WordPress ‘Attachments’ Plugin Debut

Hey Jonathan.
I found a problem in the function attachments_get_attachments in file attachments.php.

If there are no attachment in a post, php throws a warning.
For fixing that warning please change the function as follows:

function attachments_get_attachments($post_id=null)
{
global $post;

if($post_id==null)
{
$post_id = $post->ID;
}

$existing_attachments = unserialize(get_post_meta($post_id, ‘_attachments’, true));

$post_attachments = array();
if( is_array($existing_attachments) && count($existing_attachments) > 0)
{
if( count($existing_attachments) > 1 )
{
usort($existing_attachments, “cmp”);
}
foreach ($existing_attachments as $attachment)
{
array_push($post_attachments, array(
‘id’ => $attachment['id'],
‘mime’ => $attachment['mime'],
‘title’ => $attachment['title'],
‘caption’ => $attachment['caption'],
‘location’ => $attachment['location']
));
}
}

return $post_attachments;
}

The timing on this couldn’t be better. I have to start a project this week that requires a custom image gallery and I had no idea what I’d use to pull it together. I think this is just the thing.

Any idea if Attachments will run on a server with PHP 4 installed, or are there PHP-5-only functions in use? I’m forced to host on a bit of a legacy system in this case.

Your plugin is exactly what I have been looking for….except for one thing, you have to edit the core files. I’m using Thesis theme which uses the hook system., so I’ll see if there is a way around this…I’ll let you know.

Hi, this post might be a bit out of place, as it is in regards to WordPress Post Gallery (WPPG). I have been using it for 1 of my projects and am thinking to switch to WordPress Attachment (WPA) if necessary.

I have encountered some issues with WPPG plugin and also would like to know if the WPA has fixed the issue.

One problem is that, there are times when I edit a post with image attached to it via WPPG, I noticed the images are not loaded correctly in the Post Image panel. And when I hit update post, the image will then be gone from the post. I will then have to reattach the image.

It may be due to bad internet connections but my client may still prefer it to be solved. Also, it happens only when I use IE8.

Hi Jonathan,

Great plugin, exactly what I need! However, so far it does not work for me. I can select the pictures I like to include as an attachment in my post, but after I hit ‘Apply’ I get the following error message above the thumbnail in the attachments box:

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in \wp-content\plugins\attachments\attachments.php on line 96

Also when I try to save the post it does not remember my choice.

I test it both locally and on my webserver with same results.

Hope you can help me fix this bug!

Greetings,
Andre J.

Thanks for getting on the issue so quickly. The error message no longer shows up, but there is still an issue with the attachments not getting saved after I save the post. Thanks.

Hello Jonathan,

Thanks for the quick fix. It does fix the php error message. However, I get the same result as Levi Gideon with attachments not being saved after the post/page was edited.

Thanks for your work.

Andre J.

Hello Jonathan!

Thank you for your plugin.
I have installed and activated it.
After some media items have been attached to post and the latter was saved and published nothing is saved.
And as far as I can see attachments_get_attachments() return empty array.

I have tested this plugin on local instance of wordpress running thru virtual host. Maybe this could be the reason thou it seems very strange.

All files I have uploaded with attachments plugin are successfully saved wp-content/uploads directory but no items is passed to post page

I’d be very grateful to you if recommend me something that could solve this strange issue

best,
Alexander

Yes, Matt Hill is right, user should only see pictures he has uploaded, not pictures uploaded by other users.
That is also something I’m looking for.

The only different, I’m using “Member” (http://justintadlock.com/archi.....ess-plugin) instead of Role Scoper.

Thanks for the great plugin Jonathan!
I am running in a problem trying to move Wordpress+attachments plugin from one host to another.

The attachment data in the db table wp_postmeta (meta_key: _attachments) contains the absolute path to the attachments and now that i moved the Wordpress installation to a new host the attachment URLs still refer to the old host. When i try to search/replace the old hostname with the new hostname all attachment data is lost. It’s still in the db table but it won’t show up in Wordpress admin in the post attachment section. Any ideas whats going wrong here? Thanks.

I’m running into a trouble with captions. I have the latest version of WP running. When I add attachments, everything works fine. But as soon as I add a caption to any of the images and then update the post, all of the attachments are removed from the post. They’re still attached via the core WordPress system – so I can still add images via the Browse area – but aren’t listed in the Attachments system anymore.

I have a problem in the administration page of posts (and pages too).
After activating the plugin I see the new “Attachments” box and I see even the buttons “Browse” and “Add new”. But the browse button does not work.
I checked the page attachment.php to see if there was a problem with the link of the button and I found this:

Browse

Is it normal that href is =”#”?
Otherwise, can you help me understand why the browse button does not work?
Thx!

I waited several minutes but unfortunately nothing happens. The site is new, just installed, and the only plugin that I’m using are cformsII and Askimet.