Tip: WP 3.0 - enable flash uploader for Macs

**X37375787** · 06-20-2010, 07:30 PM

WP has the bad habit of disabling the handy flash uploader for people who are on Macs. Annoying, especially if you're dealing with multiple image uploads. Here's how to enable it.

/wp-admin/includes/media.php

Comment out lines 1397 + 1398:

Code:

	// if ( false !== stripos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'mac') && apache_mod_loaded('mod_security') )
	//	$flash = false;

If you wish to protect your WP-Admin via .htaccess and .htpasswd, put this in your .htaccess file within the /wp-admin folder:

Code:

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Protected"
AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd
Require valid-user

# Exclude the file upload and WP CRON scripts from authentication
<FilesMatch "(async-upload\.php|wp-cron\.php|xmlrpc\.php|admin-post\.php)$">
    Satisfy Any
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    Deny from none
</FilesMatch>

That will keep your flash uploader from getting stuck after protecting the admin.