Title: WP_REST_Attachments_Controller::remove_client_side_media_processing_filters
Published: August 20, 2026

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# WP_REST_Attachments_Controller::remove_client_side_media_processing_filters()

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_attachments_controller/remove_client_side_media_processing_filters/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_attachments_controller/remove_client_side_media_processing_filters/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_attachments_controller/remove_client_side_media_processing_filters/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use 
by plugin or theme developers, only by core. It is listed here for completeness.

Removes filters added for client-side media processing.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_attachments_controller/remove_client_side_media_processing_filters/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    private function remove_client_side_media_processing_filters(): void {
    	remove_filter( 'intermediate_image_sizes_advanced', '__return_empty_array', 100 );
    	remove_filter( 'fallback_intermediate_image_sizes', '__return_empty_array', 100 );
    	remove_filter( 'wp_image_maybe_exif_rotate', '__return_false', 100 );
    	remove_filter( 'image_editor_output_format', '__return_empty_array', 100 );
    	remove_filter( 'big_image_size_threshold', '__return_false', 100 );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-attachments-controller.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-attachments-controller.php#L799)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-attachments-controller.php#L799-L805)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_attachments_controller/remove_client_side_media_processing_filters/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [remove_filter()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/remove_filter/)`wp-includes/plugin.php` |

Removes a callback function from a filter hook.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Attachments_Controller::create_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_attachments_controller/create_item/)`wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-attachments-controller.php` |

Creates a single attachment.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_attachments_controller/remove_client_side_media_processing_filters/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [7.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/7.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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