Uploading Media Files

Thanks for the kind words and for your question. I am travelling until December 11 and do not have access to my development system. I have resolved a couple of “front end file loader” topics over the last year or so and modified MLA to better support them. Offhand I can’t recall any that support multiple file uploads, but they may exist.

I don’t know of any that support assigning terms and other properties during the upload along the lines of the MLA Bulk Edit on Upload feature for the Media/Add New admin submenu. It might be straightforward to add something like that.

Do you imagine automatically adding the values as the files are uploaded or editing adding the information after the uploads are complete?

I will investigate further when I return home and post an update when I have progress to report. Thanks for your understanding and your patience.

I think its better to perform multiple upload first, view uploaded images, and then add/edit the title, description, caption, tags, categories, etc

I have found a plugin to assist with upload called WordPress File Upload, and done some testing. It appears to have the ability to add values during the image file upload, but they are mapped in a way that does not seem to be visible to MLA custom fields rules. Any suggestions?

Thank you for taking the time to find and test WordPress File Upload while I was travelling. This is a plugin I have seen in an earlier topic:

Custom field from metadata userdata

That topic contains the solution to your “add values” issue. I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if you have any problems or further questions regarding the solution outlined in the earlier topic. Thanks for your interest in MLA.

Thanks for the pointer. I was able to create a custom Attachment Metadata field based on a value uploaded by WP File Upload, using the approach described above.

This helps, but I also want to update a standard post field for an image (e.g. post_title, post_content, post_excerpt) based on an uploaded value. Can you show how to do this with MLA?

Thanks for taking the time to read through the earlier topic and apply it to your application. You can use the same approach to populate the Title (post_title), Description (post_content) and Caption (post_excerpt) fields associated with the item. There are two MLA features that can help you compose a value for the “Standard” fields.

First, in the Bulk Edit area you can use a Content Template in the Title or other field’s textbox. Try something like this:

template:[+meta:WFU User Data.Theme+]

The template: prefix marks your entry as a Content Template and the meta:WFU User Data.Theme extracts a value from the “WFU User Data” array in the attachment metadata.You can find more information in the “Content Templates” and “Adding or changing Attachment Metadata” sections of the Settings/Media Library Assistant Documentation tab.

Second, you can automate the process by defining an IPTC/EXIF mapping rule to fill any of the “Standard” fields as the item is uploaded or on demand after the upload.

Both approaches are described in this earlier topic:

Bulk Edit: Title, Alt Tag, description and so on broken on &

For your specific needs, substitute the field(s) you want for “ALT Text” and your WFU User Data template(s) for template:[+file_name+] when reading the earlier topic.

If you have any problems or further questions regarding the above suggestions, post an update and I will give you more specific guidance.

Works perfectly now ??
I had overlooked on the IPTC/EXIF tab…

Thanks again for such a useful plugin…!