[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33535: Comments for pages turned off by default

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#33535: Comments for pages turned off by default
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 Reporter:  kostek00         |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments         |     Version:  4.3
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:
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Changes (by DrewAPicture):

 * keywords:  close =>


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:2 kostek00]:
 > I know it's has been changed that's why I signd ticket with new feature
 to allow peaoples to choose without need to know how to code this.

 Hi @kostek00,

 Looks like @SergeyBiryukov beat me by about a minute.

 Anyway, I understand your frustration with this change.

 When decisions like this are made during WordPress development, we first
 ask, "would this change be useful for 80 percent of users?". If the answer
 is a resounding "yes" as this one was, then we follow our core
 [https://wordpress.org/about/philosophy/ decisions, not options]
 philosophy in making the change. This is why a filter was introduced
 instead of a new option.

 Think of it this way: WordPress is well-known for our commitment to
 backward compatibility. And in introducing a filter, we're saying, "yes,
 absolutely, you can still do this" but maybe making it a little harder by
 switching it from opt-out to opt-in. This change, I think, is natural to
 the evolution of WordPress and is how many other opt-out situations have
 been changed throughout the years.

 Not everybody is going to agree with every change WordPress makes, and
 that's OK. The best thing we can do is try to find a middle ground. The
 filter is that middle ground, and changing this feature from opt-in back
 to opt-out now falls squarely in plugin territory, for which it looks like
 there's already a [https://wordpress.org/plugins/allow-comments-on-pages-
 by-default/ plugin] available.

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