Title: Adding MLA support to your plugin
Last modified: May 22, 2024

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# Adding MLA support to your plugin

 *  Resolved [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-mla-support-to-your-plugin/)
 * I am the author of [Media Library Assistant](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/),
   a WordPress plugin. One of the MLA users has alerted me to your plugin in this
   support topic:
 * [Feature Request – Duplicate Image | WordPress.org](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feature-request-duplicate-image/#post-17770087)
 * If you are interested in adding MLA support to your plugin I would be happy to
   help in any way I can. You can post an update here or [contact me at my web site](http://davidlingren.com/#two)
   if email would be more convenient. Thank you for your consideration of this request.

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 *  Plugin Support [Karina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karinapremio/)
 * (@karinapremio)
 * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-mla-support-to-your-plugin/#post-17781826)
 * Hello, thanks for reaching out. Can you please provide more details on the use
   case of this compatibility so that I can forward to our product team? Please 
   note our plug-in provides virtual folders only.
 *  Thread Starter [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-mla-support-to-your-plugin/#post-17782271)
 * Thanks for your response. The current MLA version works with two of the other
   folder plugins in the WordPress Repository, as well as their “pro” versions. 
   Here’s an excerpt from the MLA Readme file:
 * >  - Works with [**WordPress Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager**](https://wordpress.org/plugins/real-media-library-lite/)(
   >    Lite and Pro) to organize your files into folders, collections and galleries.
   >    This combination enhances both the Media/Assistant admin submenu and the`[
   >    mla_gallery]` shortcode.
   >  - Works with **[CatFolders – WP Media Folders](https://wordpress.org/plugins/catfolders/)**(
   >    Lite and Pro) to categorize media files better and faster. This combination
   >    enhances both the Media/Assistant admin submenu and the `[mla_gallery]` 
   >    shortcode.
 * The Media/Assistant admin submenu is an enhanced alternative to the Media/Library
   admin submenu in list mode. When either of the two plugins listed above is active,
   their folders are displayed to the left of MLA’s content. Clicking on a folder
   filters the MLA content, showing only the items in the selected folder.
 * MLA provides a shortcode, [mla_gallery], for selecting and displaying a gallery
   of Media Library items. The MLA Documentation excerpt below describes how the
   folder plugin can be used to filter a gallery display.
 * >     ```wp-block-code
   >     Support for the “Real Media Library” Plugin
   > 
   >     The WordPress Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager plugin helps you with media management. Organize thousands of uploaded files into folders, collections and galleries. You can add parameters to the [mla_gallery] shortcode to filter the gallery display by a specific RML folder, collection or gallery ID. There are three [mla_gallery] shortcode parameters for this purpose:
   > 
   >     mla_rml_folder - the ID of the RML folder, collection or gallery from which to source items for the gallery display. You can find the ID of a folder easily in your media library. Simply select a folder, afterwards click the three-dots icon in the folder toolbar. A dialog opens and in the bottom right corner you can find a number which represents the folder ID.
   > 
   >     mla_rml_include_children - "false" (the default) to restrict the potential items to the specific folder or gallery named in the mla_rml_folder parameter. Set it to "true" to include items in folders contained in the specific folder or collection named in the shortcode.
   > 
   >     mla_allow_rml - (optional) "false" (the default) to remove the RML parameters from [mla_gallery] database queries. "true" to preserve the parameters. This parameter is only useful for performance testing purposes. It is automatically set to "true" if the mla_rml_folder parameter is present. You can safely ignore it.
   > 
   >     You can use the other [mla_gallery] data selection parameters to further refine your query. For example, you can use post_mime_type=application/pdf to display only the PDF documents in a folder, or use application_category=abc to display only the images assigned to Att. Category "abc" in an RML gallery.
   > 
   >     Support for the “CatFolders – WP Media Folders” Plugin
   > 
   >     The CatFolders – WP Media Folders free/lite and pro plugins help you categorize media files better and faster. You can add a parameter to the [mla_gallery] shortcode to filter the gallery display by a specific folder ID. There is one [mla_gallery] shortcode parameter for this purpose:
   > 
