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PRO: Setting to Disable HappyFiles for Files
For those of you that use HappyFiles for post types only. Such as Horatio ;)newLeave a comment:
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Fix: Sort Sub Folders Correctly
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Import & Export HappyFiles Data
Import & export HappyFiles data to move data between different WordPress installations.newLeave a comment:
3 Comments:
- October 21, 2020I await with bated breath.....
- September 18, 2020Yep, would definitely be a huge time saver!
- September 15, 2020would be nice to have
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Search & Delete Unused Media
Cause its a media management plugin it would be nice to have an option to delete or search all unused media :)newLeave a comment:
6 Comments:
- December 24, 2020As of now, MeowApps has cornered the market on this. I just bought a license but would love to have this all-in-one!
- December 10, 2020It would be great if this feature also showed in which posts/pages/etc a media file is used. That would be a huge help to replace old images, update captions, etc.
- October 27, 2020Great idea, it would have to be very reliable though.
- October 20, 2020will be great idea
- September 25, 2020Yes please!
- September 18, 2020YES!!!
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Download All Media
A button to zip all media files and download them. Would be a neat feature for a media folder plugin.Leave a comment:
3 Comments:
- December 29, 2020It would also be great if you could sort your downloads category wise. E.g. i only want to download all media uploads from category A and leave the others untouched! ;-)
- November 4, 2020Agreed. Must allow download of a folders contents. Not for migrating sites, just for managing existing media. I have many existing PDFs and Jpegs in a folder. Ideally want to download them to easily resize and rename before uploading again. Much easier than trying to do it all on the site.
- August 30, 2020Export & Import option with checkboxes as well, so we could create "Folder structure templates" to our "Template" WP site and export it to the client site. You need to create the folders structure only once and repeat exporting & importing.
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Image Thumbnails on Hover
The images in the Media use square-cropped thumbs. It would be handy to see the whole image when hovered over. WP Media Folder (which I plan to replace with your plugin) has this feature, and I miss it.newLeave a comment:
4 Comments:
- September 24, 2020Oh, and the name of the file on this hover would be useful as well.
- September 15, 2020Yes it would be good
- September 2, 2020Also regenerate thumbnails please, personally I dont want to install separate plugin for that
- June 15, 2020Has my vote. Maybe a native presentation of the whole images could be an alternative option.
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Display List of Files in a Category
A shortcode from which we can display the list of files (PDF, DOCX, etc.) with an option to enable a downloadable link or button. List should automatically update whenever files are added/removed from that category.newLeave a comment:
7 Comments:
- January 10, 2021I've been trying to find a native plugin that can list my media files (and not just display images) and this plugin was one of the top contender to solve my use-case. But unfortenately this feature is not available. I've tried a few other plugins that allows me to list files but they doesn't use files from the standard media library and instead creates a whole seperate system. If a file list feature can be added I would buy this plugin immediately since it is so slick in all other ways. Great work! What I would want is a "file explorer" like listing where a minimum of title/filename, date, size is shown in sortable colums. Subfolders should be possible to list. Each file entry should be possible to download by clicking either the row or a dedicated button.
- October 9, 2020Yes it would be almost a necessity for the list of files to be able to be ordered by the date assigned to the file. I assume that somehow that date field would also need to be added OR maybe files can be reordered manually in the backend? Or both? Just suggestions. In my example, I'd need the most recent file first, but this wouldn't be when the file was uploaded, there would have to be some sort of manual intervention.
- October 9, 2020This is exactly the reason I came to this roadmap, hoping someone had suggested this feature. A simple vertical list would be great where the title field of the file is used alongside a download button, or even the title linked. This would need to be up to accessibility standards, so I guess it would be more meaningful to screenreaders to have the file title linked to the download, rather than a just a download button. The current FILE Guternburg block has the title linked and has a download button. As I said there's already a Guternburg block called FILE that gives us what we need but it takes far too long to keep on adding lots of files. Your FILES blocks would be awesome so that people can just add the file to the category and it appears on the page automatically. WOW. A great way to maintain/update files on a page. Hope you'd consider making this available asap. Amazing plugin- well done!
- September 10, 2020And sort them: acs, desc, Name, size, Date :)!
- August 17, 2020and file date/ version (if itis possible to add a version for exp. 1.0.1)
- July 14, 2020Hi everyone, you can call me "A happy user" if you like, I think display list of files in a category will be cool.
