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How to upload very large JPGs to Media Library for WooCommerce digital download prints

Custom field in media library not saving, selected() function not adding “selected” to select list input type

As per outlined in the comments, by fixing a typo in my save function, and setting the third parameter in get_post_meta() to true, and false in selected() it worked liked a charm. Thanks everyone! Here’s the working code in case anyone is trying to add a select list custom field to their media manager: /* … Read more

Is it possible to pull all featured images from WP database only?

Sorry this isn’t a full answer, but yes this probably is possible but you need to run a database query or some code to find the images, and then do something with that list such as copy the files to a new directory. There’s info here on how featured images are stored. Here’s a quick … Read more

Which post/page an image is attached to

Yes, a post is “attached” to its parent post. It’s the same as when a page has a parent page, there is no difference internally. Keep in mind though, that not all images on a post are attached to that post, and an image can appear in posts it’s not attached to. If you’re in … Read more

Media library links broken WordPress Multisite after SSL update

The WP database for media items stores the full URL of the media file. If the media file was uploaded while the site was non-SSL, then a non-SSL URL is stored in the database. When you upgrade to SSL, new media has the SSL address. So you need a way to go through the database … Read more

wordpress file upload from direct directory not working

I fix this problems with wordpress file upload method: php file: add_action( ‘wp_ajax_file_upload’, ‘file_upload_callbacks’ ); add_action( ‘wp_ajax_nopriv_file_upload’, ‘file_upload_callbacks’ ); function file_upload_callbacks() { $arr_img_ext = array(‘application/pdf’); if (in_array($_FILES[‘file’][‘type’], $arr_img_ext)) { $upload = wp_upload_bits($_FILES[“file”][“name”], null, file_get_contents($_FILES[“file”][“tmp_name”])); //$upload[‘url’] will gives you uploaded file path //var_dump($upload[‘url’]); wp_send_json( $upload[‘url’] ); } wp_die(); }

MIME types not recognized by media library

I was able to update the mime types via MySQL — here’s the update query I used: UPDATE `wp_posts` SET `post_mime_type` = ‘audio/mpeg’ WHERE `post_name` LIKE ‘%mp3%’ AND `post_mime_type` != ‘audio/mpeg’ Setting this also made the correct metadata for the files appear, and the offload plugin worked as expected. HURRAY

Want to sell images online on wordpress but slow image loading issues

Use ShortPixel to optimize photos, or a CDN to server them in a faster way. For low-cost solution offload media files to S3 via a plugin.

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