Alicia1811

I’m not sure if this has been mentioned but since the update I’m finding that several times the crop feature hasn’t worked for editing photos.

The option stays inactive and nothing happens when you click on it.

The unfortunate thing is, if I could do all of THAT I might not be using WP to begin with. As much as I like WP I’ve been using this new image tool for about two weeks and I much prefer the old way. This new interface is simply not as streamlined or user friendly as the old.

It most certainly is not more efficient than the old tool.

I get the failed uploads after I save draft, and when I look at the text version the code is incomplete, so I reload the image from the text side of the editor at the bottom of the page so it’s not affected by any other code on the page then I copy and paste all that image code to where I need it to be.

It’s a pain but it’s a feasible workaround.

It happens randomly and I can’t find a reason why. I don’t use the Smush.it plugin.

@webtaurus, thanks for the workaround with image titles. That helps.

I also noticed the old uploader when I used the edit function.

I’m all for changes that make my work flow smoother and faster. Unfortunately, I’ve found this new media tool does the opposite. I also am used to giving an image a title and then copying that title and pasting it into the other images on a post, just needing to change the #1 to 2, 3 or 4 but I find the title field now does not copy past what can be seen and won’t scroll to the end of the title name.

If anyone knows a way around this I’d appreciate it.

Sapphires point about not being able to see the image urls is also significant for me for the reasons stated. I deal with many identical images and need to see that url. Not having it show up below the image is a royal pain and also slows down the workflow.

I think the tendency to want to make everything work more like social media does a disservice to those of us who need the more techie aspects of WP to stay the way they have been.

I completely agree with all the main points in this thread. The new media tool seems counter-intuitive.

It should default to Upload. The image info off in the right sidebar is a nuisance as well as having to now click out and back to set a featured image.

I’ve also noticed that there is a hang time and I can actually watch the images load into the post. That never happened before…But the most annoying thing I’ve found is that some images don’t load at all.

They go into the media library and onto the post but when I save the draft then preview, the caption is there but the image is not. The only solution I’ve found is to delete the image and reload. This is a huge waste of time and NEVER happened before this last update.

I love WP and every day I learn something about it that makes my work more enjoyable but these changes to the image management really need a “do over”.