Gate client-side media processing as plugin-only (#76700)

adamsilverstein · ramonjd · ellatrix · gutenbergplugin · commit 2ee7ede6be6d · 2026-03-20T13:35:02.000Z
Client-side media processing (wasm-vips) adds ~16MB of
WASM to the build. Gate the feature behind IS_GUTENBERG_PLUGIN
so it remains active in the plugin but is excluded when
syncing to WordPress core, reducing core bundle size.

Co-authored-by: adamsilverstein &lt;adamsilverstein@git.wordpress.org&gt;
Co-authored-by: ramonjd &lt;ramonopoly@git.wordpress.org&gt;
Co-authored-by: ellatrix &lt;ellatrix@git.wordpress.org&gt;
diff --git a/lib/client-assets.php b/lib/client-assets.php
@@ -448,7 +448,9 @@ function gutenberg_enqueue_latex_to_mathml_loader() {
  *
  * @see packages/vips/src/loader.ts
  */
-add_action( 'enqueue_block_editor_assets', 'gutenberg_enqueue_vips_loader' );
+if ( defined( 'IS_GUTENBERG_PLUGIN' ) && IS_GUTENBERG_PLUGIN ) {
+	add_action( 'enqueue_block_editor_assets', 'gutenberg_enqueue_vips_loader' );
+}
 function gutenberg_enqueue_vips_loader() {
 	wp_enqueue_script_module( '@wordpress/vips/loader' );
 }
diff --git a/lib/media/load.php b/lib/media/load.php
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
  * @package gutenberg
  */
 
+// Client-side media processing is currently plugin-only while the feature matures.
+if ( ! defined( 'IS_GUTENBERG_PLUGIN' ) || ! IS_GUTENBERG_PLUGIN ) {
+	return;
+}
+
 if ( ! gutenberg_is_client_side_media_processing_enabled() ) {
 	return;
 }

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -448,7 +448,9 @@ function gutenberg_enqueue_latex_to_mathml_loader() {`
`448`	`448`	`*`
`449`	`449`	`* @see packages/vips/src/loader.ts`
`450`	`450`	`*/`
`451`		`-add_action( 'enqueue_block_editor_assets', 'gutenberg_enqueue_vips_loader' );`
	`451`	`+if ( defined( 'IS_GUTENBERG_PLUGIN' ) && IS_GUTENBERG_PLUGIN ) {`
	`452`	`+ add_action( 'enqueue_block_editor_assets', 'gutenberg_enqueue_vips_loader' );`
	`453`	`+}`
`452`	`454`	`function gutenberg_enqueue_vips_loader() {`
`453`	`455`	`wp_enqueue_script_module( '@wordpress/vips/loader' );`
`454`	`456`	`}`