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How to Turn Off Comments Notifications in WordPress

Last updated on August 8th, 2019 by Editorial Staff
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How to Turn Off Comments Notifications in WordPress

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 because you would start getting a lot of them.

Luckily, there is an easy way to disable WordPress comment notification emails. In this article, we will show you how to easily turn off comment notifications in WordPress.

Turning Off Comment Notification Emails in WordPress

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How to Turn Off Comment Notification in WordPress (Step by Step)

First of all, you need to login to your WordPress admin area and go to Settings » Discussion page. From here, scroll down to ‘E-mail me whenever’ section where you will see these two checkbox options:

  • Anyone posts a comment
  • A comment is held for moderation

Default WordPress comment email notifications

As shown in the image above, the comment notification emails are enabled by default in WordPress.

Disable Comment Notification Emails 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.

That’s all!

WordPress will now stop sending comment notification emails to the site administrators and post authors.

If you want more tips to improve your WordPress comment notifications, then you can see our guide on how to 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 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 ‘subscribe to comments’ option under the comments section of this article.

Subscribe to Comments in WPBeginner Blog

It is 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 unnecessarily.

You can unsubscribe to such 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.

If you liked this article, then please subscribe to our YouTube Channel for WordPress video tutorials. You can also find us on Twitter and Facebook.

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  1. Sarah says:
    Feb 12, 2021 at 11:33 am

    Perfect, super helpful! Thanks so much!!! :)

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Feb 15, 2021 at 1:34 pm

      Glad our guide was helpful :)

      Reply
  2. niskaam says:
    Aug 14, 2019 at 5:31 am

    nice post,thanks for sharing

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    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Aug 14, 2019 at 10:51 am

      Glad you like our content :)

      Reply
  3. Arogyadhamhcc says:
    Aug 9, 2019 at 5:31 am

    Thanks for the information.

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    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Aug 9, 2019 at 9:48 am

      You’re welcome :)

      Reply
  4. SteveInCO says:
    Nov 22, 2016 at 12:13 am

    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.

    Reply
  5. Josh says:
    May 18, 2016 at 1:00 pm

    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.

    Reply
  6. Will says:
    Mar 12, 2016 at 12:45 am

    WordPress is sending me Facebook notifications each time someone comments on my linked blog. How do I disable the Facebook notifications from wordpress?

    Reply
  7. Emma Austin-Jones says:
    Jun 1, 2014 at 1:44 pm

    Just followed your advice. Thank you, such a relief!!

    Reply
  8. Sharde says:
    Jul 15, 2013 at 8:39 pm

    My Goodness You saved the day!

    Reply
  9. Daan van den Bergh says:
    May 22, 2013 at 5:40 am

    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?

    Reply
    • Editorial Staff says:
      May 22, 2013 at 8:20 am

      There is no easy way. The best thing you can do is setup a filter in your email.

      Reply
  10. CC says:
    Dec 5, 2012 at 1:36 am

    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.

    Reply
    • Editorial Staff says:
      Dec 6, 2012 at 9:14 am

      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.

      Reply
  11. ReelSEO Video Guide says:
    Jul 17, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    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.

    Reply
    • Editorial Staff says:
      Jul 18, 2012 at 10:10 am

      Nope, the technique above should solve the issue. Not sure what’s going on with your site.

      Reply
  12. Rami says:
    Jul 16, 2012 at 11:21 am

    How do you turn off user registration notifications.

    Reply
    • Editorial Staff says:
      Jul 17, 2012 at 10:23 am

      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).

      Reply
      • Rami says:
        Jul 18, 2012 at 10:18 am

        Is there a wordpress filter that i can use to turn-off user registration notifications.

        Reply

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