Re-Generate Media Library

[a223123131]

When I upload a new image through FTP this does not appears in the media library and also the other file sizes are not generated.

Think there should be a new "button" to re-check the library and do this.

There are some cases where old images in folder 2018/11 for example are lost. When I try to restore them through FTP I can't get them in the library. When I upload them through WordPress they will uploaded in the current 2020/11 folder instead of the old folder where all the links are going to.

[SergeyBiryukov]

Hi there, welcome to WordPress Trac! Thanks for the ticket.

There are some cases where old images in folder 2018/11 for example are lost. When I try to restore them through FTP I can't get them in the library.

You can use the ​Add From Server plugin to import files uploaded via FTP into your media library.

This seems like plugin territory to me, though I'd like to know others' thoughts too. See also #18075 for a previous discussion.

When I upload them through WordPress they will uploaded in the current 2020/11 folder instead of the old folder where all the links are going to.

If you create a post with the date of 2018/11 and upload the images from that post, they should go to the 2018/11 directory. See [41964] / #10752 and #46554 for more details.

[a223123131]

Don't think it is plugin territory. Keeping the file directory and the media library in sync should be core of WP.

The "Add from Server" plugin shows why. I have allready tested this some days ago.

1) If I upload an image in WP this will be shown in the library and WP builds the defined other formats in the background

2) When I upload an image and add this through "add to server" there is just this image there with no other formats.

3) When I upload an image will all formats (original + 3 others) I will have shown 4 images in the library instead of just one.

Add to server isn't connected to the image size process of WP because that is WP core.

[peterwilsoncc]

I share @SergeyBiryukov's opinion that this is plugin territory.

Adding a new workflow for uploading images via FTP would only provide benefit to very few users as most do not have access to FTP uploads.

Plugins do have access to the public function wp_create_image_subsizes() for creating different crop sizes defined in the theme and plugins.

The WP-CLI also provides support for ensuring the crops have been created for images in the library. There are also plugins available for doing the same thing.

For these reasons, I am going to close this ticket as wontfix.

[a223123131]

Ok, meanwhyle I hate what's going on here... shiftig everyting into plugins and focussing on things whcih are not important. The entire media library is a big shit from a handling perspective.

Shiftsing everything into plugins (which should be in core) brings the next big issue. Every plugin is overloaded with other not needed functions and loads a lot more css and js. Also every plugin update is a potentian risk of incompatibility.

If I look at Gutenberg it is the next big bad thing. Boring, not innovative and many standards missing.

Looks like WordPress is an open-source system with low innovation speed, high discussion rates here in the tickets and slack. A democratically system which doen't move forward like other systems.

It cost allways so much toime to do things ain Wordpress and cost also much time and nervers with all these discussions here. I stopp now all Gutenberg projects and transform to another system which is more robust, flexible and innovation in functions.

[SergeyBiryukov]

Replying to a223123131:

1) If I upload an image in WP this will be shown in the library and WP builds the defined other formats in the background

2) When I upload an image and add this through "add to server" there is just this image there with no other formats.

3) When I upload an image will all formats (original + 3 others) I will have shown 4 images in the library instead of just one.

You can use the ​Regenerate Thumbnails plugin to add the missing cropped sizes.

Shiftsing everything into plugins (which should be in core) brings the next big issue. Every plugin is overloaded with other not needed functions and loads a lot more css and js. Also every plugin update is a potentian risk of incompatibility.

I don't think this is the case for Add From Server or Regenerate Thumbnails, they both have a very specific purpose and you can remove them once they finish the job.

[desrosj]

I'm going to close this one out again. I agree with the assessments already shared above by @SergeyBiryukov and @peterwilsoncc.

[SergeyBiryukov]

#56619 was marked as a duplicate.