[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27789: WebP, WebM missing from wp-includes files

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#27789: WebP, WebM missing from wp-includes files
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 Reporter:  Doug Simmons  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media         |    Version:  3.8.2
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 Yeah, hi Wordpress devs. So on my WebP demo site, in order to post images
 by email I must, after every security update, go into wp-includes and grep
 -rl for all files containing image formats and add WebP (also WebM) into
 the relevant php files in order to get partial functionality with WebP.

 It's tedious and deters me from updating because I have to do it over by
 hand each time in order not to break anything. I still haven't figured out
 how to get Wordpress to detect the WebP dimensions or resize them. What do
 I do for that, try and google down what to put in this getid3.php file?
 C'mon.

 [[Image(http://mobilitydigest.com/simmons/functionsdotphp.png)]]

 Whereas it deters people in my shoes from updating, while minor, one might
 argue that that is a security risk worth addressing if only to mitigate
 security risks when it would, in this case, cost you very little time and
 save me oh so much.

 Given that this is the most powerful format in the world and can blow your
 bandwidth cap clean off, there's one question you need to ask yourself: Is
 there any good reason why you haven't yet bothered to add these two
 formats?

 I can understand Mozilla not adding WebP to Firefox (well, no, I can't
 understand, it's ridiculous), but it makes zero sense that you guys
 haven't. I'm guessing it's an oversight. Get on the right side of history
 and fix it. Please.

 Doug Simmons

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