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Snapchat Login on "Built in tags (or categories) for media files."

Snapchat Login — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 11:45:08 +0000

Custom taxonomies for attachments (media) is a good start. Now we just need built-in support for filtering media using those taxonomies. Both in the regular list of media and when inserting/uploading/selecting media into a post.

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) on "No Auto-Multiple Size Of Images"

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 20:59:49 +0000

Images are resized based on the settings in your theme and plugins. You'd have to find out which ones are doing it and change them.

blogginggyan on "No Auto-Multiple Size Of Images"

blogginggyan — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 02:05:24 +0000

Please let me know how you fixed this.

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) on "delete unused image sizes"

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 17:59:52 +0000

Settings -> Media, but that only lists the defaults. The rest are set by your plugins and themes.

peripatetic on "delete unused image sizes"

peripatetic — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 07:13:20 +0000

Going to vote for this one, as I'm currently trying to clean up 13Gb of images!

@Mika, if you're still there, where does one find the add_image_size values for a theme and Wordpress's default settings?

entruempler on "archive-attachment.php"

entruempler — Sat, 27 May 2017 11:12:38 +0000

@khodadadi: Thanks a lot, your code is working really nice to display the file mime type, great idea, very well done!

notdienst on "Replace Uploaded Files and Organize Media"

notdienst — Sat, 27 May 2017 08:34:45 +0000

Replacing pics is not easy in the core and also with the here mentioned plugins it is not perfect. It would be very beneficial if files can be replaced in an easy way by the upload function.

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) on "Cure for the common upload HTTP Error"

Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) — Sun, 21 May 2017 04:15:33 +0000

We don't default to GD because it's slower and makes worse compressions.

HOWEVER. The core team is working on making Imagick work better, but a large part of the issue is that it's a PHP problem and not really a WordPress one.

The tl;dr summary? PHP has trouble processing large images. Sometimes it fails to resize and when it does, you get the HTTP error

wilcosky on "Cure for the common upload HTTP Error"

wilcosky — Fri, 19 May 2017 01:41:10 +0000

Almost every WordPress user has experienced the frustrating HTTP Error when uploading an image. There are many pieces of advice out there about how to solve it. Add code to the .htaccess, contact your web host, increase memory, increase max allowed file size, etc.

Sometimes there's only one solution, that I've found, will solve the issue. That solution is to add the following code by Mike Schroder to your functions file (ideally child theme functions file).

This code makes WordPress default to the GD image editor. I'm not an expert, maybe it's not as good as the way WordPress normally uploads and edits images. But, I do know that without the following code, I will almost always get a HTTP Error when uploading a large image. However, after adding this code, the problem is gone. No matter how big of an image I upload (within reason). This isn't the first time this code has saved me. There must be something to it.

So, my idea is, why not set WordPress up this way by default? Or, at least have a setting one can click that automatically switches to this GD image editor.

The code I'm talking about:

function ms_image_editor_default_to_gd( $editors ) {
$gd_editor = 'WP_Image_Editor_GD';
$editors = array_diff( $editors, array( $gd_editor ) );
array_unshift( $editors, $gd_editor );
return $editors;
}
add_filter( 'wp_image_editors', 'ms_image_editor_default_to_gd' );

If this is a poor solution, then there must be another way. Some way to fix/change the way WordPress uploads images and creates thumbnails. The current way is buggy and many people have the same or similar issues. Media uploads are extremely important for any CMS or blogging platform. It's time for all the WordPress gurus to put their heads together and solve this. A quick Google search will prove this is a big issue.

nosignal on "add audio upload feature to WordPress for android"

nosignal — Sat, 13 May 2017 00:35:27 +0000

I would like to know if this issue has be reconsidered in the last few years.
Honestly, @sushrutpadhye, I think your reply is a bit of a cop out for various reasons:
1) Video is far more complicated, and the Android Wordpress app can post video. Audio is essentially a subset of video.
2) I think users simply want to be able to attach an audio file to a post (e.g. mp3), or ideally, hit record and record an audio file to post.
3) The playback of that audio in a post is already dealt with via various plugins that work well on the diversity of android devices.
4) Other blogging apps, like tumblr can do it, so it is possible.

Personally, I want to use a blogging platform for my 8 year old as a homeschooling digital portfolio. I would prefer to use wordpress so I know it won't disappear one day, but easy (i.e. within the app) to post audio is crucial - videos are too large, and he often only needs to record his voice for reflection etc.

So at this stage, I think my only option is to use another platform like tumblr, and maybe export it to wordpress in the future.