# Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks

__Requires:__ 3.5

__Tested up to:__ 4.2

__License:__ [GPL-2.0+](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

__Plugin page:__ <a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/autoclose/">Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks</a>

Close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your WordPress posts automatically at intervals set by you

## Description

Spammers target old posts in a hope that you won't notice the comments on them. Why not stop them in their tracks by just shutting off comments and pingbacks? <a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/wordpress/plugins/autoclose/">Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks</a> let's you automatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on your posts, pages and custom post types.

You can also choose to keep comments / pingbacks / trackbacks open on certain posts, page or custom post types. Just enter a comma-separated list of post IDs in the Settings page.

An extra feature is the ability to delete post revisions that were introduced in WordPress v2.6 onwards.


### Key features

* **Close comments**: Automatically close comments on posts, pages, attachments and even Custom Post Types!
* **Close pingbacks and trackbacks**: Automatically close pingbacks and trackbacks as well
* **Choose how old**: Choose a custom time period as to when the comments, pingbacks and trackbacks need to be closed
* **Scheduling**: You can also schedule a cron job to automatically close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks daily
* **Bonus**: Delete post revisions


## Screenshots
![General Options](https://raw.github.com/ajaydsouza/autoclose/master/assets/screenshot-1.png)

_Auto-Close Comments, Pingbacks and Trackbacks - General Options_

For more screenshots visit the <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/autoclose/screenshots/">WordPress plugin page</a>


## Installation

### WordPress install
1. Navigate to Plugins within your WordPress Admin Area

2. Click "Add new" and in the search box enter "autoclose"

3. Find the plugin in the list (usually the first result) and click "Install Now"

### Manual install
1. Download the plugin

2. Extract the contents of autoclose.zip to wp-content/plugins/ folder. You should get a folder called autoclose.

3. Activate the Plugin in WP-Admin. 

4. Goto **Settings &raquo; Auto-Close** to configure


## Frequently Asked Questions

Check out the <a href="http://wordpress.org/plugins/autoclose/faq/">FAQ on the plugin page</a> for a detailed list of questions and answers

If your question isn't listed there, please create a new post in the <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/autoclose">WordPress.org support forum</a>. I monitor the forums on an ongoing basis. If you're looking for more advanced _paid_ support, please see <a href="http://ajaydsouza.com/support/">details here</a>.

If you would like a feature to be added, or if you already have the code for the feature, you can let me know by <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/autoclose">posting in this forum</a> or fork this Github project and let me know.