[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #34223: Core support for image regeneration

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#34223: Core support for image regeneration
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 Reporter:  krogsgard     |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media         |    Version:  4.3
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui            |
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 Making this a separate ticket from #34196 so as to not hijack another
 conversation.

 I’d like to discuss WordPress doing image regeneration as a part of core.

 Images are most often defined in themes, and when switching themes, I
 think it makes sense to at least offer the ability to easily regenerate
 images to create the images a theme expects to exist.

 Similarly, if the default image sizes are changed, it’d be nice if users
 could regenerate images to make older images compatible to new size
 definitions.

 I think the nomenclature for images (i.e.: medium, large) help define
 images well enough that regenerating an image that exists on an old post
 would not alter it in a way that is out of expectation.

 And if we have a new image size that’s equivalent to the content width
 (and I’d actually argue to make that the standard insert size), it would
 make sense to be able to change it easily, with core, as part of a theme
 switch routine.

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