Konstantin Kröpfl

<p><strong><em>Ever lost the overview of your attachments in the media library? This plugin helps you to identify if an attachment has been used on the website. A free and easy to use plugin saving you time working in WordPress.</em></strong></p>
<h4>Your benefits</h4>
<ul>
<li>You have immediate information if and where attachment and media files are used.</li>
<li>Work more efficient with your media library.</li>
<li>Provides links to the corresponding pages/posts or widgets where the media file was found.</li>
<li>Filter your attachment/media list view by usage status (found/not found).</li>
<li>Saves you a lot of time by knowing exactly where your files are used.</li>
<li>It´s free and easy to use.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Locations looked through</h4>
<ul>
<li>Posts, pages: It searches in content and excerpt field and it checks if the attachment/image is used in a gallery within the content/excerpt section.</li>
<li>Custom post types: It searches in content and excerpt field of custom post types and checks if the attachment/image is used in a gallery within the content/excerpt section.</li>
<li>Featured image: It searches if the media file is used as featured image for the different post types.</li>
<li>Widgets: It searches if any media or attachment file is used in the following widget elements (text, audio, video, gallery, image).</li>
<li>WooCommerce Products: It searches in content and excerpt field as well as checks the product thumbnail and product gallery.</li>
<li>WooCommerce Product Variation: It looks through the product variation thumbnail if the image is used.</li>
<li>WooCommerce Product Category: It searches if the image is set in a product category.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Compatible</h4>
<p>The plugin is compatible with a multisite setup and WooCommerce. Furthermore it supports<br />
the lookup process for the following page builders Gutenberg, Elementor and Visual Composer.</p>
<h3>Future roadmap & wishlist</h3>
<p>By future updates the plugin´s functionality will be enriched.<br />
If you have any suggestion please hit me an <a href="mailto:konstk.wp@gmail.com" rel="nofollow ugc">email</a></p>
<h3>Contribute</h3>
<p>Want to help improve the plugin feel free to submit PRs via Bitbucket <a href="https://bitbucket.org/konstk/attachment-usage/" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.</p>


Attachment Usage

Find easily attachment and media files used in different locations on your website.

John James Jacoby

Stuttter

<p>Add categories to media & attachments.</p>
<h4>Main Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Control media categories the same way as post categories.</li>
<li>Filter the Media Library by category, in both the list and grid views.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Also checkout</h4>
<ul>
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<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-authors/" title="Authors for categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms." rel="ugc">WP Term Authors</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-colors/" title="Pretty colors for categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms." rel="ugc">WP Term Colors</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-icons/" title="Pretty icons for categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms." rel="ugc">WP Term Icons</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-visibility/" title="Visibilities for categories, tags, and other taxonomy terms." rel="ugc">WP Term Visibility</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-groups/" title="Group users together with taxonomies & terms." rel="ugc">WP User Groups</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-activity/" title="The best way to log activity in WordPress." rel="ugc">WP User Activity</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-avatars/" title="Allow users to upload avatars or choose them from your media library." rel="ugc">WP User Avatars</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-profiles/" title="A sophisticated way to edit users in WordPress." rel="ugc">WP User Profiles</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-signups/" title="A sophisticated way to edit users in WordPress." rel="ugc">WP User Signups</a></li>
</ul>


WP Media Categories

Everything about this plugin feels native to WordPress. Filtering your view within the Media Library works exactly how you would expect if you're familiar with filtering posts by category. I also appreciate that the terms are stored in the database in a way that is consistent with all other taxonomies. Great plugin with a singular purpose.



Simple, elegant solution for media management

As a proof of concept it does work, but user has type categories manually upon file upload and there is no category filtering in media insertion dialog, which kind'a would be the point of having categories.

When you need media "folders", like for images or photos, this is the plugin. Works out of the box.

Let's a developer add tax queries, as for post. Then very powerful.

Attachment Usage vs WP Media Categories