How to select categories when uploading?

Thanks for your good words and for your question. I am happy to say that the current MLA version can help you with this task.

If you install and activate MLA you can use the “Bulk Edit area” to assign taxonomy terms and initialize other fields. This area is available on the Media/Add New (“Upload New Media”) admin submenu. If you open the submenu you will see an “Open Bulk Edit area” button in the lower left corner. Click on that button and the Bulk Edit panel will open up. You can assign terms, etc., then drag and drop files into the upload area or click “Select Files” for your uploads.

IMPORTANT NOTE: In the current MLA version you must have one or more of the “enable mapping” options checked for the “Bulk Edit area” to work. Go to the Settings/Media Library Assistant IPTC/EXIF or Custom Field tabs and make sure at least one of these is checked:

1. Enable custom field mapping when adding new media
2. Enable custom field mapping when updating media metadata
3. Enable IPTC/EXIF Mapping when adding new media
4. Enable IPTC/EXIF Mapping when updating media metadata

The next MLA version will remove this requirement, but if you want to get started make sure one of those boxes is checked.

If you would like to see the topic that inspired this feature, have a look at:

Category assignment during upload

I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if you have any problems or questions regarding the Bulk Edit area. Thanks for your interest in the plugin.

Is there a way to show custom fields so they can be entered when uploading an image as well.

It is great that the categories and tags are there!

Yes, all of the Bulk Edit features and fields are there. You can find instructions for adding custom fields to the Bulk Edit area in this earlier topic:

Using MLA with Admin Columns

Just check the Bulk Edit box in step 7. Let me know if you need any further guidance or have any problems.

Thanks for pointing me to that earlier topic. I noticed that I had not clicked the Buik Edit checkbox for my custom fields and now they appear under Media >> Add New. Great!

One last question on this. I went to add Media to a New Post and noticed when viewing the attachment details for a selected image that the Att. Categories and Att. Tags could be defined there. That is fantastic. Is there any setting to have the custom fields also appear there? It would make our editor’s job much easier if they could define those fields when adding them to a post.

Again, thank you so much for all of your help and assistance with your great plugin

Thanks for your kind words and the good news.

Regarding your last question, I regret that the current MLA version does not have any feature that adds custom fields to the ATTACHMENT DETAILS pane of the Media Manager popup window.

I will add this to my list of possible enhancements for a future MLA version. It is a great idea, but I cannot promise quick action on completing the work.

Thanks again for your interest in the plugin.