What is the global comments feed?
If you have comments on your site, WordPress automatically creates a feed that shows the most recent comments on all the blog posts on your site. It could be 10 comments on your most recent post or comments on several posts.
Why should you disable the global comments feed?
This feed was historically useful but lost its use case a few years ago. Unless you are using it very specifically yourself somewhere, it really adds no value, but it does add a feed that search engines will crawl very regularly. This takes up time from those search engines that should and could be used for other content on your site.
How can you disable the global comments feed?
You can disable the global comments feed by completing Ravi’s Recommendation in your site’s backend or by following these steps:
How to disable the global comments feed using Yoast SEO
- Go to your WordPress dashboard.
- Hover over Yoast SEO and click on “Settings”.
- In settings, click on “Advanced”.
- Then click on “Crawl optimization”.
- Find “Remove global comment feeds” and disable the checkbox.
How to disable the global comments feed using All in One SEO
- Go to your WordPress dashboard.
- Hover over All in One SEO and click on “Search Appearance”.
- In search appearance, click on “Advanced”.
- Then click on “Crawl Cleanup”.
- Find “Global Comments RSS Feed” and “Post Comment Feeds” and turn both off.
Why is this a Ravi’s Recommendation?
Ravi’s Recommendations are all about smart wins. Disabling the global comments feed stops search engines from wasting time crawling unnecessary pages, so they can focus on what really matters.