Method to Hide WordPress Comment Module, Only Visible to Logged-in Users

Due to domestic policy reasons, personal website filings do not allow websites to have comment functionality. However, a personal blog without open comments seems to lack soul. Therefore, we can set it so that only logged-in users can see the comment area content. The specific method is as follows: Find your theme's single.php file, for example, in the Twenty Seventeen theme, locate code similar to the following.

if ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) :
	comments_template();
endif;

Modify it as shown below:

if ( is_user_logged_in()){
	if ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) :
		comments_template();
	endif;
}

The method for other themes is similar; just find the corresponding code and add a conditional check.

<?php if ( is_user_logged_in()){ ?>
<?php if ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) : ?>
	<?php comments_template( '', true ); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php } ?>

`if ( is_user_logged_in() )` is the condition to check if the user is logged in. If logged in, the comment module is displayed; if not, it won't load. Of course, after making this change, you need to enable user registration on your website. You might also be interested in the following articles:

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• Several Methods for Users to Set Their Own Password During WordPress Website Registration
• Method to make a WordPress website accessible only to registered and logged-in members

The code in this article was shared by Zhigengniao.