[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47926: Disable website field in comment section

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#47926: Disable website field in comment section
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 Reporter:  longman2020      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:
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Comment (by longman2020):

 Replying to [comment:9 ttodua]:
 > There is no thought that the field should be removed by default, or at
 least, in native settings page, there was ON/OFF option for that (default-
 OFF).
 >
 > I really don't understand why this is not done, or what are contr-
 arguments.
 > Having that field at all, is just 98% drawback because of attracting
 spam and has no use in real-world.
 >
 > and the custom-coding should not be needed, not all people are
 developers.
 >
 > That's why i dont agree with WP's "decisions instead of options"
 dictature, when those decisions are made upon specific peoples opinion.
 >
 > On all sites daily we have to delete the spammed comments, which are not
 even caught by spam-filtering plugins, because people just comment:
 >
 > "Nice article, I had similar problem <link to X site>.."
 >
 >
 > and as in https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49529 ,  i even
 suggested to replace links from comment texts too, to totally eliminate
 any spamming reason.

 I completely agree with you.

 It's very useless and annoying.

 Even google has declared that links in comment forms are not counted
 anymore, but I don't know why so many people spam yet in 2020.

 I hope the WP team make a decision to eliminate this field or at least
 make it optional in settings.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/47926#comment:10>
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