David Lingren

Thanks for your question, and for posting the details of your mapping rule; very helpful.

Mapping from an XMP value in the “EXIF/Template” field is a bit tricky. You start with a “template:” prefix and then a Content Template that draws from field-level data sources, e.g., [+xmp:fwc.CustomField2+]. For your application try something like

template:([+xmp:fwc.CustomField2+])

The parentheses are somewhat optional. They handle the case where an image doesn’t have a metadata value, returning an empty value. Without them the template would return “[+xmp:fwc.CustomField2+]” as a literal value.

Normally, you can see all of the metadata a file contains by opening the Media/Edit Media screen for an item and scrolling down to the “Attachment File Metadata” text box that MLA provides. You wrote “If I update my media, it strips all metadata from the file source“. Neither MLA nor WordPress will do this. It is done by the many “image optimization” plugins and some of the SEO plugins, normally at the end of the original upload process. If you are using a plugin like that you can temporarily disable it and upload an image to inspect its metadata. You can re-enable the plugin and delete the image if you don’t need it, or use the plugin’s optimization functions to process the image.

I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if you have problems or further questions regarding the above suggestions. If you can tell me the optimization plugin you are using I may be able to give you more specific help with that. Thanks for your interest in MLA.

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Thank you for your report. I don’t see the screenshot you mentioned in your post, and the missing images problem doesn’t occur on my system. However, I have done some testing and identified some problems with the “Featured Image” and other Media Manager Modal (popup) window screens. I will investigate further and post an update when I have progress to report.

If you can send your screenshot by email, please contact me at my web site.

In the interim, you can avoid the problem without disabling MLA entirely:

1. Go to the Settings/Media Library Assistant General tab.
2. Scroll down to the “Media/Add New Enhancements” section.
3. Uncheck the box for the “Enable Media Manager Enhancements” option.
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click “Save Changes” to record the new setting.

The Media Library Grid View seems to be working fine, so there’s no need to disable that option.

Further investigation suggests that you might be inquiring about MLA’s support for the Folders plugin. I regret that the current MLA version does not support that plugin, although MLA does support the Real Media Library and CatFolders plugins; that might interest you.

I have opened a topic in the Folders Support Forum to see if they are interested in adding MLA support: Add Folders plugin support to Media Library Assistant | ww.wp.xz.cn. I hope that a future MLA version will include Folders support. Thanks for helping me discover the Folders plugin.

Thanks for your interest in the plugin and for your question. MLA has supported WP/LR Sync for years and many MLA users rely on it. I am committed to the combination and will address any issues you encounter to the best of my ability.

I am marking this topic resolved but please post an update if you have problems or further questions regarding the combination of MLA and WP/LR Sync.

Thanks for your question and for the details of your issue. I had another look at the pull-down Help content and I agree that it’s not as helpful as it could be. The relevant content is :

You can update the Title, Caption, Description and ALT Text values for all of the selected attachments. You can use a Content Template to customize the values based on attachment-specific data sources. You can also delete the content of a field by entering the special template:[+empty+] value.

The key part of the content is the “template:[+empty+]” hint. You can accomplish your goal by adding the “template:” prefix to your value, i.e., “template:My Title [+reverse_index+]“. Based on your experience I will be adding more clarification and examples to the Help content in my next release.

I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if you have problems or further questions regarding the above suggestions. Thanks for bringing this to my attention and for your interest in the plugin.

Thanks for your clarifying comments and for the kind words regarding the plugin. As you discovered, MLA does not have any features that alter the files attached to Media Library Items.

Yes, you could write a Custom Field mapping rule that adds Copyright information to the Media Library items. If you decide to pursue that and have problems or questions, start a new topic and I’ll help in any I can. I wish you every success with your site.

Thanks for your question. It looks like you are trying to compose one or more IPTC/EXIF/WP or perhaps Custom Field mapping rules; is that right? If so, it would be helpful to have more details of the rules you’ve tried so I can offer more specific advice. If you can post a link to some of the images you are using I can look through their metadata and see what they have available.

EXIF and IPTC metadata have a variety of sources for this information. For example, I have an image with descriptions in IPTC 2#105 (headline), IPTC 2#120 (caption-or-abstract) and EXIF “ImageDescription”. A different image uses IPTC 2#005 (object-name), IPTC 2#120 and XMP “description”. You can see which fields contain the information you want by clicking the “Edit” rollover action to access the full-screen Edit Media page and scrolling down to the Attachment File Metadata text area.

If you haven’t already found it, you can read through the Metadata Mapping with MLA PDF document on my web site.

I hope that gives you more ideas for your application. I will leave this topic unresolved for now, and I welcome any further details you can provide. Thanks for your interest in the plugin.