[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32417: Add new core widget: image widget

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#32417: Add new core widget: image widget
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 Reporter:  melchoyce                     |       Owner:  wonderboymusic
     Type:  feature request               |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                        |   Milestone:  4.3
Component:  Widgets                       |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal                        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-unit-tests  |     Focuses:  ui,
                                          |  administration
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Comment (by valendesigns):

 These plugins have something in common that doesn't work, which is support
 for other media types and they save additional input fields which over
 complicates the situation. I agree we should not reinvent the wheel here,
 but none of them are a simple patch away from being merged. So even though
 they are stress-tested they only solve 1/4 of the problem.

 I feel like we could make this work if we used AJAX to load the markup and
 saved data as a shortcode. Obviously I would need to qualify that further,
 but we shouldn't rule it out completely based on what others tried to do
 in the past. We also don't need to run `shortcode_unautop` like was part
 of the issue in #10457.

 However, we should be cautious and do a POC if we decide to go the preview
 route. And if we do not have previews, besides image, that is 100% ok with
 me too. Though I still think we should treat this like a feature plugin
 for testing purposes and the fact it would likely be a healthy patch. One
 of my main concerns is that it must work flawlessly in the Customizer when
 it's all complete.

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