id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
17913	Site-level comment options may override individual post settings. Improve communication.	niallkennedy		"Post comments may be automatically closed for a  site's posts if site option 'close_comments_for_old_posts' is true and the post was published before 'close_comments_days_old' days ago. These two options are set in options-discussion and override the 'comment_status' of an individual post.

The edit posts screen's comment meta box displays comments open/close status, allowing publishers to open or close comments for a single post. It's possible the site-level discussion settings will override the individual post yet we still might display a different post comment status than the site settings allow.

1. Enable site-level option to close comments on articles ( wp-admin/options-discussion.php#close_comments_for_old_posts )
1. Enter a days value of 1 for maximum impact
1. Edit a post published over a day ago
1. View the Discussion meta box ( #commentstatusdiv )
1. Interact with the 'comment_status' field

I would like to better communicate expected failure and let the post author or editor know this particular setting has been overridden at the site options level. If the current user can manage options I might you could link to the override in the options page.

I created a new test blog, set comments to auto-close after a day, and checked allow comments in the post screen. I was wondering why comments_open() was false for the post when I was looking at a checked box on the post screen."	enhancement	new	normal	Awaiting Review	Comments		minor		has-patch