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WP Media Category Management

A plugin to provide bulk category management functionality for media in WordPress sites.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version2.5.5
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 6.9 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update20 Oct 202612d ago
Active installations6K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.7 / 5 from 35 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records WP Media Category Management version 2.5.5 as active, updated 12d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

This WordPress plugin will ease the management of media categories, including bulk actions.

It supports categories for media using either the existing post categories or a dedicated media_category custom taxonomy.

The plugin supports easy category toggling on the media list page view and also bulk toggling for multiple media at once.

It now also supports post tags and media taxonomies defined by other plugins.

The premium version will include media folder management for organizing files into hierarchical folders.

Main Features

  • Use post categories or dedicated MCM media categories.
  • Control your media categories via admin the same way as post categories.
  • Organize media into hierarchical folders for better file management.
  • Optionally organize uploaded files into physical folder subdirectories.
  • Bulk toggle any media taxonomy assignment from Media Library via admin.
  • Filter media files in Media Library by your custom taxonomies and folders, both in List and Grid view.
  • Use new or existing shortcode to filter the media on galleries in posts and pages.
  • Use a default category while uploading (see FAQ section).

Premium Features

  • Use functionality to manage whether users are allowed or disallowed to manage media.
  • Use WPMCM Gallery block to filter the media on galleries in posts and pages.
  • Filter media per user on several places like List or Grid view and showing media with block or shortcode.
  • Export MCM Categories and / or attachment information filtered by user.
  • Use WP Importer functionality for exported information, even on sites without WP MCM Premium installed.
  • Use WPMCM Gallery block layout when using wp-mcm shortcode to filter the media in posts and pages.
WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • bulk toggle
  • media category
  • media filter
  • toggle category
  • user media management
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 6.9 · PHP not listed
Update activity20 Oct 202612d ago

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Recent tracked changes

Version2.5.42.5.5
WordPress compatibility7.0.47.1.3
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