Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks
Auto-Close keeps your site clean by automatically closing comments, pingbacks, and trackbacks—so you can focus on content, not cleanup.
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·200 active installs·Updated 6 days agoAs of April 2026, Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks is a WordPress spam plugin with 200 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 22K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.6+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection.
5/51 reviews
200active installs
22K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008
Overview
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 lets you automatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your posts, pages and custom post types.
You can also choose to keep comments, pingbacks, or trackbacks open on certain posts, pages or custom post types. Just enter a comma-separated list of post IDs in the Settings page.
An extra feature is the ability to delete post revisions or limit their number.
Found a bug or want to contribute? PRs and issues welcome on GitHub. For help, use the support forum or premium support.
Key Features
- Close (or open) comments on posts, pages, attachments and even Custom Post Types
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.6+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
3.1.0
Release post: https://webberzone.com/announcements/auto-close-v3-1-0/
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New features:
- Exclude posts in specific categories, tags, or any taxonomy term from having comments or pingbacks/trackbacks closed.
- Reopen comments automatically when a published post is saved or updated, with a configurable number of days before they are closed again by the cron.
- Email summary notification after each scheduled cron run, showing the number of comments closed, pings closed, and revisions deleted.
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Bug fixes:
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Contributors
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