Simple Galley displaying only photos that contain specific text in the filename

Thanks for your question. I know MLA can be confusing for new users.

You can find shortcode examples in the “MLA Gallery Examples/Simple Examples” section of the Settings/Media Library Assistant Documentation tab. Here are two earlier support topics along similar lines:

Basic newbie where to start | www.remarpro.com

Confused Newbie | www.remarpro.com

You asked for “all images uploaded by a specific user“. You can use these parameters to do that:

Author, Author Name
You can query by author’s id or “Username”, the value used to log in to the site. In the database this is the “user_nicename” column (not the “display_name” column). For example, if you log in as “john” and your id is 2 you can code:

[mla_gallery author=2]
[mla_gallery author_name='john']

Multiple author ID values are allowed, but only one author name value can be entered.

You asked for “all images uploaded by users with a specific roll“. I regret that MLA does not have a solution for this case. The [mla_gallery] data selection parameters are based on the WordPress WP_Query – Class | Developer.www.remarpro.com class, which does not support this case.

You asked for “all images that contain the text ‘abc’ in the filename or Alternative Text“. You can use the “Keyword(s) Search” parameters for this application. Here is the shortcode for the example you gave:

[mla_gallery s="abc" mla_search_fields="file,alt-text"] 

I hope that gets you started with shortcodes for your application. I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if you have problems or further questions regarding the above suggestions. Thanks for your interest in the plugin.

David, thank you very much!

I have been working with WP for years and have never come across a more powerful and useful plugin. I’ve been working my way through the documentation and have made some strides, and your tips have helped a ton!

Again, thank you!
Bill