Title: 8/20 UI Chat Agenda: 4.4
Author: Helen Hou-Sandi
Published: August 20, 2015

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/helen/) [Helen Hou-Sandi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/helen/)
1:35 pm _on_ August 20, 2015     
Tags: [agenda ( 1,150 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/agenda/),
[UI ( 99 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/ui/)   

# 8/20 UI Chat Agenda: 4.4

After a few weeks off from regular meetings while the final touches were put on 
4.3, let’s have our weekly UIUI User interface chat, today at [17:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20150820T1700).
Inspired by [@wonderboymusic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wonderboymusic/)‘s 
[call for 4.4 wishlist items](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/08/19/wordpress-4-4-whats-on-your-wishlist/),
let’s talk today about what our bigger projects are in the world of UI and UXUX 
User experience, what our wishlist items are, and what we can reasonably target 
for 4.4.

[#agenda](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/agenda/), [#ui](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/ui/)

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 1.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9c0affc8ad4a25431f48a8563264a089650f6332b868bd0e7c999f72741967ed?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 2.   [chriscct7](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chriscct7/)  5:47 pm _on_ August 20,
     2015
 3.  I think it’d be interesting to look at [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22959#comment:29](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22959#comment:29)
     if someone’s interested in working on it
 4.  ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/299ab71850a3d6fb44062f52ef927c600dd5570c3d4ce1286dff97342be6a31e?
     s=32&d=mm&r=g)
 5.   [David Lingren](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dglingren/)  7:42 pm _on_ August
     20, 2015
 6.  I’d like to know the status of Ryan Boren’s “Retiring media-new.php” proposal (
     [https://make.wordpress.org/flow/2015/01/29/retiring-media-new-php/](https://make.wordpress.org/flow/2015/01/29/retiring-media-new-php/)).
 7.  In addition to the browser uploader, media-new.php offers a number of hooksHooks
     In WordPress theme and development, hooks are functions that can be applied to
     an action or a Filter in WordPress. Actions are functions performed when a certain
     event occurs in WordPress. Filters allow you to modify certain functions. Arguments
     used to hook both filters and actions look the same. that allow pluginPlugin A
     plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added
     to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your
     WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language
     and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org
     Plugin Directory [https://wordpress.org/plugins/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/)
     or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. developers a way to extend its
     functions.
 8.  My plugin, Media Library Assistant ([https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/)),
     adds a form below the drag-and-drop area on the Media/Upload New Media screen.
     The form allows users to set defaults for standard fields, taxonomyTaxonomy A 
     taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies
     are category, link, tag, or post format. [https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies](https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies).
     terms and custom fields that are applied to items as they are uploaded. It uses
     the ‘upload_post_params’ and ‘post-upload-ui’ hooks provided in media-new.php.
 9.  I have not developed an alternative approach to this feature that works in the
     grid view or Media Manager Modal Window (MMMW). I have found it very difficult
     to extend grid view and MMMW, and I am concerned that a media-new.php replacement
     will have similar issues.
 10. I hope you will think through and meet the needs of plugin and theme developers
     in any media-new.php replacement effort. Thank you for your consideration.
 11.  * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/756c2e0e82712f382e451c45008d32f73ebb14f01c1d8447bd44b7dcf67e61dd?
        s=32&d=mm&r=g)
      *  [Ryan Boren](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryan/)  5:05 pm _on_ August 21,
        2015
      * I replied over [here](https://make.wordpress.org/flow/2015/01/29/retiring-media-new-php/#comment-838).
        I updated that post with screenshots of media-new.php + MLA. At the moment,
        this is just a proposal I’ve been shopping around. It has some interest, but
        I don’t know if it will get developer time during 4.4

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