Uploads are not attached to a post when created using QuickPress

[iwords]

It is impossible to attach a file or image to a post created using QuickPress on the Dashboard.

Since QuickPress doesn't have an autosave feature like the full-blown editor, a post ID isn't generated until the post is either saved or published - at which point the post's content is cleared from the QuickPress editor, so you can no longer attach a file to it anyway.

Currently, the only way to attach a file or image to a post written in QuickPress is to save it as a draft, then re-edit it using the full editor, which somewhat defeats the object of using QuickPress.

Just to clarify - you can upload images and insert them into the *body* of the post, but you can't upload images and have them stored as attachments using QuickPress at all.

Note: #8932 appears to report a similar issue, but was marked as a duplicate of #9471. I added my feedback to #9471 but was asked to open a new ticket.

[nacin]

Is this still current?

[blepoxp]

Replying to nacin:

Is this still current?

I've confirmed this is still not working correctly. I'll look at it tonight or tomorrow.

[nacin]

Closing #13277 as a duplicate.

[ocean90]

10917.patch solves the problem. We create now an auto-draft and as a result we get an ID which we can use for get_upload_iframe_src().

[ocean90]

This will remove the 'View all' button after saving as draft too.

[ocean90]

Make it Ajax

[ocean90]

Do prevent that on each site load a new post_ID will be generated, I had the idea, to ajaxify the qickpress box.
If the box is closed or not activated there will be no new post_ID. If it's open there will be a new post_ID (auto-draft) and attachments works fine.

[ocean90]

Another option would be to save the post_ID as Transient, maybe for one day. If the auto-draft still exists use this otherwise create a new one.

[ocean90]

nacin and I want to have some UI feedback:
At the moment we use div.message (​screen) for the status message. I would like to change it to div.updated (​screen).

[johnonolan]

Absolutely, massive +1.

[ocean90]

Transient API

[ocean90]

Added a patch which uses the Transient API to store the post_ID of the auto-draft. For example for two days.

[westi]

Patch looks interesting but is not multi-user safe.

I think you need to key the transient on something user specific as well as otherwise two users will end up playing with the same draft if your not careful.

[ocean90]

Oh, that's right. So instead of the transient we can save the id as an user option. So each user has now an own quick press auto-draft for maximal 7 days and also we didn't need to delete the post_id like I did it with transient.

[ocean90]

With *_user_option

[westi]

(In [14815]) Ensure that QuickPress media uploads get attached to the auto-draft we create for new posts correctly. Fixes #10917 props ocean90.

[nacin]

(In [17743]) Don't load the QuickPress widget via XHR. see #16927. Reverts [16725] as it's no longer needed. Reverts part of [14815], which introduced the behavior, see #10917.