- June 25, 2020Would be awesome if it display size of files on this too. And also ability to filter files by size.
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Up Next
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“Replace media” button
Would be great to have "Replace media" button in the media library, this would ease building and updating content on WordPress sites.Leave a comment:
11 Comments:
- December 29, 2020YES! Glad to see this is up next—I'm pumped. Thank you!
- October 28, 2020Enable Media Replace plugin is also able to: - replace a file type by another (e.g. PNG > JPG) - update the file name in the DB, including in serialized data (used in Beaver Builder for instance)
- September 15, 2020I would love this function to be included
- September 12, 2020Yes please, that is a great feature!
- September 10, 2020The replace media function would be a valuable time saver. Looking forward to see it happening 😀
- September 10, 2020This would be great to have this part of HappyFiles, I'd be able to rid myself of this one https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-media-replace/.
- September 8, 2020include the Replace Media function and you can increase the price still valuable ;)
- August 12, 2020@Thomas replace media means you "swap" an exisitng image file with a newer one. By default in WP, if you have eg an image "my-image.jpg" and some time later you get/have an updated version and you upload that one into WP, then WP change it into "my-image-1.jpg" automatically and keep both versions. Usually the purpose is to change an image while not having to mess with delete old file, upload new file, edit the post/product/page/... everywhere that image is used and select the new one. Instead, you just go to media library select the "old" one, click replace, select the new one and it's done. All "instances" where the old image was used has now been replaced with the new one without having to edit X locations. Hope this clear up the purpose ;)
- July 2, 2020I also +1. What is meant is to emulate the functionality of this plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-media-replace/ It's a real time saver when one needs to update a pdf, or image
- June 1, 2020Take a look at https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-media-replace/ It allows you to replace a media file in your library while keeping the same slug to not break the link to the pages that the current one is used on
- May 25, 2020Lots of upvotes for this idea, already :) I am just not really sure what the "Replace Media" button would do exactly? Can someone shed some light on how it's supposed to work?
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Colour coded folders
It would be nice to have colour coded folders, so folders have a coloured stripe on the left and images would have a colour dot, so I can quickly identify the folder even when viewing "All Categories".Leave a comment:
2 Comments:
- September 11, 2020Thomas, I think replace media means you can replace an image across your site without having to update your website content. Means this feature replace an image with the exact same name for all screen sizes and other occurances.
- May 29, 2020Good idea.
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Integration: Thrive Themes Builder
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6 Comments:
- November 24, 2020Fantastic!
- September 18, 2020Yes, please!
- September 17, 2020+1000: it would be awesome!
- September 11, 2020Another +1 for Thrive integration.
- September 10, 2020Another ThriveThemes user putting my vote in for this integration. Thanks for a great plugin Thomas!
- September 10, 2020And/or ThriveArchitect, another great content builder widely used. Thanks.
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In Progress
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Dynamic Folders
Similar to what Wicked Folders can do: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wicked-folders/ But with more power! It would be great if we could create dynamic folders based on: 1. The post type the attachment is attached to 2. Upload date 3. A custom field value (for power users)newLeave a comment:
8 Comments:
- December 11, 2020Yes, that would be great. Have your images and files auto sorted!
- December 1, 2020For a collaborative photography web site, be able to automatically organize uploaded photos into automatic folders created using the IPTC Author name/Copyright Field.
- September 13, 2020For a long time I have been looking for a way to automatically sort media by the post/page they are associated with... so that option would be very useful.
- August 31, 2020A count of media items which are actually used in posts (and those unused items also)
- August 27, 2020Create a dynamic folder that collects photos uploaded by a particular author or collect photos based on an article category.
- June 6, 2020The ability to create dynamic folders for media types such as pdf, svg, etc would be a nice to have feature.
- June 6, 2020It'd also be useful if we could create dynamic folders based off the taxonomy of pages and custom post types. Dynamic folder creation based on the content or value of custom fields would be a handy power feature, as well.
- May 24, 2020I'll add media size as a dynamic folder. For example, sometimes I'm searching for the perfect hero image and only want to see photos that are over 1800 pixels wide.
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Rename Files (individual and in bulk)
Available in media library list view.newLeave a comment:
5 Comments:
- December 6, 2020I totally agree with A Happy User: "Would be great if this includes an option to "auto" rename based on the file title. So eg I call an attachment "Beautiful temple in India" but the filename is DC2379273982.jpg, then auto rename makes it something like "beatiful-temple-in-india.jpg" which is much better in terms of SEO."
