Configuration: Media TaxonomiesEnhanced Media Library

  1. Choose Settings > Media Taxonomies in the left-side admin menu

Settings > Media Taxonomies

Settings :: Media Taxonomies

  1. Media Taxonomies

    All taxonomies created (registered) for media items (attachment taxonomies).

  2. Non-Media Taxonomies

    All taxonomies created (registered) for other post types.

To assign any taxonomy to the media library just set a checkbox next to its name and click Save Changes.

To create a new taxonomy click Add New Taxonomy button, fill into the Singular and Plural fields (all other label variations Enhanced Media Library will generate automatically), set options in the right column, ans click Save Changes.

The plugin shows media taxonomies of both types: created with Enhanced Media Library and created with other plugin or theme.

Media taxonomy created with Enhanced Media Library has the following options:

Settings :: Media Taxonomies

  1. Labels

    Labels will be used in the WordPress admin to work with a taxonomy. You, actually, need to add two labels: singular and plural, all other variations Enhanced Media Library will generate automatically.

  2. Settings
Option Description
Taxonomy Name The only option that can’t be changed. WordPress identify a taxonomy by its name, so changing it may cause various issues.
You should use this name for Enhanced media shortcodes (see Configuration: Media Library Settings) like this [gallery media_category="one"] or [gallery country="germany"]. There media_category and country are the names of the taxonomies.
If you need to use other name in pretty permalinks, just change Rewrite Slug option below.
Hierarchical Defines whether a taxonomy is hierarchical or not. Hierarchical taxonomies can have SUB-categories, and non-hierarchical can not. WordPress built-in post categories is a hierarchical taxonomy, and post tags is not.
Column for List View Show a column for a taxonomy in the List Mode of the media library.
Filter for List View Show taxonomy filter for the List Mode of the media library.
Filter for Grid View / Media Popup Show taxonomy filter for the Grid Mode of the media library and for Media Popups (uploading / editing media items.
Edit in Media Popup Allow editing media categories (tags) in Media Popups (when uploading /editing media items). If the option is disabled you can edit media categories (tags) like in the media library.
Show in Nav Menu Show a taxonomy in Nav Menu (Appearance > Menus). Makes sense when 
Taxonomy archive pages option is enabled.
Remember Terms Order (sort) Whether the taxonomy should remember the order in which terms are added or not. If you don’t understand this option just leave it as is.
Show in REST Adds REST API support to the taxonomy. If you don’t understand this option just leave it as is.
Rewrite Slug The slug that will be used as pretty permalink text. By default matches taxonomy name.
Slug with Front Allow permalinks to be prepended with front base (Settings > Permalinks).
  1. Media taxonomy created with a 3rd-party plugin or theme has just a few options because all other options were set by its author.
Option Description
Filter for List View Show taxonomy filter for the List Mode of the media library.
Filter for Grid View / Media Popup Show taxonomy filter for the Grid Mode of the media library and for Media Popups (uploading / editing media items.
Edit in Media Popup Allow editing media categories (tags) in Media Popups (when uploading /editing media items). If the option is disabled you can edit media categories (tags) like in the media library.

Settings :: Media Taxonomies

Settings > Non-Media Taxonomies

Settings :: Media Taxonomies

  1. Taxonomies created (registered) for other post types can be assigned to the media library. Just enable the checkbox next to the taxonomy’s name, set the options, and click Save Changes.
    Enhanced Media Library provides the following options:
Option Description
Filter for List View Show taxonomy filter for the List Mode of the media library.
Filter for Grid View / Media Popup Show taxonomy filter for the Grid Mode of the media library and for Media Popups (uploading / editing media items.
Edit in Media Popup Allow editing media categories (tags) in Media Popups (when uploading /editing media items). If the option is disabled you can edit media categories (tags) like in the media library.
PRO: Auto-assign media items to parent post Categories on upload Upload media items to a post and get them immediately auto-assigned to categories / tags of that post. The option is available in the PRO version.

Settings > Media Taxonomies > Options

Settings :: Media Taxonomies

These options are common for all taxonomies assigned to the media library.

  1. Taxonomy archive pages

    Enable WordPress archive pages for all media taxonomies created with Enhanced Media Library.

  2. Assign all like hierarchical

    Show checkboxes instead of an input field for non-hierarchical taxonomies (tags).

Settings > Media Taxonomies > Bulk Edit

  1. PRO: Save Changes button

    Apply the changes by clicking Save Changes button. By default, the changes are applied on the fly. Try this if you edit a lot of media items at once and feel uncomfortable with editing saved on the fly.

Settings :: Media Taxonomies

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