From 979e16217f0eb2874f21ae266021736f5f687741 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Allison Levine <1689238+allilevine@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 15:10:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Disable bloganuary (#97136)

* Disable bloganuary.

* Add comment clarifying the redundant logic.
---
 client/data/blogging-prompt/is-bloganuary.ts | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/client/data/blogging-prompt/is-bloganuary.ts b/client/data/blogging-prompt/is-bloganuary.ts
index 21a54d84bbf1e..167105ade2032 100644
--- a/client/data/blogging-prompt/is-bloganuary.ts
+++ b/client/data/blogging-prompt/is-bloganuary.ts
@@ -4,5 +4,12 @@ import moment from 'moment';
  * @returns true if bloganuary mode is active
  */
 export default function isBloganuary() {
+	// Disable for January 2025 and beyond (see https://wp.me/p5uIfZ-gxX).
+	// Intentionally redundant to make it easier to spot the disable condition,
+	// and avoid removing code we may re-enable in the future.
+	const BLOGANUARY_ENABLED = false;
+	if ( ! BLOGANUARY_ENABLED ) {
+		return false;
+	}
 	return moment().format( 'MM' ) === '01' || isEnabled( 'bloganuary' );
 }