The WebM file format isn’t known to WordPress by default, you have to add it. add_filter( ‘upload_mimes’, ‘custom_mimes’ ); function custom_mimes( $mimes ){ $mimes[‘webm’] = ‘video/webm’; return $mimes; } The .ogg file format is known to WordPress as audio/ogg, if you’re wanting to do video with it, the correct extension is .ogv.
Adding $attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $filename ); wp_update_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $attach_data ); after $attach_id = wp_insert_attachment( $attachment, $filename); Fixed it.
There is media_handle_sideload() function in core meant for processing files not uploaded through media interface. It’s not exactly what you need since it assumes file is outside of uploads and needs to be moved there as part of process, but it should give you and idea on generating and inserting it as valid attachment.
Actually WordPress reduce quality of image when you upload it via media uploader. WordPress has built in compression for JPG images. Whenever you upload an JPG/JPEG image to WordPress media library, WordPress will automatically compress your images to 90% of the original quality, this is intended to help your pages load faster and keep file … Read more
You can disable this by going to Settings -> Media If you uncheck the setting all the future media uploads will directly into wp-content/uploads folder. Why create WP these folders? WP doesn’t create empty folders, I assume those folders are created when you have uploaded media and now they they are empty because you might … Read more
Figured it out! I didn’t have the javascript code wrapped with the following: jQuery(document).ready( function($){ });
If you are using custom front-end registration through wp_signon function, check, if the second parameter, passed to that function is true: $user_signon = wp_signon( $info, true ); ). The second parameter tells WordPress to set the secure cookie for login. It works fine with SSL.
We can simplify the mime type checks, with the following boolean functions: wp_attachment_is( ‘image’, $id ) wp_attachment_is( ‘video’, $id ) wp_attachment_is( ‘audio’, $id ) where $id is the attachment ID. The attachment’s ID is actually one of the input arguments for the media_send_to_editor filter callback. We also have: wp_attachment_is_image( $id ) that’s a wrapper for … Read more
By default add_image_size will attempt to resize your custom image sizes instead of cropping them (see the fourth argument in the function). So you have a couple of options here… Perform a crop by passing true for the fourth argument of add_image_size, or customize how the crop will be positioned by passing an array for … Read more
WordPress saves media library in the _posts table – you’ll see post_type of attachment for media library items. You’ll notice a guid value in the row, which is the media items default URL. While unlink()‘ing your file, you can make the file’s full URL. Then use that full URL in a simple database query ($wpdb) … Read more