I have a blog that I would like to disable comments after a couple of weeks for each post, firstly would this affect my google ranking as i am number 1 for my subject. Secondly I found this info on how to do it. 10. Close Comments on Older Posts Sometimes it is wise to close comments on older posts. WordPress has this as a built-in feature where you can specify a number of days and WordPress will automatically close the comments on articles older than this many days. All you have to do is go to Settings ~ Discussion and check this box Also if you would like to disable comments after a period of time just set the amount of days and then click the box, shown as number 10 here http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/vital-tips-and-tools-to-combat-comment-spam-in-wordpress/ The trouble is I don't seem to have this option, are there different kind of admin areas with wordpress? I thought they would all be the same. Thanks for any help
I think closing comments may effect ranking if your blog is not a high traffic blog. It may be like that one of your post on some hot topic came on page 1 or 2 but won't be able to sustain its position...... And regarding the other matter... which version of wordpress you're using currently?
I did not set the blog up but it says Your WordPress 2.3.1 is out of date, so it looks like 2.3.1 . It has a link to update, silly question but I wont lose any info doing this will I?
I know Problogger disables comment after 90 days, but then he can attract between a hundred to 400 comments. I dont see any point to disable comments if you receive less than that. To protect your keyword density, you can always reply to every comment using the keywords.