FooGallery shortcode using media category?

  • Resolved Jeff Cohan

    (@jdcohan)


    7 years, 1 month ago

    I use Enhanced Media Library Pro on many of the sites I build. EMLPro creates the custom taxonomy ‘media_category’.

    The native WordPress media shortcode supports the ‘media_category=”[cat_id]”‘ attribute. This is cool because the gallery is dynamically updated when the user adds a new image and assigns it the media_catetory ID in question. No need to manually update any gallery.

    A. Am I correct in inferring that FooGallery’s shortcode does not natively support the ‘media_category’ attribute?

    B. If the answer to “A” is “yes”, can you recommend some code that would extend FooGallery to use that custom taxonomy?

    Thanks.

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  • Thread Starter Jeff Cohan

    (@jdcohan)

    7 years, 1 month ago

    Ok, I just found this (emphasis mine) on the FooPlugins site, suggesting FooGallery Pro might give me what I’m looking for:

    “Organize your images and other media using tags or categories, or both! Utilize existing taxonomies from other media plugins too!”

    Does this indeed mean that I can create a dynamic gallery using the shortcode and media_category value in FooGallery pro?

    Plugin Author bradvin

    (@bradvin)

    7 years, 1 month ago

    hey Jeff,

    It looks like Media Library Pro extends the built-in gallery shortcode so that it pulls in media from the specific taxonomy.

    FooGallery allows you to filter images using other attachment taxonomies.

    We do not yet support the dynamic galleries that you are looking for, but this is on our roadmap for a future update. Quite a few people have asked for this feature.

    Thread Starter Jeff Cohan

    (@jdcohan)

    7 years, 1 month ago

    Thanks for the response, @bradvin.

    FWIW, implementing dynamic galleries based on categories and/or tags would make FooGallery stand out even more.

    Thread Starter Jeff Cohan

    (@jdcohan)

    7 years, 1 month ago

    I want to use FooGallery for an upcoming project (and others), but I’m having to abandon it in favor of Responsive Lightbox & Gallery because the latter does support dynamic galleries.

    One of the two ways RL&G implements dynamic galleries is by adding a (virtual) “folders” feature to the Medial Library and by allowing galleries to be populated from folders.

    I hope you move the dynamic galleries feature up in your roadmap.

    Plugin Author bradvin

    (@bradvin)

    7 years, 1 month ago

    hey Jeff,

    Def on the list to do in next release. I have also bookmarked this thread to come back and let you know when that is done

    Thread Starter Jeff Cohan

    (@jdcohan)

    7 years, 1 month ago

    Bradvin – I appreciate that. I’ll keep my eyes open.

    Thread Starter Jeff Cohan

    (@jdcohan)

    7 years ago

    Not to nag, but really just another FYI…

    I’m currently working on a WP MultiSite project in which I want to syndicate image galleries using the Broadcast plugin. I’m glad to see they have an addon for FooGallery. It’ll be real nice to have the dynamic galleries feature working!

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