- October 6, 2020This would be very helpful if it could rename the files to the Alt Text. For example, the Brizy Page Builder's sync function renames all the media files, even the fonts, to a generic name. Not good for SEO.
- September 15, 2020This would be a great function to include.
- August 28, 2020This would be awesome and such a time saver.
- August 12, 2020Would be great if this includes an option to "auto" rename based on the file title. So eg I call an attachment "Beautiful temple in India" but the filename is DC2379273982.jpg, then auto rename makes it something like "beatiful-temple-in-india.jpg" which is much better in terms of SEO.
Ideas (39)
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Ability To Sort Categories, Taxonomies, Pages, Posts, Custom Post Types etc.
I love your plugin! Thumbs up! It would be awesome to have the ability to sort categories, taxonomies, pages, posts, custom post types via dragn drop. For example: https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/taxonomy-terms-order/ But it would be enough to dragn drop the items in the overview. I thought it is already possible but it isn't. it is only possible to drag the pages into the folders. And not change the order via dragn drop :). Have a great week!Leave a comment:
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Sort/Order Files Too
Right now we have the option to sort the categories ascending or descending. It would be nice to have such an option for the files. When you work with numbered files (01 - file, 02 - file, 03 - file) it would be nice to have them in the correct order. Now I have to manually reorder them when creating a gallery.newLeave a comment:
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Featured Image Quick Edit
Featured Image column with option to set/replace the featured image without having to open the post editor.newLeave a comment:
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Create Folders via Drag & Drop From My Computer
Create media folders by dragging and dropping them directly. I have a folder on my computer, I drag it into the media and HappyFiles generates the folder in the library with all the images inside.newLeave a comment:
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Option To Not View All Files By Default
I'd love to have the option to not show all of the files as default, I find it overwhelming. Instead, I'd like it to see folders in the file section that can be opened and just have something to click that would show all media. Similar to the setup of Media Folders from JoomUnited.Leave a comment:
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Organize WordPress Users Into Folders/Categories
Like pages, posts, media files ... only for WordPress users.Leave a comment:
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Restrict SVG Upload to Site Admins
I'm happy to see the SVG feature but I think uploading SVGs should only be allowed by admins.Leave a comment:
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Carousel & Slideshow Gallery
Can you please add carousel & slideshow image gallery? Some categories we have hundred pictures in there, there are cases which we want all pictures in that categories being displayed. Plus point if it can autoplay too.Leave a comment:
1 Comment:
- November 27, 2020Adding a carousel feature would be great!
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View Folder & All its Subfolder Images
One thing that seems to be missing is the ability to see all files from a folder and its subfolders, by clicking the main parent folder. I know I can add images to multiple categories, but it would be faster/more user friendly to also have an option to view all files in the current folder + all subfolders.Leave a comment:
2 Comments:
- September 16, 2020You could build in a inherit option. That when clicked on all subfolders (kid folder) files will be shown in parent folders.
- September 12, 2020As i remember this function was there before the the last bigger update as the behavior to open a folder changed. Honestly i struggle every time now where my pictures are, clicking on a folder with subfolders. I found the older way more intuitive and i agree to have the option the show images of subfolders or not.
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Type + (plus) To Add Tree Structure
Create categories and subcategories while typing or pasting modified excel csv. + plus symbol would create category and , comma symbol would add subcategories inside the category just created Type (or paste) this: +Animals, Monkeys, Donkeys, +Cars, Audi, VW To get this structure: - Animals - Monkey - Donkey - Cars - Audi - VW If someone needs a deeper category tree: Type (or paste) this: +Animals, +Monkey, +Donkey, Mini Donkey To get this structure: - Animals - Monkey - Donkey - Mini Donkey Going back to root level: add minus(es) in front ----Cars, +Audi, +VWLeave a comment:
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Duplicate Categories
Would be great to be able to duplicate category with a shortcut like CMD+D or via the custom context menu and have it automatically created names like this (needs the setting turned on) - Category - Category2 - Category3 This way we could easily A/B test different galleries & etc for different URL / UTM'snewLeave a comment:
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More Sort By Options
Like being able to organize your files on your machine, it might be nice to be able to organize your media by: Name, Date, Type, & Size in both Ascending and Descending order.newLeave a comment:
5 Comments:
- December 14, 2020Agreed. Would love to be able to custom sort the image order, ideally with drag and drop, for the gallery.
