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Attachment Usage

Description

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.

Your benefits

  • You have immediate information if and where attachment and media files are used.
  • Work more efficient with your media library.
  • Provides links to the corresponding pages/posts or widgets where the media file was found.
  • Filter your attachment/media list view by usage status (found/not found).
  • Saves you a lot of time by knowing exactly where your files are used.
  • It´s free and easy to use.

Locations looked through

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Featured image: It searches if the media file is used as featured image for the different post types.
  • Widgets: It searches if any media or attachment file is used in the following widget elements (text, audio, video, gallery, image).
  • WooCommerce Products: It searches in content and excerpt field as well as checks the product thumbnail and product gallery.
  • WooCommerce Product Variation: It looks through the product variation thumbnail if the image is used.
  • WooCommerce Product Category: It searches if the image is set in a product category.

Compatible

The plugin is compatible with a multisite setup and WooCommerce. Furthermore it supports
the lookup process for the following page builders Gutenberg, Elementor and Visual Composer.

Future roadmap & wishlist

By future updates the plugin´s functionality will be enriched.
If you have any suggestion please hit me an email

Contribute

Want to help improve the plugin feel free to submit PRs via Bitbucket here.

Screenshots

  • This is the colored border added in the media grid view for found/not-found attachments.
  • Button added if syncing on page loading is deactivated.
  • Shows the information where the attachment is used in the grid view.
  • Shows the sortable column if media list view is selected.
  • Shows the information where the attachment is used in a metabox on the attachment edit page.
  • Shows the information where the attachment is used in the list view.

Installation

Quick and easy installation:

  1. Upload the folder attachment-usage to your plugin directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. That´s it!

FAQ

What does this plugin do?

The plugin fetches the website content and displays an info if the attachment is
used somewhere and if so where.

Reviews

April 25, 2024 1 reply
First, I started writing my own plugin. I wanted to add this “reference info” to “attachment-info”, but it’s impossible because it’s hardcoded into WP core (“wp_print_media_templates()”). I searched for some code/solution where I would learn how to add this information to “attachment-info” (instead of the edit form), and I found this plugin. Yes, this plugin adds this information to the edit form (“attachment_fields_to_edit” action), because it seems like in WP we don’t have any path to affect “attachment-info”. In my test cases, it is fast enough. I don’t understand why attachments don’t have a classic reference table with foreign keys in WP core. This plugin solves this bad/sad functionality in WP core. Thanks a lot, Konstantin!
July 9, 2020
It works out of the box. The link to the used widgets is a great gimmick, especially when you have a lot of widgets 🙂
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Contributors & Developers

“Attachment Usage” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.2

  • Bugfix: jQuery Issue in IE (translateable strings)
  • Functionaliy: Modified rating banner functionality due to a typo (wrong default value on activation)

1.1

  • Functionality: Implemented custom post type support.
  • Functionality: Implemented checks for galleries/playlists inserted via media library.
  • Functionality: Implemented attachment usage display in media list view.
  • Functionality: Implemented notification to ask for rating of plugin.
  • Modified description.

1.0.0

  • Birth of Attachment Usage: Stable Version