[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #49042: After WordPress automatically scales your uploaded images down, it loses track of the original images

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#49042: After WordPress automatically scales your uploaded images down, it loses
track of the original images
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 Reporter:  pikamander2        |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Upload             |     Version:  5.3
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by azaozz):

 * keywords:   => reporter-feedback


Comment:

 > The best solution here, I think, would be to store the name of the
 original file somewhere (if it's not already being stored) and delete it
 too when somebody deletes the scaled image.

 This is exactly how it works :) The name of the original image is stored
 in the image meta, and the image is deleted with the attachment post and
 the rest of the image sub-sizes:
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/5.3.2/src/wp-
 includes/post.php#L5691.

 Unfortunately that's not easy to debug. If you have FTP access to your
 site, perhaps try uploading a (large) image 2-3 times and monitor the
 uploads directory. Then delete the attachments one by one and see if some
 files are left behind. If you have access to the database, can also check
 what's saved in the image meta (in the `*_postmeta` table, look for the
 latest `_wp_attachment_metadata` meta key after you upload the image).

 If not, I'll try to make a quick plugin to expose some of that somewhere
 in the admin :)

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