Add new term when uploading – term not set on the media item

Thank you for your report and especially for the screen shots; very helpful. You have uncovered an apparent MLA defect, and I regret the amount of trouble it has caused you. I hope you can use the Media/Assistant Bulk Edit function to make fixing the images you’ve uploaded a bit easier.

I ran some tests on my system and I believe I have reproduced your problem. Your “Year” taxonomy is flat, i.e., not hierarchical; is that right? You have set the “Checklist” option for this taxonomy in the Taxonomy Support section of the Settings/Media Library Assistant General tab; is that right?

In my tests the “Add New Term” feature does not work for flat taxonomies with the checklist format. I will correct the problem as quickly as I can. In the interim there are two workarounds you can use to mitigate the problem:

1. Uncheck the “Checklist” option and simply type your new term into the text area.
2. Use the Media/Edit Taxonomy screen to add the term before using it in the upload Bulk Edit area.

In my tests both of those workarounds were effective.

Thank you for alerting me to this MLA defect and for your interest in the plugin.

I have uploaded a new MLA Development Version dated 20230222 that corrects the problem you identified. You can find step-by-step instructions for using the Development Version in this earlier topic:

PHP Warning on media upload with Polylang

Once the Development Version is installed you can retest the handling of adding and assigning new terms for flat taxonomies using the checklist-style interface.

The fix will be part of my next MLA version, but in the interim it would be great if you could install the Development Version and let me know if it works for you. Thanks again for alerting me to this MLA defect.

Thank you very much for the prompt response with the diagnosis, workarounds, and for a dev version to resolve it!

Correcting the images with bulk edit turned out to be a lot quicker than I had feared.

I’ve been focusing on a couple of other critical tasks ahead of an upcoming site launch and will check my taxonomy configuration and test the development version to see if it resolves the issue when I get back into bulk uploading media like I was before.

• This reply was modified 2 years ago by mrengy.

To answer your questions:

Correct, my year taxonomy is not hierarchical.

Correct, I had the “checklist” option checked for this taxonomy in settings.

The 20230222 development version resolved my issue. Thanks again!

@mrengy – Further testing revealed that the “fix” I added to the 20230222 Development Version had some side effects that damaged the handling of flat taxonomy checklists on the Media/Edit Media screen and in the Media Manager Modal (popup) Window.

I have uploaded a new Development Version dated 20230302. You should replace the previous version with this new version. Thanks for your understanding; I regret the inconvenience.

Thank you for the heads-up and the updated dev version. I’ve updated it on my site. Earlier I did see that when I edited a single media item and added a new term that way, on the front end where I displayed the term, it showed an ID rather than the name. Thought maybe that bug had been there all along, but perhaps that’s what you’re talking about here that was introduced with the 20230222 version.

I have released MLA version 3.07, which contains the fixes required for this topic.

I am leaving this topic resolved, but please update it if you have any problems or further questions regarding MLA’s support for adding terms to flat taxonomies that use the checklist format. Thanks for alerting me to this MLA defect.