[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #58375: Turn comments off by default for attachment pages (or make is easier to do so without code)

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#58375: Turn comments off by default for attachment pages (or make is easier to do
so without code)
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 Reporter:  zodiac1978                |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement               |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments                  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch dev-feedback  |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by zodiac1978):

 Replying to [comment:2 antpb]:
 > Worth noting that #57913 is being considered to turn off attachment
 pages by default. If this were the case, does this solve core desire to
 not have comments for attachments on new installs?

 Hard to say. Maybe not. If #57913 will disable attachment pages for new
 sites, maybe we shouldn't break the past behavior and let comments open.

 > I would assume if folks wanted to enable pages for attachments that they
 would expect the same functionality as posts default behavior (comments
 on)

 Yes, I agree, but I what if they do not want comments? I still think there
 is a UX problem here. Assuming I have a photography site which ''is''
 using attachment pages, but I do not want to allow comments on them. What
 can I do? I need to edit every single media item, which is a pain.

 So if #57913 gets into 6.3, I would recommend adding at least a bulk
 editing feature to media items to change this easier. This would close the
 feature gap to posts/pages.

 What do you think @antpb?

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