Adding MLA support to your plugin

Thanks for your response. The current MLA version works with two of the other folder plugins in the WordPress Repository, as well as their “pro” versions. Here’s an excerpt from the MLA Readme file:

• Works with WordPress Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager (Lite and Pro) to organize your files into folders, collections and galleries. This combination enhances both the Media/Assistant admin submenu and the [mla_gallery] shortcode.
  
  
• Works with CatFolders – WP Media Folders (Lite and Pro) to categorize media files better and faster. This combination enhances both the Media/Assistant admin submenu and the [mla_gallery] shortcode.

The Media/Assistant admin submenu is an enhanced alternative to the Media/Library admin submenu in list mode. When either of the two plugins listed above is active, their folders are displayed to the left of MLA’s content. Clicking on a folder filters the MLA content, showing only the items in the selected folder.

MLA provides a shortcode, [mla_gallery], for selecting and displaying a gallery of Media Library items. The MLA Documentation excerpt below describes how the folder plugin can be used to filter a gallery display.

Support for the “Real Media Library” Plugin

The WordPress Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager plugin helps you with media management. Organize thousands of uploaded files into folders, collections and galleries. You can add parameters to the [mla_gallery] shortcode to filter the gallery display by a specific RML folder, collection or gallery ID. There are three [mla_gallery] shortcode parameters for this purpose:

mla_rml_folder - the ID of the RML folder, collection or gallery from which to source items for the gallery display. You can find the ID of a folder easily in your media library. Simply select a folder, afterwards click the three-dots icon in the folder toolbar. A dialog opens and in the bottom right corner you can find a number which represents the folder ID.

mla_rml_include_children - "false" (the default) to restrict the potential items to the specific folder or gallery named in the mla_rml_folder parameter. Set it to "true" to include items in folders contained in the specific folder or collection named in the shortcode.

mla_allow_rml - (optional) "false" (the default) to remove the RML parameters from [mla_gallery] database queries. "true" to preserve the parameters. This parameter is only useful for performance testing purposes. It is automatically set to "true" if the mla_rml_folder parameter is present. You can safely ignore it.

You can use the other [mla_gallery] data selection parameters to further refine your query. For example, you can use post_mime_type=application/pdf to display only the PDF documents in a folder, or use application_category=abc to display only the images assigned to Att. Category "abc" in an RML gallery.

Support for the “CatFolders – WP Media Folders” Plugin

The CatFolders – WP Media Folders free/lite and pro plugins help you categorize media files better and faster. You can add a parameter to the [mla_gallery] shortcode to filter the gallery display by a specific folder ID. There is one [mla_gallery] shortcode parameter for this purpose:

mla_catf_folder - the name of the folder from which to source items for the gallery display. To find the ID of a folder, right-click on the folder name to display the context menu, then click "Properties". In the Image Folder display you will see the folder ID. For the mla_catf_folder value do not include the pound sign ('#'), just the folder number.

You can use the other [mla_gallery] data selection parameters to further refine your query. For example, you can use post_mime_type=application/pdf to display only the PDF documents in a folder, or use application_category=abc to display only the images assigned to Att. Category "abc" in the folder.

Adding the folders to the Media/Assistant admin submenu has been done by the other plugins’ authors, with some MLA changes to handle the display filtering. The [mla_gallery] shortcode modifications have been done within MLA.

I encourage you to contact me at my web site to pursue this project because email would be more convenient. Thank you for your consideration of this request.

Thanks for your response. Please review my second post in this topic from two weeks, three days ago. I responded to your use case request there. Let me know what else you need to proceed.