---
prompt: turn-off-comments
title: Turn off comments
description: Close comments on new posts, and on the posts you already have, after you say yes.
category: Content
products: WordPress
mode: can make changes, asks first
tools: settings.get, settings.update, posts.list, posts.update
url: https://jetpack.com/prompts/turn-off-comments/
updated: 2026-10-25
---

# Turn off comments

Close comments on new posts, and on the posts you already have, after you say yes.

## Prompt

> Turn off comments on my site. Close them for new posts, then list my posts that still allow comments and ask before you close those too. Don’t delete any comments.

## Steps for your agent

1. Call settings.get with include_discussion true and say what the comment settings are now.
2. Ask before changing them. On yes, call settings.update with default_comment_status "closed" and user_confirmed true. This only affects new posts.
3. Call posts.list for published posts and keep those with comment_status "open". Say how many there are and ask before closing them.
4. On yes, call posts.update with comment_status "closed" and user_confirmed true, once per post. Ask if pages should be closed too. Never delete comments.

## Tools

- `settings.get` (reads only, through `wpcom-mcp-site`): Read your discussion settings.
- `settings.update` (makes changes, through `wpcom-mcp-site`): Close comments on new posts.
- `posts.list` (reads only, through `wpcom-mcp-content-authoring`): List the posts that still allow comments.
- `posts.update` (makes changes, through `wpcom-mcp-content-authoring`): Close comments on a post.

Run each tool through the WordPress.com MCP server tool named next to it, with `action: "execute"`, `operation` set to the tool name, `wpcom_site` and `params`. Set `user_confirmed: true` only after the user approves a change.

## Before you start

- Free. Works on any Jetpack site.
- You need to be an administrator.

## Safety

Asks before each change. It closes comments and never deletes them. You can turn them back on any time.