Unfortunately this is a known WordPress limitation. Probably the easiest solution is to find a plugin that does this. I haven’t tried this one, personally, but looks promising: http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/disable-comments/
If you want a theme-specific solution, you can copy image.php from the parent theme to your child theme, then remove line 104, <?php comments_template(); ?>. That won’t disable comments, but it will remove the comment form on image attachments.
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13 years, 4 months ago
Is there a simple way to DISABLE COMMENTS ON IMAGES when using the sixhours theme?
I’m hoping somebody knows a method that will turn off image comments in the same way post comment can be turned off.