Title: Media Meeting Recap – December 21 Author: Anthony Burchell Published: December 27, 2018 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/antpb/) [Anthony Burchell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/antpb/) 4:22 pm _on_ December 27, 2018   # Media Meeting Recap – December 21 ## Overview This post is a summary of the latest weekly Media component meeting, which took place in the [#core-media](https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/C02SX62S6/) SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/). The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) channel, on Thursday, December 21, 2018. The purpose of these meetings are to move priority tasks forward, provide feedback on issues of interest, and review media focused issues. Attendees: [@aaroncampbell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aaroncampbell/) [@joemcgill](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joemcgill/) [@mikeschroder](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mikeschroder/) [@karmatosed](https://profiles.wordpress.org/karmatosed/) [@desrosj](https://profiles.wordpress.org/desrosj/) [@sheri](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sheri/) [@paaljoachim](https://profiles.wordpress.org/paaljoachim/) [@antpb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/antpb/) Transcript: [Read on Slack](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02SX62S6/p1545339602154200) ## Media triagetriage The act of evaluating and sorting bug reports, in order to decide priority, severity, and other factors./discussion This meeting focused on triage and to save you from the repetition of the process let’s just focus on the biggest of the issues discussed: There was an influx in MIME related issues in the `uploads` sub-component over the last week. [@joemcgill](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joemcgill/) stated that he and [@tellyworth](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tellyworth/) are working toward resolution in this. The main ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. to focus attention on (and close duplicate issues in favor of) is: [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45615](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45615) Another issue discussed was: [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/39968](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/39968) There is an issue where on the last page of the Media Library, deleting all items in that page keeps you on the last page which no longer has content. A suggested fix is taking the page url and subtracting one from the current one if all items are deleted. The ticket has some high level conversation on those suggestions. --- ## Playlist Usage It was discussed that there is a need to determine a path forward for the playlist functionality in CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.. Currently, you can still create playlist content using the classic-blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. `add media` button. It may be time to discuss the possibility of deprecating this feature as usage does not seem to be high. We are in the process of gathering usage data. [@aaroncampbell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aaroncampbell/) has graciously offered to attempt to pull some data from his wide user base around the beginning of the new year. There were many 👆emoji on [@joemcgill](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joemcgill/)‘ s comment _“we should not just remove it, but move it to a 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. that might actually auto-install on sites that use the feature if we can detect it.” _ I would like to open this post’s comments up to any concerns folks may have in removing the playlist functionality. --- ## Core ‘cruft’ to consider deprecating The above conversation around feature depreciation led to an excellent point by [@mikeschroder](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mikeschroder/) and [@karmatosed](https://profiles.wordpress.org/karmatosed/) about there needing to be a zoomed out view of deprecating old code and not focusing exclusively on features. [@desrosj](https://profiles.wordpress.org/desrosj/) said_“ As you all enjoy your time off, try to think about cruft within the media component specifically we can work to retire.”_ I invite you all to use the comments of this post to identify those pieces that should be considered for retirement and we will review in our first Media meeting of 2019. 🙂 --- ## Next Meeting The next [#core-media](https://make.wordpress.org/core/components/media) meeting is set for [Thursday, December 27, 2018 at 20:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20181227T2000) This next meeting will be focused around triage as many of our normal attendees are on holiday. See you there! [#core-media](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core-media/), [#media](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/media/), [#summary](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/summary/) ### Share this: * [ Threads ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/27/media-meeting-recap-december-21/?share=threads) * [ Mastodon ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/27/media-meeting-recap-december-21/?share=mastodon) * [ Bluesky ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/27/media-meeting-recap-december-21/?share=bluesky) * [ X ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/27/media-meeting-recap-december-21/?share=x) * [ Facebook ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/27/media-meeting-recap-december-21/?share=facebook) * [ LinkedIn ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/27/media-meeting-recap-december-21/?share=linkedin) 1. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cd18da60d54f0a7374dc62b122ff5050f33fad8c43ce013594f7703a37b9d906? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 2. [Andrea Fercia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/afercia/) 4:01 pm _on_ December 29, 2018 3. From an accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access”( i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Accessibility) perspective, the first “cruft” (in a broader sense) I’d like to get rid of is infinite scrolling. See: [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/40330](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/40330) [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/28927#comment:10](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/28927#comment:10) 4. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e250789f7ea263ffffa5d82f9f4877d9c9e11b605424f14f21655faf656ada66? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Joe McGill](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joemcgill/) 9:49 pm _on_ January 2, 2019 * Thanks for the suggestion, [@afercia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/afercia/)! 5. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e250789f7ea263ffffa5d82f9f4877d9c9e11b605424f14f21655faf656ada66? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 6. [Joe McGill](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joemcgill/) 9:40 pm _on_ January 3, 2019 7. I forgot that I had mentioned ThickBox as a potential for removal during this meeting. Thanks [@desrosj](https://profiles.wordpress.org/desrosj/) for the reminder. 8. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ae4a4e54f58de7f040c1caef738bb56f5ccaf16b0eed9b2304df92826609d3ca? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 9. [Mike Schroder](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kirasong/) 9:44 pm _on_ January 3, 2019 10. I’d like to audit for cruft created post-WP_Image_Editor during 5.1, as much was deprecated at the time, but never removed. 11. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/18f4f7ebdcd48383951a52a88f401bd6460ae74b626016010b1f0604cac90826? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 12. [Jonathan Desrosiers](https://profiles.wordpress.org/desrosj/) 9:44 pm _on_ January 3, 2019 13. Auditing the list of OEmbed providers supported could also be useful. I think this is good thing to do maybe once a year to remove providers that no longer exist, or no longer support OEmbed. 14. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e184ad1e64faea6a45c0cba6710c29181b42c4244796a4f8086c9dea327f0f70? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 15. [notnownikki](https://profiles.wordpress.org/notnownikki/) 10:49 am _on_ January 4, 2019 16. There’s already been an audit of embed providers as far as checking that they work with the embed blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience., and we found a couple of providers that are no longer valid. CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. to remove them is [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45399](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45399) and the gutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. [https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/) PR that removes them is [https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/12759](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/12759) Comments are closed. # Post navigation [← Build tools: We’ve enabled running WordPress from /src again](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/24/build-tools-weve-enabled-running-wordpress-from-src-again/) [Dev Chat Agenda: January 2nd →](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/01/02/dev-chat-agenda-january-2nd/)