Do you need to disable Disqus comments on custom post types in WordPress?
When using Disqus, we realized that comments on some custom post types weren’t migrated properly. For a temporary solution, we simply disabled Disqus on those post types.
In this article, we’ll show you how to disable the Disqus comment system on custom post types in WordPress.
Why We Switched Away from Disqus?
In 2014 we switched from WordPress comments to the Disqus comment system on WPBeginner. A year later we switched back. Why did we do that?
Early on, one of our users pointed out that comments on our custom post types comments weren’t migrated properly. This ended up being an error on our part and led to us simply disabling Disqus on certain custom post types.
Over the next year, we noticed several other drawbacks with Disqus that forced us to switch back to WordPress comments. If you’re interested, we discuss those issues in detail in our post about switching away from Disqus.
That being said, perhaps you are still using Disqus on your own WordPress website. Let’s have a look at how to disable Disqus for custom post types.
Disabling Disqus on Custom Post Types in WordPress
In this tutorial, you’ll be adding a code snippet to your website. We recommend that you always make a complete WordPress backup of your site before making any big changes.
Before you start, you should also make sure you have enabled syncing between Disqus and WordPress. Simply visit the Syncing tab of your dashboard’s Disqus page and click the Enable Auto Syncing button.
When you are ready, simply add this code in your theme’s functions.php file or a site-specific plugin.
function filter_dsq_can_load( $script_name ) {
if ( is_singular( 'custom_post_type_name' ) ) {
if ( 'count' === $script_name ) {
return false;
} elseif ( 'embed' === $script_name ) {
return false;
} else {
return true;
}
}
}
add_filter( 'dsq_can_load', 'filter_dsq_can_load' );
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 tutorial helped you learn how to disable Disqus on custom post types in WordPress.
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Ludy Amano says
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’ );
Priyanka says
Do we need to add this code along with what mentioned in this blog?
Arta says
Disqusting….
Hemang Rindani says
WordPress is a great enterprise web content management service that allows a company to control website(s) effortlessly. With unlimited built-in tools and their flexibility & scalability, a developer can design website for any business requirements. It is advisable to keep the site interesting where adding a comment box will play a crucial role. Disqus is one of the easiest ways to add comment box on any page however sometimes it is essential to disable it on a few sections where you don’t require reader’s inputs. The method described in article is spot-on as I readily implemented it. Thanks for sharing.
I feel Jetpack is a good alternative. It allows your readers to connect to your website and leave a comment in multiple ways. It uses default WordPress comment option, can connect to WordPress.com or allows users to login through Facebook, G+ and twitter. There are many other features that make Jetpack a great tool.
Raunak Hajela says
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);
}
Wakil Nikzad says
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.
Travis Pflanz says
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.
danh says
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.
Piku says
Great article
Erik says
Thanks for sharing.
Akash Agarwal says
yes it is. I just in search of it. Its help me a lot. Thanks for sharing such useful and informative post.
Manuel Edburg says
Woah. Interesting article! I noticed that and thought it was some error. I never knew this was possible.
Eduardinho Teixeira says
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?