We recently switched from WordPress comments to Disqus comment system on WPBeginner. One of our users pointed out that comments on our custom post types comments weren’t migrated properly. For a temporary solution, we simply disabled Disqus on certain custom post types. In this article, we will show you how to disable Disqus on custom post types in WordPress.
Disqus not showing comments on our custom post types was an error on our part. When importing comment to Disqus, we couldn’t use the normal sync feature because of the size of our site. We had to generate an export file and send it to Disqus to pre-import the comments. This meant that we only did this for posts and not other post types. So when Disqus showed 0 comments on a custom post type item that had 50+ comments, it really was because Disqus didn’t know that it had any comments because we didn’t tell that to Disqus.
So in other words, if you were going to disable Disqus on custom post types because it didn’t work, then maybe you should check your import settings first. But if you want to disable Disqus on custom post types for some other reason, then follow along.
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Before you make any changes make sure that you have enabled syncing between Disqus and WordPress. It is also recommended that you always make a complete WordPress backup of your site before making any big changes.
When you are ready, simply add this code in your theme’s functions.php file or a site-specific plugin.
add_filter( 'comments_template' , 'wpb_block_disqus', 1 );
function wpb_block_disqus($file) {
if ( 'custom_post_type_name' == get_post_type() )
remove_filter('comments_template', 'dsq_comments_template');
return $file;
}
Don’t forget to replace custom_post_type_name with the name of your custom post type. This code simply adds a filter to check for a specific custom post type and disable Disqus comment template display.
We hope this article helped you disable Disqus on custom post types in WordPress. Also check out how we prevented Disqus from overriding Comments count in WordPress.
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The new Disqus Plugin (2018) requires some changes on this code to work properly:
function filter_dsq_can_load( $script_name ) {
// $script_name is either ‘count’ or ’embed’.
if ( ‘count’ === $script_name ) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
add_filter( ‘dsq_can_load’, ‘filter_dsq_can_load’ );
Do we need to add this code along with what mentioned in this blog?
Disqusting….
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You showed us how to disable disqus in custom post type but what about enable? I recently added disqus on my interview custom post type but it’s not working. Why? I created two custom post types i.e Interviews and Blog. It is working in blog post type but not in interviews post type. Tell me how should I fix it.
This is my code of both custom post types. I am using genesis template here –
//* Register Interviews Post Type (Changes by NSS)
add_action( ‘init’, ‘create_interview_post_type’ );
function create_interview_post_type() {
$labels = array(
‘name’ => __( ‘Interviews’ ),
‘singular_name’ => __( ‘Interviews’ ),
‘all_items’ => __(‘All Interviews’),
‘add_new’ => _x(‘Add new’, ‘Interviews’),
‘add_new_item’ => __(‘Add new’),
‘edit_item’ => __(‘Edit Interview’),
‘new_item’ => __(‘New Interview’),
‘view_item’ => __(‘View Interview’),
‘search_items’ => __(‘Search in Interviews’),
‘not_found’ => __(‘No Interviews found’),
‘not_found_in_trash’ => __(‘No Interviews found in trash’),
‘parent_item_colon’ => ”
);
$args = array(
‘labels’ => $labels,
‘public’ => true,
‘has_archive’ => true,
‘rewrite’ => array(‘slug’ => ‘interviews’),
‘taxonomies’ => array( ‘category’, ‘post_tag’ ),
‘supports’ => array( ‘title’, ‘editor’, ‘author’, ‘thumbnail’ , ‘custom-fields’, ‘excerpt’, ‘comments’)
);
register_post_type( ‘interview’, $args);
}
//* Register Blog Post Type (Changes by NSS)
add_action( ‘init’, ‘create_nssblog_post_type’ );
function create_nssblog_post_type() {
$labels = array(
‘name’ => __( ‘Blog’ ),
‘singular_name’ => __( ‘Blog’ ),
‘all_items’ => __(‘All Posts’),
‘add_new’ => _x(‘Add new’, ‘Blog’),
‘add_new_item’ => __(‘Add new’),
‘edit_item’ => __(‘Edit Post’),
‘new_item’ => __(‘New Post’),
‘view_item’ => __(‘View Post’),
‘search_items’ => __(‘Search in Posts’),
‘not_found’ => __(‘No Posts found’),
‘not_found_in_trash’ => __(‘No Posts found in trash’),
‘parent_item_colon’ => ”
);
$args = array(
‘labels’ => $labels,
‘public’ => true,
‘has_archive’ => true,
‘rewrite’ => array(‘slug’ => ‘blog’),
‘taxonomies’ => array( ‘category’, ‘post_tag’ ),
‘supports’ => array( ‘title’, ‘editor’, ‘author’, ‘thumbnail’ , ‘custom-fields’, ‘excerpt’, ‘comments’ )
);
register_post_type( ‘nssblog’, $args);
}
Thank you for this great post.
We’ve installed and configured Disqus plugin in our website. everything is almost great with it, except default commenting option. I wonder if there is any option for choosing Guest Commenting as default.
However there are a lots of people who have Disqus account, but it differs in different societies/countries. For example: in Afghanistan most of the internet users don’t know about Disqus.
You don’t need a Disqus account to comment on the Disqus system. You have to option to use Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Name/Email or Guest.
I’m always logged in, so I had to logout to make sure this is the case.
Logout and take a look.
I see what you are doing and like it. I think I’m having a load order problem. If I doctor the disqus plugin code to not add filter when my custom post type is being used, it addresses my problem:
if ( ‘custom_post_type_name’ != get_post_type() ){
add_filter(‘comments_template’, ‘dsq_comments_template’);
}
If I try your suggestion of removing the filter if it has been added, then it doesn’t work for me. I presume that functions.php is being executed before disqus.php, so there is no filter to remove at the time the removal is executed. I still haven’t worked out a fix.
Great article
Thanks for sharing.
yes it is. I just in search of it. Its help me a lot. Thanks for sharing such useful and informative post.
Woah. Interesting article! I noticed that and thought it was some error. I never knew this was possible.
Ok, i see… In case i disable Disqus in custom post type, what happens then? Does that post stay with comments disabled? Or in that case, WP Comments are back to the page?