workaround for bulk assignment

  • Resolved Donna McMaster

    (@mcdonna)


    10 years ago

    This plugin is AWESOME but it has one missing feature: bulk assignment. Today I needed to assign tags to hundreds of images and came up with a workaround, so I thought I would share it.

    I installed Paul Menard’s Media Tags plugin https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/media-tags/. I used it for years and it does support bulk assignment. Sadly it doesn’t have a good interface for setting feature images and other editing functions, so I am switching to EML.

    I used Media Tags to bulk assign terms. Once done, I used phpMyAdmin to edit the wp_term_taxonomy table. For example, if you are using the default EML taxonomy media_category: 

    UPDATE wp_term_taxonomy SET taxonomy="media_category" WHERE taxonomy="media-tags"

    Once I was finished, I deactivated Media Tags.

    Hope this can save someone else some time!
    Donna

    https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/enhanced-media-library/

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  • Thread Starter Donna McMaster

    (@mcdonna)

    10 years ago

    Okay, someone shoot me now. I just found the bit where it says that the Pro version of EML supports bulk edit. And it’s only $25 for a one-time license for unlimited sites. So while the above workaround still works, it’s definitely not the most efficient way to go. 🙂

    Plugin Author webbistro

    (@webbistro)

    10 years ago

    Hello Donna,

    I am very sorry that we missed your ticket in due time! I am glad to hear that you’ve found our solution. Thank you for your kind words about the plugin. Please feel free to ask for help when you need it, I promise to reply 🙂

    For everyone reading this thread, we are also going to add bulk media category assignment on upload to the free version soon (further editing will remain the PRO feature).

    Best,
    -Nadia

    Thread Starter Donna McMaster

    (@mcdonna)

    10 years ago

    Nadia, I’m super happy with EML! Appreciate your adding the bulk category assignment to the free version but frankly $25 for unlimited sites is such a great deal that I’d pay it anyway.

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