id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
23028	Multiple calls to wp_enqueue_media() breaks featured image functionality	johnbillion		"== Situation ==

My custom meta box provides a button which launches the new media manager so a user can upload files.

This meta box can potentially be shown on the editing screen for a post type which supports neither a featured image nor the editor. Therefore, my meta box needs to call `wp_enqueue_media()` otherwise it won't have the required JS or CSS to work with.

== Problem ==

The meta box can't blindly call `wp_enqueue_media()` all the time because the editing screen for a post type which supports the editor or a featured image will have already called this function. Calling it a second time causes the featured image functionality to break. (A blank media item is added to the media list and choosing an image as the featured image fails.)

My meta box therefore needs to do something like this to detect if `wp_enqueue_media()` has already been called:
{{{
if ( !has_action( 'admin_footer', 'wp_print_media_templates' ) )
	wp_enqueue_media();
}}}

This isn't ideal because the logic in my meta box is now tied to the internal behaviour of `wp_enqueue_media()`.

== Solution ==

Either prevent the featured image functionality from breaking when `wp_enqueue_media()` is called multiple times, or add some logic to `wp_enqueue_media()` so it doesn't do its thing more than once."	enhancement	closed	normal	3.5.1	Media	3.5	normal	fixed		son9ne