   >     mla_catf_folder - the name of the folder from which to source items for the gallery display. To find the ID of a folder, right-click on the folder name to display the context menu, then click "Properties". In the Image Folder display you will see the folder ID. For the mla_catf_folder value do not include the pound sign ('#'), just the folder number.
   > 
   >     You can use the other [mla_gallery] data selection parameters to further refine your query. For example, you can use post_mime_type=application/pdf to display only the PDF documents in a folder, or use application_category=abc to display only the images assigned to Att. Category "abc" in the folder.
   >     ```
   > 
 * Adding the folders to the Media/Assistant admin submenu has been done by the 
   other plugins’ authors, with some MLA changes to handle the display filtering.
   The `[mla_gallery]` shortcode modifications have been done within MLA.
 * I encourage you to [contact me at my web site](http://davidlingren.com/#two) 
   to pursue this project because email would be more convenient. Thank you for 
   your consideration of this request.
 *  Thread Starter [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-mla-support-to-your-plugin/#post-17815113)
 * I see this topic is marked Resolved, although I have not seen anything from you
   about pursuing the project. Do you have any further interest in working on this?
 *  [mstudioeu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioeu/)
 * (@mstudioeu)
 * [1 year, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-mla-support-to-your-plugin/#post-17822822)
 * I would be interested in this as well.
 *  Plugin Support [Karina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karinapremio/)
 * (@karinapremio)
 * [1 year, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-mla-support-to-your-plugin/#post-17822835)
 * Hello, thank you for your reply. Can you please provide more details on the use
   case of this compatibility so that I can forward to our product team? You can
   contact us at [hi@support.premio.io](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-mla-support-to-your-plugin/hi@support.premio.io?output_format=md)
   for convenience.
 *  Thread Starter [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [1 year, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-mla-support-to-your-plugin/#post-17824073)
 * Thanks for your response. Please review my second post in this topic from two
   weeks, three days ago. I responded to your use case request there. Let me know
   what else you need to proceed.
 *  [meggsico](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meggsico/)
 * (@meggsico)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-mla-support-to-your-plugin/#post-17859727)
 * Hi Karina
 * It would be pretty cool if you support the developer of the plugin Media Library
   Assistant (MLA). The plugin is the best to manage media in wordpress and is popular
   with a large community. I have been using the plugin Folders for a very long 
   time and it would be nice if the plugin could be combined with the plugin MLA.
 * Thx for your help
 * Meggs
 *  Plugin Support [Karina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karinapremio/)
 * (@karinapremio)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-mla-support-to-your-plugin/#post-17861151)
 * Hi both, thanks for your input. I have sent the details to our product team. 
   They will review this carefully and I’ll make sure to give you a heads-up if 
   we’ll be adding this to our roadmap!
 *  [meggsico](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meggsico/)
 * (@meggsico)
 * [1 year, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-mla-support-to-your-plugin/#post-17945565)
 * Hi Karina
   I would like to ask if you have already decided to support the developer
   of MLA so that he can integrate your tool.
 * It would be great if you could make this possible for the community.
 * Thanks and regards
   Meggsico
 *  Plugin Support [Karina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karinapremio/)
 * (@karinapremio)
 * [1 year, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-mla-support-to-your-plugin/#post-17950139)
 * Hey again Meggsico,
 * I can confirm that we have a Folders release in which we will add compatibility
   with this plug-in. Please let me know if you have any further questions.
 *  Thread Starter [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [1 year, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-mla-support-to-your-plugin/#post-17951200)
 * [@karinapremio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karinapremio/) – Thanks for
   your update with the good news regarding MLA support in the Folders plugin. If
   I can help in any way with testing or making changes to MLA to enhance the support,
   please let me know. Thanks!
 *  Plugin Support [Karina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karinapremio/)
 * (@karinapremio)
 * [1 year, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-mla-support-to-your-plugin/#post-17952570)
 * Thanks so much, David! We will get back to you if we have questions.
 * Take care!

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