[planeo8]

In an ongoing effort to fight spam, I want to disable all comments via the WordPress Admin Dashboard…Settings/Discussion…(uncheck allow notifications and uncheck allow people to post comments)

If I do this, will bbPress New Topic or Replies be impacted? Will users still be able to submit new topics or reply to existing omes?

I am running WP 4.9.7 and bbPress 2.5.14 with bbPress Moderation 1.8.3

Thanks.

[Surya Semesta]

you can use anti spam plugin like akismet

[Robin W]

disallowing comments does not affect topics and replies – it is how I set my websites

[planeo8]

Thank you, Robin W.

I am also thinking about implementing reCaptcha for the New Topic and Reply forms. Is that actually necessary?

[Robin W]

I’ve never had an issue with automatic spam, so I would not bother – you can always implement it later if needed.