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Follow-up to #52665 ( Latest Videos Playlist block ), found while building the VideoPress channel theme on WordPress.com ( Linear VIDP-407 ).

Proposed changes

• Data::get_latest_videopress_playlist_entries() feeds the Latest Videos Playlist block through an internal wp/v2/media request. WordPress.com Simple registers the wp/v2 routes only for real REST requests ( mu-plugins/rest-api.php removes create_initial_rest_routes otherwise ), so on a page render the request answers rest_no_route and the block renders nothing: a Simple site's Videos page stays empty no matter how many uploads it has.
• When the internal request fails, the entries now come straight from the attachments with the same rules the endpoint applies: video/videopress attachments off Simple, video/* attachments resolved through wpcom's videos table ( video_get_info_by_blogpostid() ) on it, newest first, capped to the count. Duration and height come from the attachment metadata ( videopress.duration, or the length seconds Simple stores ). The entry shape is unchanged and shared by both paths.

Related product discussion/links

• VideoPress: add a Latest Videos Playlist block #52665, VideoPress: give every video its own page ( channel feature ) #52666.
• Linear: VIDP-407.

Does this pull request change what data or activity we track or use?

No.

Testing instructions

• jp test php packages/videopress ( Latest_Videos_Playlist_Block_Test, new test_latest_entries_without_the_media_endpoint ), jp phan packages/videopress.
• On a sandboxed WordPress.com Simple site with a few VideoPress uploads, add a Latest Videos Playlist block to a page: before, the block renders nothing on the front end; after, it lists the uploads. Jetpack and Atomic sites keep going through the media endpoint and are unchanged.

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Code Coverage Summary

Coverage changed in 1 file.

File	Coverage	Δ%	Δ Uncovered
projects/packages/videopress/src/class-data.php	171/315 (54.29%)	3.94%	1 ❤️‍🩹

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