[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31050: Better PDF Upload Management

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#31050: Better PDF Upload Management
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 Reporter:  celloexpressions                     |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request                      |  markoheijnen
 Priority:  normal                               |      Status:  assigned
Component:  Media                                |   Milestone:  4.5
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback needs-unit-   |  Resolution:
  tests needs-testing                            |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by dglingren):

 I added PDF thumbnail generation to my plugin, [Media Library
 Assistant](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-library-assistant),
 a while back. It supports dynamic generation in the `[mla_gallery]`
 shortcode. It also has a bulk action in the Media/Assistant admin submenu
 to generate thumbnails and store them as separate Media Library items. You
 are welcome to incorporate any of the code or ideas in Core.

 I also discovered that adding "Featured Image" support to Media Library
 items is easy and works well:

 `add_post_type_support( 'attachment', 'thumbnail' );`

 Once that's done you can assign an image to any non-image item (PDF,
 audio, video, Office documents) and use it in gallery displays, etc. It's
 a nice alternative to generating thumbnails.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/31050#comment:35>
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