Using Disqus, how to stop storing comments in wp database?

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1. The disqus plugin synchronizes your WordPress comments with the disqus system — that’s it’s main purpose (own your own comments, etc). You can get around this by ditching the built in WordPress commenting system altogether, modifying your theme templates (probably just comments.php) to use the stand-alone disqus javascript.

   <script type="text/javascript">
           var disqus_shortname = ''; // required: replace example with your forum shortname
           var disqus_identifier = '<?php the_guid() ?>'; // globally unique identifier. *should* never change.
           var disqus_url = '<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>'; //link-back to this page
           /* * * DON'T EDIT BELOW THIS LINE * * */
           (function () {
               var dsq = document.createElement('script');
               dsq.type = 'text/javascript';
               dsq.async = true;
               dsq.src = 'http://' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js';
               (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq);
           })();
       </script>
   

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2. Did you already try disabling the sync from Disqus to WordPress?

   
   (This is under plugin settings in the Disqus Dashboard view.)

   FYI: The use of storing comments is to protect yourself against data loss if Disqus goes under, or if you want to migrate to a new plugin in the future.

   Of course, you can manually sync with a setting as well, so barring an apocalyptic failure/shutdown of Disqus you’re probably fine not storing the comments in your database.

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