Do you want to turn off comment notifications on your WordPress site?
By default, WordPress notifies the site administrators when there is a new comment on the site.
If you are just starting a new blog, then this feature will alert you of new comments that you can respond to and increase user engagement. However, these comment notifications could become annoying as your blog grows and you start getting a lot of them.
In this article, we will show you how to easily turn off comment notifications in WordPress.
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How to Turn Off Comment Notifications in WordPress (Step by Step)
First of all, you need to log in to your WordPress dashboard and adjust the discussion settings by going to the Settings » Discussion page.
From here, scroll down to the ‘E-mail me whenever’ section, where you will see these two checkbox options:
- Anyone posts a comment
- A comment is held for moderation
As shown in the image above, comment notification emails are enabled by default in WordPress.
To disable comment notifications, you need to uncheck both boxes and then click on the ‘Save Changes’ button at the bottom of the page.
WordPress will now stop sending comment notification emails to the WordPress website administrators and post authors.
If you want more tips to improve your WordPress comment notifications, then you can see our guide on how to manage WordPress comment notifications emails.
Turning Off Comment Notification Emails From Other WordPress Websites
Are you receiving comment notification emails from websites other than yours?
If you have commented on a post on another blog and subscribed to its comments, then you will receive comment notification emails every time a new comment is added to the post.
Many blogs nowadays use a comments plugin like Subscribe to Comments Reloaded to add a comment subscription option in their comment box.
You probably checked or forgot to uncheck the comment subscribe option.
For example, you can see the ‘subscribe to comments’ option under the comments section of this article.
This feature can be useful if you have asked a support question and waiting for a response from the post author. But if you posted a general feedback comment, then it can distract you and get annoying.
You can unsubscribe to these comment notification emails by merely clicking on the unsubscribe link in the email.
We hope this article helped you to learn how to turn off comment notifications in WordPress. You may also want to see our guide on how to completely disable comments in WordPress and our expert picks for the best plugins to improve WordPress comments.
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Sarah says
Perfect, super helpful! Thanks so much!!!
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niskaam says
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Arogyadhamhcc says
Thanks for the information.
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You’re welcome
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SteveInCO says
I have a different problem. I have a basically moribund blog, but I comment on other peoples’ blogs.
I get an e-mail every time someone hits the little star to like a comment I made on someone else’s blog. It’s a busy blog, and I am getting just absolutely buried in these totally useless emails. I can’t seem to find anything out about how to solve this, as everything google fu turns up is about emails for one’s own blog.
Meanwhile, if someone actually troubles to REPLY to that comment, I get nothing at all. I’d actually like to get those e-mails.
Josh says
Is there a way to remove a specific user from a specific comment thread? She can’t figure out how to unsubscribe and contacted me about it.
Will says
WordPress is sending me Facebook notifications each time someone comments on my linked blog. How do I disable the Facebook notifications from wordpress?
Emma Austin-Jones says
Just followed your advice. Thank you, such a relief!!
Sharde says
My Goodness You saved the day!
Daan van den Bergh says
Is there a way to turn off notifications on a per account basis?
I’m the administrator and I’m using the WordPress-app on my smartphone, which notifies me of new comments all the time.
But disabling notifications in the admin-settings, turns it off for all accounts.
Is there a way to turn it off for the administrator and leave it on for the contributors?
Editorial Staff says
There is no easy way. The best thing you can do is setup a filter in your email.
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CC says
Is there a way to turn off comment notification on a post-by-post basis? Some posts I’d like to receive notification for, while others I’d rather not, but it seems to be an all-or-nothing situation.
Editorial Staff says
None that we are aware of. You can always use subscribe to comments plugin to get notified if there is a new comment. Alternatively, you can just check your dashboard every few hours.
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ReelSEO Video Guide says
You know, out of the blue, we’re getting repeat notifications over and over again for one particular post on our site. I’ve tried disabling (per your instructions above) and re-enabling, but we’re still getting hundreds of repeat notification emails. Have you ever seen this or do you have any idea of how one might fix that? Thanks in advance.
Editorial Staff says
Nope, the technique above should solve the issue. Not sure what’s going on with your site.
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Rami says
How do you turn off user registration notifications.
Editorial Staff says
There is a WP plugin, but it hasn’t been updated since 2010.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/disable-wp-new-user-notification/
The best way would be to filter it out in your email and delete them automatically (Gmail has filters).
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Rami says
Is there a wordpress filter that i can use to turn-off user registration notifications.