diff --git wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php
index 36b4ca2..9bcd36c 100644
--- wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php
+++ wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php
@@ -1188,3 +1188,21 @@ function wp_dashboard_secondary_control() {}
 function _relocate_children( $old_ID, $new_ID ) {
 	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.9' );
 }
+
+
+/**
+ * Download an image from the specified URL and attach it to a post.
+ * This was once used by Press This
+ *
+ * @since 2.6.0
+ * @todo  add deprecated as of version
+ *
+ * @param string $file The URL of the image to download
+ * @param int $post_id The post ID the media is to be associated with
+ * @param string $desc Optional. Description of the image
+ * @return string|WP_Error Populated HTML img tag on success
+ */
+function media_sideload_image($file, $post_id, $desc = null) {
+	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.9' );
+	return wp_get_attachment_image( media_handle_sideload( $file, $post_id, $desc ), 'full' );
+}
diff --git wp-admin/includes/media.php wp-admin/includes/media.php
index 06cd1c1..0cf6420 100644
--- wp-admin/includes/media.php
+++ wp-admin/includes/media.php
@@ -353,13 +353,28 @@ function media_handle_upload($file_id, $post_id, $post_data = array(), $override
  *
  * @since 2.6.0
  *
- * @param array $file_array Array similar to a {@link $_FILES} upload array
+ * @param string|array $file A URL as a string, or an array similar to a {@link $_FILES} upload array
  * @param int $post_id The post ID the media is associated with
  * @param string $desc Description of the sideloaded file
  * @param array $post_data allows you to overwrite some of the attachment
  * @return int|object The ID of the attachment or a WP_Error on failure
  */
-function media_handle_sideload($file_array, $post_id, $desc = null, $post_data = array()) {
+function media_handle_sideload( $file, $post_id, $desc = null, $post_data = array()) {
+	$downloading_url = is_string( $file );
+
+	if ( $downloading_url ) {
+		// Download file to temp location
+		$tmp = download_url( $file );
+
+		if ( is_wp_error( $tmp ) )
+			return $tmp;
+
+		$file_array = array(
+			'name' => preg_replace( '/\?.*/', '', $file ), // Strip query string (might need to be better)
+			'tmp_name' => $tmp,
+		);
+	}
+
 	$overrides = array('test_form'=>false);
 
 	$time = current_time( 'mysql' );
@@ -369,8 +384,11 @@ function media_handle_sideload($file_array, $post_id, $desc = null, $post_data =
 	}
 
 	$file = wp_handle_sideload( $file_array, $overrides, $time );
-	if ( isset($file['error']) )
+	if ( isset( $file['error'] ) ) {
+		if ( $downloading_url )
+			@unlink( $tmp );
 		return new WP_Error( 'upload_error', $file['error'] );
+	}
 
 	$url = $file['url'];
 	$type = $file['type'];
@@ -791,52 +809,6 @@ function wp_media_upload_handler() {
 }
 
 /**
- * Download an image from the specified URL and attach it to a post.
- *
- * @since 2.6.0
- *
- * @param string $file The URL of the image to download
- * @param int $post_id The post ID the media is to be associated with
- * @param string $desc Optional. Description of the image
- * @return string|WP_Error Populated HTML img tag on success
- */
-function media_sideload_image($file, $post_id, $desc = null) {
-	if ( ! empty($file) ) {
-		// Download file to temp location
-		$tmp = download_url( $file );
-
-		// Set variables for storage
-		// fix file filename for query strings
-		preg_match( '/[^\?]+\.(jpe?g|jpe|gif|png)\b/i', $file, $matches );
-		$file_array['name'] = basename($matches[0]);
-		$file_array['tmp_name'] = $tmp;
-
-		// If error storing temporarily, unlink
-		if ( is_wp_error( $tmp ) ) {
-			@unlink($file_array['tmp_name']);
-			$file_array['tmp_name'] = '';
-		}
-
-		// do the validation and storage stuff
-		$id = media_handle_sideload( $file_array, $post_id, $desc );
-		// If error storing permanently, unlink
-		if ( is_wp_error($id) ) {
-			@unlink($file_array['tmp_name']);
-			return $id;
-		}
-
-		$src = wp_get_attachment_url( $id );
-	}
-
-	// Finally check to make sure the file has been saved, then return the html
-	if ( ! empty($src) ) {
-		$alt = isset($desc) ? esc_attr($desc) : '';
-		$html = "<img src='$src' alt='$alt' />";
-		return $html;
-	}
-}
-
-/**
  * {@internal Missing Short Description}}
  *
  * @since 2.5.0
diff --git wp-admin/press-this.php wp-admin/press-this.php
index 1becc48..6c34282 100644
--- wp-admin/press-this.php
+++ wp-admin/press-this.php
@@ -43,11 +43,12 @@ function press_it() {
 			// see if files exist in content - we don't want to upload non-used selected files.
 			if ( strpos($_POST['content'], htmlspecialchars($image)) !== false ) {
 				$desc = isset($_POST['photo_description'][$key]) ? $_POST['photo_description'][$key] : '';
-				$upload = media_sideload_image($image, $post_ID, $desc);
-
+				$upload = wp_get_attachment_image( media_handle_sideload( $image, $post_id, $desc ), 'full' );
 				// Replace the POSTED content <img> with correct uploaded ones. Regex contains fix for Magic Quotes
-				if ( !is_wp_error($upload) )
+				if ( ! empty($upload) ) {
 					$content = preg_replace('/<img ([^>]*)src=\\\?(\"|\')'.preg_quote(htmlspecialchars($image), '/').'\\\?(\2)([^>\/]*)\/*>/is', $upload, $content);
+				}
+
 			}
 		}
 	}