[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #8754: Uploading images whose dimensions are greater than the maximum size allowed fail to generate thumbnails and no error/failure message is displayed.

[WordPress Trac]

#8754: Uploading images whose dimensions are greater than the maximum size allowed
fail to generate thumbnails and no error/failure message is displayed.
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 Reporter:  DRGDC                                                    |        Type:  defect (bug)
   Status:  new                                                      |    Priority:  normal      
Milestone:  Future Release                                           |   Component:  Upload      
  Version:  2.7                                                      |    Severity:  normal      
 Keywords:  image, photo, thumbnail, dimension, size, limit, upload  |  
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Changes (by azaozz):

  * milestone:  2.9 => Future Release


Comment:

 WordPress tries to set the memory limit to 256MB when working with images
 however some hosts prohibit that. Also the image dimensions are not a
 direct indication of the image size. We could try to detect when that
 happens and show appropriate error message.

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