[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #6492: Guids No Longer Have Permalink Format

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#6492: Guids No Longer Have Permalink Format
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 Reporter:  brianwhite   |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Database     |     Version:  2.5
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by rmccue):

 Replying to [comment:85 Otto42]:
 > Does that adequately address nacin's point 1 from above?
 >
 > >  1. Stop using GUIDs for anything other than UUID usage. Attachments
 are guilty here.
 >
 > If so, then addressing point 2 becomes possible, however we may want to
 consider any impact on plugins using the guid field incorrectly. Might be
 worth a scan.

 It doesn't change GUIDs for attachments at all yet. The primary issue with
 these is that at one point, WordPress used the GUID for the filename
 itself, and that was the recommended way of getting the direct file URL.
 If we change this, we technically break BC, which is a problem. I'm not
 sure whether we want to consider that.

 Core already stopped using GUIDs, I believe #33386 mopped up the last
 instances of it.

 Apart from attachments, all other GUIDs become UUIDs, but only for new
 posts. Old posts won't change.

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