[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57616: As a website editor I want to find out which media asset (image, video, etc) is used on which pages / posts

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#57616: As a website editor I want to find out which media asset (image, video,
etc) is used on which pages / posts
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 Reporter:  abitofmind   |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media        |    Version:
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:               |
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 == Time flies…
 - You drag'n'dropped image 1 to page A in the editor. Later maybe deleted
 page A.
 - You upload image 5 to the media library for now, and want to make
 blogpost X later, which you forget about.
 - And so on…

 == Challenge…
 1. **Main use case:** After some time your media library is a mess and you
 want or have to clean up!
 2. **Other possible use cases:** Another person (co-editor who checks
 style consistency, photographer who licensed photos to you,
 advertiser/partner) inquires: Gimme a statistic on which pages pics nr.
 200, 300 and 500 are used.

 == The only utility function (as of WordPress 6.1.1)
 - Look at "Uploaded to" field in the media detail page, if you work on a
 pic by pic basis.
 - Or "Uploaded to" column in the list view of the Media Library, if you
 work in an analytic/systematic fashion.
 - But that's about it, and helps only for attached images (minority of use
 cases!)
 - Not for: Featured images, images first uploaded to media library and
 then embedded, galleries, etc. For those you have no clue whatsoever!

 == See attached
 - **Problem:** As annotated screenshots
 - **UX Design Proposal:** Mockup for first MVP: 2-3 extra columns for the
 list view:
   - "Use Count" — Easily find all the orphans (0) or the frequently used
 ones (higher count)
   - "Used in these slugs" (pro: clustered hierarchically if slug has
 category/path above it)
   - Alternatively "Used in these titles" (clustered A-Z by post/page title
 with whitespaces)

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