[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 peterchester):

 Are you sure it makes since to make a 'media' widget instead of an image
 widget and a video widget and maybe an audio widget (not sure there's a
 lot of demand for an audio widget)?

 Both the image-widget and simple-image-widget use the media manager but
 they focus on images and I can tell you from years of feedback that people
 have a lot of demands that are image specific.

 For example, people often want to make the image link, to have alt text,
 and other image specific elements. I mean I suppose we could have admin
 fields for all those things and find a way to apply them to all media but
 i'm not sure it makes sense.

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