[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32417: Add new core media widget

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#32417: Add new core media widget
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 Reporter:  melchoyce                            |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request                      |  wonderboymusic
 Priority:  normal                               |      Status:  assigned
Component:  Widgets                              |   Milestone:  4.8
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:  4.3
 Keywords:  needs-unit-tests has-patch needs-    |  Resolution:
  refresh                                        |     Focuses:  ui,
                                                 |  administration
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Comment (by celloexpressions):

 We need to be careful with adding rich media functionality to the text
 widget if there is a goal to integrate widgets and shortcodes as content
 block that can be used in content areas and sidebars. Introducing a widget
 that mixes plain text and multimedia content and can contain multiple
 "blocks" within one widget could become a backward-compatibility nightmare
 in the very near future.

 Any approach other than a standalone media widget that serves as a single
 media "block" (which could potentially facilitate different types of
 blocks, but one block per instance) needs serious vetting against proposed
 widget+shortcode and content block implementations.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/32417#comment:93>
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