custom image size with New Media Manager in wordpress 3.5

Question

The last update broke my workflow, as the method of using custom image size inside the media manager has definitely changed.

i'm trying to add my previously registered image sizes to the new dropdown.

Answer 1

This was helpful for me:

function setup_image_sizes() {

    if ( function_exists( 'add_image_size' ) ) {

        add_image_size( 'image-retina', 576, 320, true );
    }

    function pc_image_sizes($sizes){

        $sizes['image-retina'] = __('Image');
        return $sizes;
    }

    add_filter('image_size_names_choose', 'pc_image_sizes');
}

add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'setup_image_sizes' );

Answer 2

Assuming you added a custom image size in after_setup_theme and it has an id such as below ...

... add_image_size( 'other-thumb', 240, 200, true ); 

You can add a filter which will add the size to the list of sizes in the new media manager. Just make sure to pass in the id/slug and then title you want in the dropdown and wallah!

// Add other image size options to insert image dialog
add_filter('image_size_names_choose', 'xf_more_sizes', 4, 1);
function xf_more_sizes($sizes){
   $sizes['other-thumb'] = __('Othernail');
   return $sizes;
}

Answer 3

You will need to paste your code in order for us to review where the issue is, however, I can demonstrate how I accomplish this in Wordpress v3.5

Please observe the comments in my_insert_custom_image_sizes:

function my_insert_custom_image_sizes( $sizes ) {
    // get the custom image sizes
    global $_wp_additional_image_sizes;
    // if there are none, just return the built-in sizes
    if ( empty( $_wp_additional_image_sizes ) )
        return $sizes;

    // add all the custom sizes to the built-in sizes
    foreach ( $_wp_additional_image_sizes as $id => $data ) {
        // take the size ID (e.g., 'my-name'), replace hyphens with spaces,
        // and capitalise the first letter of each word
        if ( !isset($sizes[$id]) )
            $sizes[$id] = ucfirst( str_replace( '-', ' ', $id ) );
    }

    return $sizes;
}


function custom_image_setup () {
    add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );
    add_image_size( 'custom-image-size-1', 160, 9999 ); //  small columned
    add_image_size( 'custom-image-size-2', 300, 9999 ); //  medium
    add_image_size( 'custom-image-size-3', 578, 190, true ); //  cropped
    add_filter( 'image_size_names_choose', 'my_insert_custom_image_sizes' );
}

add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'custom_image_setup' );

Note that I am adding the my_insert_custom_image_sizes filter in the after_setup_theme which is a good practice.