id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc focuses 9557 comment-template.php and xmlrpc.php should make use of comments_open() coffee2code "`comments_popup_link()` in wp-includes/comment-template.php uses the old-style check: `'closed' == $post->comment_status && 'closed' == $post->ping_status` rather than the modern: `!comments_open() && !pings_open()` `get_comment_reply_link()` also uses the old-style check for comment_status. xmlrpc.php also has a place where the old-style check for comment_status and ping_status should instead be `comments_open()` and `pings_open()`." enhancement closed low 2.8 General 2.7.1 minor fixed has-patch