[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20602: Replace media

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#20602: Replace media
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 Reporter:  PorridgeBear  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media         |     Version:  3.3.1
 Severity:  major         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion   |
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Comment (by scribu):

 > Right now that ability does not exist, and what my users have done is
 they just go ahead and create a new image because they can't update the
 existing one.

 If you were using Front-end Editor, they wouldn't be tempted to go to the
 media library, since they could change it right there, without even going
 to WP Admin.

 That said, I think being able to replace an image while preserving the
 attachment ID might be the only general solution.

 For example, say you've just uploaded an image. You then go WP Admin ->
 Appearance -> Header and select it as the custom header. Then, you go and
 insert it into the content of 5 pages. When the user wants to replace that
 image, there's just no practical way to figure out automatically all the
 places where the image is used.

 A plugin implementing a separate "Assets" admin page and the associated
 register_theme_asset() API would be very interesting indeed.

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