The default WordPress comment form comes with website URL option which links to commentator’s site, and many people take the advantage to push their links by using this URL field.
A lot of WordPress users doesn’t like the website URL field in the comment form and wants to remove it.
So, here in this post we will talk about plugins which will help you to get rid of the URL field.
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1. Remove links from comments
This is a straight forward plugin to remove website URL from WordPress comment form, as the name suggests it does it’s job simply by removing the link field from comment form.
This plugin is really simple and easy to use, just install and activate the plugin, that’s all.
Once the plugin is activated it will remove the website URL from the comment form and the names will have only text no links.
2. Disable Hide Comment URL
This is another very simple plugin which will remove website URL from WordPress comment form. This plugin will allow you to remove the URL option from the comment box. This prevents automated bots to post spam links on your website.
Please note: This plugin is not updated for more than 2 years.
3. Remove Comment Website/URL Box
This is a new plugin which you can use to remove website URL from WordPress comment form. This plugin works perfectly with all major WordPress theme Frameworks like Genesis, Thesis etc.
This plugin is really easy to use, just install and activate there is no additional settings, once you activate the plugin the website URL field will get removed from the comment form.
4. Disable Author URL and Comment Links
Another really useful plugin to remove website URL from comment form, this plugin helps you keep your comments clean from spam links left by automated or manual comment spammers.
This plugin also helps you to get rid of any external links within the comments.
Its good to know of these plugins. Removal of URLs in the comment form of WordPress blogs is important because it gives the user a sort of capability to control the uniqueness of the blog.
I guess it would still be okay to test each to see which provides the more functionality and support!
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