[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17242: Themes: Allow flexible sizes for custom header uploads

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#17242: Themes: Allow flexible sizes for custom header uploads
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 Reporter:  lancewillett    |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  3.4
Component:  Themes          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  dev-feedback    |
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Comment (by aaroncampbell):

 [https://irclogs.wordpress.org/chanlog.php?channel=wordpress-
 dev&day=2012-01-27&sort=asc#m358119 More IRC talk].  Currently we store
 just the header image URL, storing it in a 'header_image' theme mod.   We
 talked about possibly storing the attachment ID along with the url.  This
 makes sense because even if it's a slightly expensive function it would
 only run when you change the header.  We could possibly even store the
 image dimensions when the header is set (would help handle the default
 headers that aren't in the media gallery).  However, the issue is with the
 random header option.  Currently we have `get_random_header_image()` which
 returns a URL to header image.  The problem is that if a random header is
 used, we have no way to know which one was used to give a size later.

 We could consider a whole new function that returns a random image as well
 as the size info, but `(get_)header_image()` already uses the
 `get_random_header_image()` and needs a URL.  Any ideas for an elegant
 solution to handling the random headers?

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