The only directory a theme or a plugin should write to is the uploads directory. That is the only directory with guaranteed write access (besides the server’s temporary directory). Anything else is wrong and might not work. There is no practical difference between both, except one: the upload directory may be on another (sub) domain … Read more
I’d sugest you to properly handle new media modal integration. There’s no need to hijack wp.media.editor object’s attributes in order to use media modal in your plugins. You can inspire yourself from a demo integration plugin at github Demo #4 best suits your needs I guess
I think you are on the same boat with us: http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic/custom-attachment-type Its not possible easily at the moment. If you and others supports my idea, maybe we will see it for wordpress 3.7
Thanks to @s1lv3r and @GhostToast for their useful advice in chat I have located the issue. As stated in my original question asked above, I stated that I have tested both FAST-CGI and MOD-PHP, were both continuing to replicate the same error. As stated in chat I have tested on both Ubuntu 12.04 and CentOS … Read more
You can add a filter to wp_image_editors and see what editor is in use (GD or Imagick). In a past project I’ve extended the resize routines on both GD, and Imagick, and the methods responsible for resize are WP_Image_Editor_Imagick->crop() and WP_Image_Editor_GD->_resize(). Note that WP_Image_Editor_GD->resize() is just a wrapper. The process it’s run on ajax, but … Read more
I wonder if this will work for you: add_action( ‘add_attachment’, function( $attachment_id ){ $a = get_post( $attachment_id ); if ( is_object( $a ) && ‘image’ === substr( $a->post_mime_type, 0, 5 ) ) wp_insert_attachment( array( ‘ID’ => $a->ID, ‘post_excerpt’ => $a->post_content ) ); }); or with less queries: add_action( ‘add_attachment’, function( $attachment_id ){ global $wpdb; if( … Read more
Different hints to your idea to create a solution for your topic. Since longer time, WP use always role names, no level. Use always the role name ot the capability for a check in the access topic. The function current_user_can() should helps you. To remove a menu item, use the wp core function remove_menu_page( $menu_slug … Read more
This is a full working example with file type and size limits and all the error handling. Every step is commented. Let me know if you have any more questions. You can find all the mime types from here. Make sure to check if it’s allowed in WP too. // Allowed file types -> search … Read more
Take a look at side loading images. media_sideload_image()/wp_handle_sideload() and get the ID from the URL. attachment_url_to_postid. <?php $url = “http://wordpress.org/about/images/logos/wordpress-logo-stacked-rgb.png”; $title = “Some Image Title”; $alt_text = “Some Alt Text”; require_once(ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/includes/media.php’); require_once(ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/includes/file.php’); require_once(ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/includes/image.php’); // sideload the image — requires the files above to work correctly $src = media_sideload_image( $url, … Read more
found it. in the automattic SVN for media.php i found the media_upload_header() function, and the only thing left to do is to echo it in the last function: function media_upload_ell_gmap_form() { echo media_upload_header(); ?> <h2>HTML Form</h2> <?php } that’s it.