[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14639: Posts in the Trash drag attachment pages down with them

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#14639: Posts in the Trash drag attachment pages down with them
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 Reporter:  markel        |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media         |     Version:  3.0.1
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |
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Changes (by mindctrl):

 * cc: dailyrants@… (added)


Comment:

 This affects other posts too, not just the original post to which a media
 item is attached.

 For example, if you add the same image to two posts, and set it to link to
 the attachment page in both posts, it breaks the link in the second post
 when the first post is deleted or set as a draft.

 It's kinda tricky. On the one hand, you might want a media item's
 visibility linked to the post it is attached to. On the other, it pretty
 much messes with the concept of a central media library. When a media item
 is "attached" to something, it's no longer a neutral object available for
 use everywhere without conditions. If it's simply referenced and not
 attached, its usable everywhere and its permalink is tied to itself
 instead of another object.

 To the point made by the OP about what happens when the original post is
 emptied from the trash, it's just weird that the permalink of the
 attachment begins to work again and still lives at a location attached to
 the original post slug. site.com/deleted-post-title/attachment. That just
 seems wrong.

 Any "solution" to this seems equally annoying from a UI perspective, as
 one would need to declare that an item is either attached to another
 object or is a global asset to be referenced as a unique independent
 asset.

 One that comes to mind, but isn't obvious without people discovering it
 through trial and error, is that if an item is uploaded by Media > Add
 New, it is an independent object. If it's inserted into a post via the
 "Add Media" button in the post editor screen, it becomes tied to that
 object as it currently does.

 I'm very likely overlooking something here, but the current situation
 seems far less than ideal. Does anyone else have any insight here?

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