- December 5, 2020Amen to organizing by File Name, that's the way files are organized on PC's
- November 24, 2020And please add manual sorting order (very useful for the Gallery)
- November 11, 2020As far as I saw almost all of these options should be available in list view (standard wordpress feature). But I agree: File size would be a nice addition. Also, to make these available in grid view. And to be able to omit certain columns, e.g. "uploaded to".
- September 28, 2020Also by filename.
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More Useful List view
Default WP list view could be better. Having details view instead of thumbnails would be great also, use cases: Not having image files, for example 25 PDF's or so. Having different varioations from one image, differences will not be visible in thumbnail, but would be easily visible in list view. Lots easier to navigate. Here's a quick mockup & comparison: https://prnt.sc/u8fsz8improveLeave a comment:
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Elementor Widget for HappyFiles Gallery Shortcode
It would be amazing if you could build an Elementor widget for the gallery shortcode. Just with the same parameters like linkTo, columns, categories etc. Not sure but maybe plugins like EleBuilder or Unlimited Elements could help coding it. They've got some cool widget creators/generators: https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-builder-for-elementor/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/Leave a comment:
3 Comments:
- October 31, 2020Yes, dynamic gallery, slideshow and carusel widget :-)
- October 23, 2020I like Integrated Elementor Page Builder Addon .
- September 23, 2020Yes ! and with Dynamic Content for Elementor Too ;-)
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Order Items via Drag & Drop
It would be great if we could order posts, pages, etc. in the category view via drag and drop. Some websites have a funnel in mind and like this, we could see very easily how is it mapped.newLeave a comment:
1 Comment:
- December 15, 2020Yes i agree
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Show Logged In User Only His/Her Own Files
Hi, in a network of eCommerce or members site it would be great have an option to show only the files of the logged in user. Admins, of course, can see all files.newLeave a comment:
1 Comment:
- November 20, 2020Yes please +100. FilebordPro has this feature as code example
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Show All Files Across All the Subfolders of the Parent Folder
Optionally show all the pictures in the parent folder including all the subfolders. Think of it as a parent category showing all of its subcategories. This shouldn't be the defaul behaviour, but would be nice to have this option/filter.newLeave a comment:
4 Comments:
- October 31, 2020Should be toggleable.
- September 20, 2020Yes make it optional
- September 9, 2020I need this, maybe show the subfolders media with labelled sections
- August 28, 2020I like this as long as it's optional.
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Filter Images by File Size
I'd like to be able to filter the images by file size. Would be really handy if the list view shows the size of the image.newLeave a comment:
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Setting To Disable HappyFiles In Media Library (PRO)
Additional setting to disable HappyFiles categorization of the media library. In case you want to only use it to manage posts, pages, etc.newLeave a comment:
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Change Wording from “Category” to “Folder”
This causes a lot of confusion for clients that are not very familiar with WordPress since the Blog also uses categories to group and display content.Leave a comment:
1 Comment:
- August 31, 2020Or call it what you want! I'd use labels, personally.
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Expand All Folders Button
Would be great to expand all folders somehow, and to keep them that way by default, maybe as an option?newLeave a comment:
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Replace “Joomunited WP media folder” functionality with your great design
https://www.joomunited.com/wordpress-products/wp-media-folder - Update, Replace, Duplicate media, posts, pages, CPT - Watermark for images - Colors and icons for folder, Sticky folders - User Roles access contorlLeave a comment:
1 Comment:
- September 1, 2020Agree
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Enfold / Avia Layout Builder Support
It would be great if the plugin had support for the popular Enfold Theme, which is using the Avia Layout Builder.newLeave a comment:
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Create Image Attributes from Filename
Automatically take filename to image caption, image description, image alt text, and image title.Leave a comment:
1 Comment:
- August 28, 2020This would be really powerful!
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Add Categorization To Plugins
It would be great to be able to organize plugins into folders. I was using this feature in Wicked Folder with categories like "Elementor", "Security", "WooCommerce" and "Admin". It could also be used with categories like "Premium", "Free" or "Owned by the Agency" / "Owned by the client".Leave a comment:
2 Comments:
- September 21, 2020A good example of this is https://wordpress.org/plugins/plugin-groups/ Doesn't even need the robust UI of happyfiles - just using the built-in filter system of WP
- July 11, 2020Exactly what I was going to request.
