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Why not stop them in their tracks by just shutting off comments and pingbacks? <a href=\"https:\/\/webberzone.com\/plugins\/autoclose\/\">Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks<\/a> lets you automatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your posts, pages and custom post types.<\/p>\n\n<p>You can also choose to keep comments, pingbacks, or trackbacks open on certain posts, pages or custom post types. Just enter a comma-separated list of post IDs in the Settings page.<\/p>\n\n<p>An extra feature is the ability to delete post revisions or limit their number.<\/p>\n\n<p>Found a bug or want to contribute? PRs and issues welcome on <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WebberZone\/autoclose\">GitHub<\/a>. For help, use the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/plugin\/autoclose\">support forum<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/webberzone.com\/support\/\">premium support<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Key Features<\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Close (or open) comments on posts, pages, attachments and even Custom Post Types<\/li>\n<li>Close (or open) pingbacks and trackbacks as well across all post types. You can also choose to delete them<\/li>\n<li>Schedule a cron job to automatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks daily<\/li>\n<li>Delete all post revisions or limit the number of revisions by post type<\/li>\n<li>Exclude specific post IDs from auto-close<\/li>\n<li>Exclude posts in specific categories, tags, or any taxonomy term from auto-close<\/li>\n<li>Reopen comments automatically when a post is updated, with a configurable open window<\/li>\n<li>Receive an email summary after each scheduled cron run showing what was closed or deleted<\/li>\n<li>Block self-pings and custom ping URLs<\/li>\n<li>Schedule the closing of comments, pingbacks, and trackbacks for the current post<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<h4>WordPress install<\/h4>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Navigate to Plugins within your WordPress Admin Area<\/li>\n<li>Click \"Add new\" and in the search box enter \"autoclose\"<\/li>\n<li>Find the plugin in the list (usually the first result) and click \"Install Now\"<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h4>Manual install<\/h4>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Download the plugin<\/li>\n<li>Extract the contents of autoclose.zip to wp-content\/plugins\/ folder. 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