From 63588e4a60eea032c69a629cc6eb1da156c0b078 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: marcelbusch <marcelbusch@me.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:58:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat(media-gallery): always show delete button for media
 items

when a media item gets deleted but is still present in a media gallery field, in the admin ui there is just a gray box shown and no way to remove the nonexisting media item
this commit removes the check, if the attachment does actually exist, to display the remove-button, so nonexisting attachments can be removed
---
 packages/core/fields/media-gallery/index.js | 12 +++++-------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/fields/media-gallery/index.js b/packages/core/fields/media-gallery/index.js
index 22a3156c..be6c2dac 100644
--- a/packages/core/fields/media-gallery/index.js
+++ b/packages/core/fields/media-gallery/index.js
@@ -185,13 +185,11 @@ class MediaGalleryField extends Component {
 															</span>
 														) }
 
-														{ isAttachmentLoaded && (
-															<button
-																type="button"
-																className="cf-media-gallery__item-remove dashicons-before dashicons-no-alt"
-																onClick={ () => this.handleAttachmentRemove( index ) }
-															></button>
-														) }
+														<button
+															type="button"
+															className="cf-media-gallery__item-remove dashicons-before dashicons-no-alt"
+															onClick={ () => this.handleAttachmentRemove( index ) }
+														></button>
 													</div>
 
 													<input