Windows Live Writer inconsistent with Media Library

I'm considering moving my existing blog from DasBlog to WordPress. While doing some tests to see if I did like the platform I ran into following problem:

I'm using Windows Live Writer to write my blog posts. I'm used to add the pictures on the original size and remove the default link (to the full size picture). When I publish this post to WordPress, some pictures end up in the picture library and others don't, even in the same post.

It would be nice to have a consistent way of storing my pictures. Preferably without the use of the media library, as I don't see the use of it (yet?) and it gives unwanted links and records in the posts table.

Topic media-library windows-live-writer Wordpress

Category Web

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You can make WLW upload images directly via FTP, you can set this up in settings of connection to your blog.

However as long time WLW user myself I would strongly suggest you to try and make sense of media management in WP, even if it seems excessive at moment (it did to me for a long time). Down the road you will very likely come to some things that are much easier done with media library, rather than organized bunch of directly uploaded files.

I know this very well myself, because I am facing need to re-organize and import three years worth of media at my blog. :)

PS WLW is fine, but do try writing posts in WP itself. A lot of work went into that part of experience and it is very impressive by now.

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