#27005 closed enhancement (invalid)
Attach to post via edit.php
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| Milestone: | Priority: | normal | |
| Severity: | normal | Version: | 3.8.1 |
| Component: | Media | Keywords: | |
| Focuses: | ui, administration | Cc: |
Description
Would like to request an enhancement to the UI of media library. The ability to attach to post directly from edit.php.
Currently the process is:
create post/page -> draft it -> media library -> upload -> attach to post -> select post
Save time by this method:
create post/page -> media library -> upload -> attach to post in right column where meta data is.
It could be a simple addition to drop down but would save a bunch of time for attachments.
Change History (5)
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11 years ago
Media upload already has a dropdown feature - this method would just be adding anoter selection toi it.
Also if you upload a file via edit.php through add media and not insert it - it does not attach to it.
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11 years ago
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Replying to Jesse Cohen:
Media upload already has a dropdown feature - this method would just be adding anoter selection toi it.
I don't think I'm quite understanding what you're referring to - maybe a screenshot would help?
Also if you upload a file via edit.php through add media and not insert it - it does not attach to it.
I just tested this by editing a post and uploading media without inserting it and it attached for me. Perhaps you have a strange theme or plugin conflict?
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Replying to helen:
I just tested this by editing a post and uploading media without inserting it and it attached for me.
Confirmed, this is long-standing expected behavior. As I understand, this solves your request @Jesse Cohen. I'm closing this out, but feel free to re-open it with more details, screenshots and screencasts welcome :D
If you upload while on a post edit screen, it should attach to that post, even if you don't insert it - not sure if there's any particular reason in your workflow to go to the media library separately.
A drop down has serious scaling issues (both interaction- and performance-wise) once you get past maybe a couple hundred posts, although I'd like to work on that in #9864. That said, I think a plugin that does attach *and* unattach of media in more places would be cool to see and evaluate adoption from there.