WP Media Categories

Description

Add categories to media & attachments.

Main Features

Control media categories the same way as post categories.
Filter the Media Library by category, in both the list and grid views.

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Installation

Download and install using the built in WordPress plugin installer.
Activate in the “Plugins” area of your admin by clicking the “Activate” link.
No further setup or configuration is necessary.

Screenshots

List
Grid
Edit
Modal

Faq

Where can I get support?

The WordPress support forums: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-media-categories/

Where can I find documentation?

http://github.com/stuttter/wp-media-categories/

Reviews

Works nicely

By shawfactor on December 2, 2020

Good plugin, does the job,

Great for creating a simple media taxonomy

By Knut Sparhell (knutsp) on November 12, 2020

When you need media "folders", like for images or photos, this is the plugin. Works out of the box. Let's a developer add tax queries, as for post. Then very powerful.

Good but need enhancements

By manuelbeck on February 13, 2020

I can filter in list-/grid-view in the normal media-view. But can't filter when selecting an image in a page or product.

meh

By visnevskis on January 6, 2019

As a proof of concept it does work, but user has type categories manually upon file upload and there is no category filtering in media insertion dialog, which kind'a would be the point of having categories.

So many thanks

By cedric707 on September 16, 2018

Hey John, So many thanks for your work on the free plugins ! There is one thing on that one that would be great in furture updates : Having a dropdown with the existing categories when you upload a media file. For now, there is only a blank category field where you need to type in the slug of the category you want to add to the media (ie you need to know the slug). Cheers !

Good plugin

By snuskin on January 16, 2017

It would be better if you add possibility to show translation of your plugin. May be something like this load_plugin_textdomain('wp-media-categories', false, basename(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/lang/');

Simple, elegant solution for media management

By Kevin Hoffman (kevinwhoffman) on September 3, 2016

Everything about this plugin feels native to WordPress. Filtering your view within the Media Library works exactly how you would expect if you're familiar with filtering posts by category. I also appreciate that the terms are stored in the database in a way that is consistent with all other taxonomies. Great plugin with a singular purpose.

Changelog

[2.1.0] – 2020-05-13

Improve compatibility with PHP7.2+
Improve shortcode implementation

[2.0.0] – 2018-06-05

Fix bug where count could target wrong taxonomy
Fix bug where dropdown widget URL used wrong taxonomy slug

[1.1.0] – 2016-09-28

Fix “no_category” admin filtering

[1.0.1] – 2016-09-06

Fix theme-side search interference
Improve performance of “no_category” filtering

[1.0.0] – 2016-09-06

Fix bulk edits
Move files into subdirectory for improved mu-plugins support

[0.1.1] – 2015-10-28

Improve media grid layout

[0.1.1] – 2015-10-21

Initial release