#16183 closed defect (bug) (invalid)
MT Importer doesn't honor default article comment settings
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| Milestone: | Priority: | normal | |
| Severity: | normal | Version: | 3.0.4 |
| Component: | Import | Keywords: | |
| Focuses: | Cc: |
Description
I have a blog on a network that has Allow people to post comments on new articles and Allow link notifications from other blogs (pingbacks and trackbacks.) unchecked in wp-admin/options-discussion.php. The intent is to disable comments and trackbacks, and I can confirm this is happening for new posts when I do Post > Add New.
However, the MT Importer doesn't honor this configuration. All imported MT posts have comments enabled.
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The MT importer, at least the latest version (0.4) looks for a line in the MT export file reading "ALLOW COMMENTS", and then bases whether or not to turn on comments for a post based on the value on that line. Before importing, changing the configuration value of that line will turn off all comments as desired. WordPress's MT importer is designed to respect previous settings for imported posts, and use the WordPress settings for new ones.