[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23041: Images Don't Become Attached When Inserting a Gallery

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#23041: Images Don't Become Attached When Inserting a Gallery
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 Reporter:  miqrogroove   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:
Component:  Gallery       |     Version:  3.5
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:  maybelater
 Keywords:  has-patch     |     Focuses:
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Changes (by desrosj):

 * keywords:  has-patch bulk-reopened => has-patch
 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => maybelater


Comment:

 I came across this one going through the list of tickets missing a
 milestone.

 I did some testing with the most recent version of WordPress (currently
 6.0) and this is the current behavior related to unattached images:

 Classic Editor active:
 - Inserting an unattached image assigns the post as the attachment's
 parent.
 - Inserting unattached images into a gallery does not change the parent of
 the attachments.
 - Uploading an attachment to a post **does** assign the post as it's
 parent.

 Block Editor (no Classic Editor plugin)
 - Inserting unattached image **does not** set the post as the attachment's
 parent.
 - Inserting unattached images into a gallery **does not** change the
 parent of the attachments.
 - Uploading an attachment to a post **does** assign the post as it's
 parent.

 I'm going to close this out as a `maybelater`. Since the block editor is
 not changing the `post_parent` for unattached images when inserting into
 an image block, this issue within galleries (when using the Classic
 Editor) and gallery blocks makes the behavior consistent.

 Tickets do not need to be open for conversation to continue. If someone
 feels that the behavior of setting an attachment's `post_parent` to the
 current post when inserting an unattached should be restored, the same can
 be added for galleries, and there will likely need to be an accompanying
 ticket in the [https://github.com/wordpress/gutenberg Gutenberg GitHub
 repository].

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/23041#comment:42>
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