[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19834: More Robust Capabilities for Attachments

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#19834: More Robust Capabilities for Attachments
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 Reporter:  walkinonwat3r    |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media            |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch      |
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Comment (by wesrice):

 +1 for better capability association with media.

 We know that technically speaking, attachments are posts, which from what
 I can tell is the reasoning for having to add a capability of 'edit_posts'
 for a user to be able to edit attachments to begin with.

 However, attachments are a custom post type. They have different
 properties than the posts post type. Pages are a different post type and
 have separate capabilities, so why wouldn't attachments?

 The existence of a custom capability for 'edit_files' is a logical
 assumption by developers that should be honored from a user experience
 perspective.

 Also, a better naming convention of attachments vs files seems appropriate
 given the current state of WP.

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