Hide comments column in WordPress backend

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Is there a way to hide the comments column in the backend? When you look at the pages, there’s a comments column even though I’ve disabled them.

I made WordPress into a CMS and it may cause some confusion.

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  1. Try this:

    add_filter("manage_edit-page_columns", "my_page_edit_columns");

function my_page_edit_columns($columns){
  unset($columns['comments']);

  return $columns;
}

    If you need it for posts instead of pages, use manage_edit-post_columns instead. The same goes for any post type, really, as manage_edit-{post_type}_columns.

  2. Another way to ensure that the comments column is removed from all Post types and not just Pages, use the following instead:

    add_filter( 'comments_array', 'wpse_19986_existing_comments', 10, 2 );
function wpse_19986_existing_comments( $comments ) {
    $comments = array();
    return $comments;
}

    You can also look into the Disable Blogging plugin which extensively disables the comment functionality among other blog-related features that are needed when using WordPress as a static CMS.