First, you do not want to edit core WP files, because your changes will disappear when there’s an update. That’s why you are encouraged to create child themes. Second, you may want to peruse this Codex page on AJAX. Note that it shows how to handle both kinds of users (logged in and not logged … Read more
As mentioned in my comment(s), below the code as it imho should be.(tested and working) /** * Add new role: Writer * This role allows to: Add/Edit/Delete Posts and Uploads * * Read more: {@link https://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities} * * Works with @version WP4.8.1 and below */ add_role( ‘writer’, ‘Writer’, array( ‘delete_posts’ => true, ‘delete_published_posts’ => true, … Read more
In order for wp_generate_attachment_metadata() to work properly in that it creates a thumbnail and other intermediate/image sizes like medium and large, the image attachment/post data must have the proper MIME type (post_mime_type), and despite you did set it in your $attachment array (the post data), there’s a problem with this part in your code: $wp_filetype … Read more
At the bottom of the Settings >> Media page(/wp-admin/options-media.php) you can choose to start organizing uploads by date or not. Not having the date folders for uploaded files makes it much easier to move media libraries to new sites like you’re doing. That previous dev set you up good. If you tried to upload all … Read more
Please see if Custom Upload Dir (WordPress Plugin) does the job for you. With that plugin you can configure the upload path based on numerous settings.
Recently I’m using this workflow: Register a custom taxonomy for attachments Use some code to add the feature of mass assign taxonomy terms to uploaded images (Because I do these 2 tasks frequently I’ve created a plugin that implement them and more see here) Create in a plugin a shorcode that looks like [gallery_term tag=”landscapes, … Read more
I don’t have a code example to test atm but to download images via an URL, in your case after $image = wp_remote_get( $fr_news_thumbnail_url ); you can use the function: media_sideload_image($file, $post_id, $desc); http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/media_sideload_image
From /wp-includes/script-loader.php: $scripts->add( ‘media-grid’, “/wp-includes/js/media-grid$suffix.js”, array( ‘media-editor’ ), false, 1 ); From wp-admin/upload.php: wp_enqueue_script( ‘media-grid’ ); wp_enqueue_script( ‘media’ ); wp_localize_script( ‘media-grid’, ‘_wpMediaGridSettings’, array( ‘adminUrl’ => parse_url( self_admin_url(), PHP_URL_PATH ), ) ); So, we can try to unregister the initial media-grid.js file and load our own version. This can be done via a plugin: <?php /** … Read more
Script won’t execute in the media manager
Restrict file types in the uploader of a wp.media frame