[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11877: Resized Images lose their EXIF data

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#11877: Resized Images lose their EXIF data
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 Reporter:  thee17       |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media        |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by markhowellsmead):

 ''“For WordPress and any PHP project it's a rare requirement that the
 information needs to be retained”''

 Perhaps that's historically been the case, because few people using
 WordPress have both the technical know-how and the usage incentive to
 recognize the benefit of what I'll admit is an advanced feature. It's a
 detail which is overlooked by (or unimportant for) many, if not most,
 content creators.

 However, 500px.com (one of the more technically modern online image
 handlers) retain EXIF and IPTC, and I'll wager that Getty and Facebook
 does too. These are both photographer environments, obviously. Online file
 protection is a global issue and it would be good if WordPress could step
 up to the mark on this and show that it supports (amongst other things)
 better copyright support.

 Anyway: I've been using WordPress since its inception, so I guess it's
 time I stopped waffling and rolled up my sleeves to provide some
 submittable code. :) improved-gd-editor Is a step in the right direction,
 but I need to examine (non-WordPress) code I already have to see whether
 all of the requisite data is covered.

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