak Rayhan

      Glad I could help.

      Reply
  45. Serena @ Thrift Diving Avatar
    Serena @ Thrift Diving

    Thank you, thank you, thank you! This happened to me last night and I hadn’t changed anything differently. You post was the 5-min quick fix I needed! :) FIXED!

    Serena @ Thrift Diving

    Reply
  46. Joe Bradshaw Avatar
    Joe Bradshaw

    Thank you so much for your help! Just starting out at and this was proving a frustrating hurdle to get over!

    Reply
  47. Vincent Alim Avatar
    Vincent Alim

    It’s works ! Thanks.
    Your explanation is easy to understand. :)

    Reply
  48. Zal Avatar
    Zal

    Thank you. I finally fixed the problem.

    Reply
  49. Anna Avatar
    Anna

    Thanks a lot, that fixed my problem!

    Reply
  50. Mohammad ismail Avatar
    Mohammad ismail

    Dear friend really impressed with your way of explaining any topic is such an easy way that set in the reader’s mind automatically.
    Thank you for sharing such a nice and informative post

    Reply
    1. Istiak Rayhan Avatar
      Istiak Rayhan

      Glad to know that you like my explanation way. Thanks for your kind words.

      Reply
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