[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39805: Expose featured_media property on post resources in "embed" context

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#39805: Expose featured_media property on post resources in "embed" context
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 Reporter:  kadamwhite   |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  REST API     |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:               |
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 When you create a link relation that allows you to embed a post in a
 separate response, the "featured_media" property is omitted from that
 embedded post. This means that the only way to know the featured media
 item for an embedded post is to either re-request the embedded resource
 using the "view" or "edit" context, or else to use the _link to
 wp:featuredmedia (which _is_ present in the embedded resource, despite the
 omission of the featured_media property) to deduce the ID of the embedded
 post's associated media item.

 It would be more consistent and straightforward for the ID of the featured
 media for a post to be included in that post object when the post is
 embedded. To clarify, this is not suggesting the media item is recursively
 embedded: just that `featured_media: 4168` is included in that embedded
 post object.

 Thanks to @westonruter for raising this inconsistency.

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