Active installations1K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.6 / 5 from 10 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records Attachment Taxonomies version 1.2.2 as active, updated 2mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Overview
About this plugin
The plugin adds two taxonomies to the WordPress media library which are then available to categorize and tag your attachments. By default, these taxonomies, although sharing the same names and behavior, are separate from the default post taxonomies, but this can easily be changed if desired.
The plugin follows WordPress Core principles and offers a lightweight alternative to similar approaches which often tend to be incredibly flexible, but at the same time complicated and bloated. And if you have a little knowledge of code, you should be able to adjust the plugin exactly to your needs if the default configuration doesn’t satisfy you.
Features
Adds categories and tags to the Media Library (independent from the regular post categories and tags)
Inserts filter dropdowns for attachment taxonomies into the media toolbar and media modal
Allows to pick taxonomy terms for attachments from within the Attachment Selection & Edit modals
Adds a setting for the default attachment category
Enhances the [gallery] shortcode so that images of a specific attachment taxonomy can be included automatically
Quality attributes
Lightweight plugin following WordPress Core principles
“Decisions, not Options”
Can easily be used as a must-use plugin
Provides a flexible API to add other attachment taxonomies or disable the existing ones for developers
Provides an easy-to-use has_default argument that can be used when registering an attachment taxonomy in order to automatically add a setting for the default taxonomy term
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
attachment
categories
media
tags
taxonomies
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested with WP 7.1
Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.1 · PHP 7.4
Update activity15 Aug 20262mo ago
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Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
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Tracking & source
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