Jon Christopher

<p><strong>Extensive</strong> usage instructions are <a href="https://github.com/jchristopher/attachments/#attachments" rel="nofollow ugc">available on GitHub</a></p>
<p>Attachments allows you to simply append any number of items from your WordPress Media Library to Posts, Pages, and Custom Post Types.</p>
<h4>Associate Media items with posts</h4>
<p>The idea behind Attachments is to give developers the ability to directly associate Media items with any post. This is accomplished by adding a meta box to post edit screens as determined by the developer. Once Media items have been associated with a post, you’re able to retrieve those Attachments and include them directly within your template files using any specific markup you wish.</p>
<h4>Integrate Attachments within your theme with fine grained control</h4>
<p><strong>Attachments does not automatically integrate itself with your theme.</strong> Since the idea behind Attachments is to allow integration of Media within posts using developer-crafted, unique markup, <em>it’s up to you to integrate with your theme</em>. The most basic integration includes editing the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy" rel="nofollow ugc">appropriate template file</a> and adding your call(s) to Attachments. For example, if you have set up Attachments to be used with your Posts entries, edit <code>single.php</code> to include the following within The Loop:</p>
<pre><code><?php $attachments = new Attachments( 'attachments' ); /* pass the instance name */ ?>
<?php if( $attachments->exist() ) : ?>
  <h3>Attachments</h3>
  <p>Total Attachments: <?php echo $attachments->total(); ?></p>
  <ul>
    <?php while( $attachments->get() ) : ?>
      <li>
        ID: <?php echo $attachments->id(); ?><br />
        Type: <?php echo $attachments->type(); ?><br />
        Subtype: <?php echo $attachments->subtype(); ?><br />
        URL: <?php echo $attachments->url(); ?><br />
        Image: <?php echo $attachments->image( 'thumbnail' ); ?><br />
        Source: <?php echo $attachments->src( 'full' ); ?><br />
        Size: <?php echo $attachments->filesize(); ?><br />
        Title Field: <?php echo $attachments->field( 'title' ); ?><br />
        Caption Field: <?php echo $attachments->field( 'caption' ); ?>
      </li>
    <?php endwhile; ?>
  </ul>
<?php endif; ?>
</code></pre>
<p>That snippet will request all of the existing Attachments defined for the current Post within The Loop, and retrieve each itemized property for that Attachment. Using the provided details you’re able to integrate the attached Media items in any way you please.</p>
<p>There is a lot more information on <a href="https://github.com/jchristopher/attachments" rel="nofollow ugc">Attachments’ GitHub page</a>. Please contribute!</p>
<h3>Roadmap</h3>
<p>Please see <a href="https://github.com/jchristopher/attachments/blob/master/docs/roadmap.md" rel="nofollow ugc">Attachments on GitHub</a></p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p><strong>Extensive</strong> usage instructions are <a href="https://github.com/jchristopher/attachments/blob/master/docs/usage.md" rel="nofollow ugc">available on GitHub</a></p>


Attachments

This plugin provides functionality that should come with WP core.



The missing plugin

Great plugin

Excellent Plugin

Attachments allows you to simply append any number of items from your WordPress Media Library to Posts, Pages, and Custom Post Types

yoren

Yoren Chang

<p><strong>Try it live in your browser</strong> — <a href="https://playground.wordpress.net/?blueprint-url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/1fixdotio/media-search-enhanced/master/blueprint/playground.blueprint.json" rel="nofollow ugc">launch the WordPress Playground demo</a>. Boots a WordPress instance with this plugin active and a Media Library seeded with 8 attachments, so you can see the cross-field search in action immediately. Searching <code>mountain</code> returns 6 hits (matches in filename and alt text included) — core WordPress search would only find 3.</p>
<p>This plugin is made for:</p>
<ul>
<li>Search through all fields in Media Library, including: ID, title, caption, alternative text and description.</li>
<li>Search Taxonomies for Media, include the name, slug and description fields.</li>
<li>Search media file name.</li>
<li><strong>Multi-term search</strong> — Anywhere in the WordPress admin (the Media Library list view at <code>upload.php</code>, the “Add Media” modal, and other admin screens), use commas to search for multiple items at once (e.g. <code>image-a.jpg, photo-2.jpg</code>). Matches attachments containing <strong>any</strong> of the terms. Limited to 10 terms per search. Frontend searches still treat commas as literal characters, as a query-amplification guard for public pages.</li>
<li>Use shortcode <code>[mse-search-form]</code> to insert a media search form in posts and template files. It will search for media by all fields mentioned above.</li>
</ul>


Media Search Enhanced

Search through all fields in Media Library.

Attachments vs Media Search Enhanced