Sergey Biryukov

<p>Allows to find all posts where a particular attachment (image, video, etc.) is used.</p>
<p>Adds a “Used In” column to the list view in Media Library, as well as to the attachment details modal.</p>
<p>Finds posts that use the image (including any of its intermediate sizes) in post content, or as a featured image. Works with custom post types too.</p>
<p>Inspired by a <a href="http://wptavern.com/the-problem-with-image-attachments-in-wordpress" rel="nofollow ugc">WP Tavern post</a> on image attachments.</p>


Find Posts Using Attachment

Allows to find all posts where a particular attachment is used.

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>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-chosen/" title="Make long, unwieldy select boxes much more user-friendly." rel="ugc">WP Chosen</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-order/" title="Sort taxonomy terms, your way." rel="ugc">WP Term Order</a></li>
<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.

Find Posts Using Attachment vs WP Media Categories