Faster way to put images into a blog post by using Add Media dialog

Nothing here is a silver bullet, but here are some suggestions:

If you find yourself using your library more than uploading new images, you can make the default tab “Library”:

add_filter('_upload_iframe_src', 'change_default_media_tab');
function change_default_media_tab($uri) {
    return $uri.'&amp;tab=library';
}

If you want the default tab to be the uploader, but you want it to load faster, you could always use the HTML uploader, which is not as fancy but might be faster to load. If you switch to using the HTML uploader, WordPress will remember that preference. Also, if you aren’t using WP 3.3, and you’re still using the flash uploader, updating to 3.3 and having the HTML5 uploader will be a huge improvement for you!

My last suggestion would be to hook into the media_buttons action to create a second new media button that points directly to the gallery tab. If you look at wp-admin/includes/media.php, line 376, function “media_buttons”, you’ll see how the current one is built. That way you can get rid of the latency on (1) only when you know your image is in the gallery.

Cheers~

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