After getting annoyed with spammers,I decided to disable the website URL in comment form.Because I usually create theme and most of the time I customize the theme. While this journey of reading,once I read this wordpress codex page http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/comment_form . I have never created plugin in WordPress hence decided to create a plugin called Hide-n-Disable-comment-url-field.zip .It hide and disable URL field in comment form in WordPress.
Description
This plugin will hide and disable the URL field from wordpress default comment form. The plugin also works in Genesis Framework.
Installation
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.
1. Upload Hide_n_Disable_comment_url_field.zip from Plugins ‘Add New’ tab through the WordPress Admin dashboard Or unzip the Hide_n_Disable_comment_url_field.zip in wp-content/plugins
2 Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Frequently Asked Questions
What this plugin do ?
It simply hide and disable the URL field from WordPress inbuilt comment form
Do this plugin alter any database table/database value ?
No.
Do this plugin slower down the page load speed ?
No.It is a simple plugin without any javascript,css,ajax coding.Neither it uses any image
Hello.
I’ve activated the plugin but the website part of the comment form still seems to be showing up.
Here is an example page: http://www.EXAMPLE.com/grill-some-damn-fine-shish-kebabs/
I have checked the link given by you. It is working fine and website field is disabled. Clear the web browser cache and retry once again.
I have edited the link because of security reason.
Hi Sharad,
I have installed your plugin. i recently moved from blogger to wordpress, genesis -news pro child theme. i have around 5k comments which i imported , how do i disable the comment author links. This is the link to one of my posts
http://link-is-removed
Any help is much appreciated
Thanks in advance
Swasthi
Hello Swasthi,
The plugin only disable the URL field in comment form. After installing the plugin, enable it.
I have checked the link which you have posted. The comment form is not visible
Regards
Sharad
Hi,
Checking again if its alright to translate your plugin?
Please let me know what you think.
Regards,
Ogi Djuraskovic
Yes,you can translate
Regards
Sharad
I have recently started a web site, the information you provide on this website has helped me tremendously. Thanks for all of your time & work…
You are welcome