[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #63846: Connect WordPress Media Library to cloud storage

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#63846: Connect WordPress Media Library to cloud storage
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 Reporter:  kimjiwoon        |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:
Component:  Media            |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion      |     Focuses:
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Changes (by peterwilsoncc):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 @kimjiwoon Unfortunately this isn't suitable for WordPress Core.

 While synchronizing the media library with cloud storage could be useful
 for some users, the variety of providers of such services make it
 impractical to include within WordPress. WordPress would need to add API
 integrations for Dropbox, Google Drive, One Drive, iCloud and many many
 others.

 If these APIs change, users of old versions of WordPress would find their
 sites broken as such changes wouldn't be backported to old versions of the
 software.

 As @callumbw95 suggests, support for such a feature is best left to
 plugins as they will be able to do a better job of maintaining and
 updating the API integrations for the service they link to.

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