Hide Comments on WP Dashboard

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Completely hide the comments function in the Wordpress Dashboard

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01/02/2023

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                     1add_action('admin_init', function () {
 2    // Redirect any user trying to access comments page
 3    global $pagenow;
 4 
 5    if ($pagenow === 'edit-comments.php') {
 6        wp_safe_redirect(admin_url());
 7        exit;
 8    }
 9 
10    // Remove comments metabox from dashboard
11    remove_meta_box('dashboard_recent_comments', 'dashboard', 'normal');
12 
13    // Disable support for comments and trackbacks in post types
14    foreach (get_post_types() as $post_type) {
15        if (post_type_supports($post_type, 'comments')) {
16            remove_post_type_support($post_type, 'comments');
17            remove_post_type_support($post_type, 'trackbacks');
18        }
19    }
20});
21 
22// Close comments on the front-end
23add_filter('comments_open', '__return_false', 20, 2);
24add_filter('pings_open', '__return_false', 20, 2);
25 
26// Hide existing comments
27add_filter('comments_array', '__return_empty_array', 10, 2);
28 
29// Remove comments page in menu
30add_action('admin_menu', function () {
31    remove_menu_page('edit-comments.php');
32});
33 
34// Remove comments links from admin bar
35add_action('init', function () {
36    if (is_admin_bar_showing()) {
37        remove_action('admin_bar_menu', 'wp_admin_bar_comments_menu', 60);
38    }
39});

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