{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"WordPress &amp; BuddyPress Support Forums | BuddyDev","provider_url":"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/support","author_name":"Simon Parker","author_url":"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/support\/author\/siparker\/","title":"media storage &#8226; WordPress &amp; BuddyPress Support Forums | BuddyDev","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"RHYcWFxwr3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/media-storage\/\">media storage<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/media-storage\/embed\/#?secret=RHYcWFxwr3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;media storage&#8221; &#8212; WordPress &amp; BuddyPress Support Forums | BuddyDev\" data-secret=\"RHYcWFxwr3\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"a quick query. what was the reasoning behind using the wordpress media folder to contain user uploads? Reasons not to do it (from my point of view) can no longer use media folder easily for my own images as cannot find them easily any more. media folder may end up containing hundreds of thousands of ..."}