Description
This plugin is made for:
- Search through all fields in Media Library, including: ID, title, caption, alternative text and description.
- Search Taxonomies for Media, include the name, slug and description fields.
- Search media file name.
- Use shortcode
[msp-search-form]
to insert a media search form in posts and template files. It will search for media by all fields mentioned above.
Installation
Using The WordPress Dashboard
- Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
- Search for ‘media-search-plus’
- Click ‘Install Now’
- Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard
Uploading in WordPress Dashboard
- Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
- Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
- Select
media-search-plus.zip
from your computer - Click ‘Install Now’
- Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
Using FTP
- Download
media-search-plus.zip
- Extract the
media-search
directory to your computer - Upload the
media-search
directory to the/wp-content/plugins/
directory - Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
FAQ
-
How to link media to the file itself rather than the attachment page in media search results page?
-
Please add the following code to the
functions.php
in your theme:function my_get_attachment_url( $url, $post_id ) { $url = wp_get_attachment_url( $post_id ); return $url; } add_filter( 'msp_get_attachment_url', 'my_get_attachment_url', 10, 2 );
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Contributors & Developers
“Media Search Plus” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
0.8.2
- Forked by PhilLehmann (original author so far 1fixdotio – http://1fix.io)
- Made compatible with WordPress 6.1
- Renamed shortcode
[mse-search-form]
to[msp-search-form]
- Renamed filter
mse_get_attachment_url
tomsp_get_attachment_url
- Removed clutter in the code
0.8.1
- Fix PHP notices and updated the “Tested up to” field.
0.8.0
- Supporting MIME type and date filters when searching in the Media Library. Thanks to @jedifunk for spotting this bug.
0.7.3
- Fix PHP warnings. Thanks to @DavidOn3.
0.7.2
- Bug fix: Make the search work with WPML Media – All languages.
- Filter the search form if it’s on the media search results page.
- Make the images clickable in the search results. Can be disabled by setting the filter
mse_is_image_clickable
tofalse
.
0.7.1
- Bug fix: Remove duplicate search results when WPML plugin is activated, THE RIGHT WAY.
0.7.0
- Remove duplicate search results when WPML plugin is activated. Props @joseluiscruz.
0.6.1
- Security update: use
$wpdb->prepare
to process SQL statements. Thanks to @daxelrod for this.
0.6.0
- Add ID to search fields.
- Modify the clauses with
posts_clauses
filter.
0.5.4
- Add filter
mse_get_attachment_url
to modify the attachment URLs in the media search results.
0.5.3
- Bug fix: Filtered excerpt should be returned, not echoed.
0.5.2
- Display thumbnails in the media search results.
0.5
- Use shortcode
[mse-search-form]
to insert a media search form in posts, which only searches for media files (through all fields).
0.4
- Search media file name.
0.3
- If there are Taxonomies for Media, search the name, slug and description fields.
0.2.1
- Add DISTINCT statement to SQL when query media in the “Insert Media” screen
0.2.0
- The first version