[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57459: Reexamine the usefulness of file size meta for images

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#57459: Reexamine the usefulness of file size meta for images
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 Reporter:  azaozz       |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Media        |    Version:
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:               |
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 Storing of the file size for images was added in #49412 without it being
 used in core and with pretty marginal use case(s) expectations:

  Storing file size means, developers will not have to resort to doing
 filesize function calls, that can be time consuming on assets on offloaded
 to services like Amazon’s S3.

 #49412 also mentions some serious drawbacks:

 - Image filesize meta is missing for all previously uploaded images.
 - It is unreliable as seemingly many hosting companies optimize images
 directly on the disc, without running WP, hence the cached file size
 becomes outdated/wrong soon after images are uploaded.
 - Many sites replace JPEGs with WebPs on the fly, making the stored file
 size unusable.

 In that terms the cached image file size seems too unreliable to even
 fulfill the expected use in plugins. Furthermore not being useful in core,
 and the additional overhead when uploading images seems to make it a poor
 addition.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/57459>
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