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Media Dimensions
Great plugin, awesome :) I'd like to see within the list view a image dimensions column.Leave a comment:
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Copy & Paste Folder Structure
Folder name "Flowers" contains "Rose", "Lotus". Now ability to create/replicate with "Flowers (1)" containing "Rose", "Lotus". Later user can rename it to "Flowers - Winter".Leave a comment:
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Ability To Bulk Edit Alt Text on Upload
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2 Comments:
- September 15, 2020Not just on upload, but an overall easy way to bulk edit ALT tag please.
- September 12, 2020Yes, this would be great and the ability to use %name, %name[1,2,3 etc...] %category variables to bulk upload meta info
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Create Multiple Categories From List
There is a WordPress plugin which can create pages from a comma separated list. For example, I am creating an architecture website and want to create 14 categories for different projects. Much quicker to paste in the list of 14 names.Leave a comment:
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Copy Categories from Pages to Media
I would like to be able to copy the categories from e.g. pages to media and reuse them. I have organized my site in topics and it is natural that the media is organized the same way. If you have a large site that is a large job!Leave a comment:
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Upload Cancel Button
Allows to cancel the upload if we drag in the wrong stuff!Leave a comment:
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Make it easier to remove media/page/post from a folder
Right now, it seems the only way to remove media/pages/posts from a folder is to drag them into the uncategorized folder. While this isn't terrible, it creates more work if you have more than one folder associated with the asset. Then you have to drag them back into those other folders. The more folders associated, the more the work. Kinda like throwing out the baby with the bath water. Being able to select the asset and drag it OUT of the folder would be nice. Having a quick edit feature in there too wouldn't hurt. -PHLeave a comment:
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Assign Categories When Editing a File/Post/Page
Allow for adjusting of folders for media/posts/pages in the actual editor itself so that you can choose multiple folders to cross-list an asset in. This is just pure convenience however when you are creating a new page/post from scratch you are already putting tags and categories on there. This just makes good sense. -PHLeave a comment:
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Shortcodes HappyFiles
As we can display in the backend certain media files, products, or articles according to the category they belong to, it would be really great to be able to do the same thing in frontend through specific shortcodes as does "Shortcode Ultimate" with its shortcode [su_produits ....] It would look like something like this : [hf_product_categorie_name....] (for products) [hf_post_categorie_name....] (for posts) [hf_media_categorie_name....] (for medias)Leave a comment:
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Automatically Assign Users to Specific Categories and Automatically Sort
I'm creating a membership site for artists and it would be great if each member could be automatically assigned a category where their media files would be automatically sorted. If I had to create and assign the categories that would be workable if they would then be automatically sorted by user name. Thanks for the great plugin!Leave a comment:
3 Comments:
- August 30, 2020Great idea!
- June 18, 2020I totally agree about this idea that would also apply well to any collaborative WP site. Thanks too for the great and very promising plugin.
- May 26, 2020Yes! For example, in the plugin "File Manager Plugin For WordPress" there is a function "Auto Unique Folder for every user". It would not be bad to have it in HappyFiles!
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Add Developer Hooks & Documentation
It would be great to have hooks to: * Create / delete / rename folders * Add and remove media to and from folders This will allow us to extend Happy Files and integrate it with custom projects, other plugins etc.Leave a comment:
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Duplicate Files
It'd be nice if a media file duplicator function was built in. I sometimes like to categorize photos my aspect ratio and hate going through the hassle of reuploading an image… or worse, downloading the image from my site so I can reupload it and crop it!Leave a comment:
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Adjust sidebar width in popup modal
Currently the category sidebar width can only be adjusted in the media library.Leave a comment:
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Sharing link to folders
Be able to share a link to a category/folder so a client can see all assets within that folder.Leave a comment:
Changelog
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Show ID on Hover, Hide Rating Notification, Various Fixes
Following up on the new WordPress 5.6 compatibility release of version 1.5 this update provides more fixes and two new settings:
- Show ID on hover: Enable to show the HappyFiles category ID on hover. Handy to easily retrieve category IDs for use in the HappyFiles gallery shortcode like this:
The selected category has no images.
- Hide Rating Notification: As some users experienced problems to hide the HappyFiles rating notification permanently you can now enforce it by enabling this setting under: Settings > HappyFiles
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New Setting: Hide Rating Notificationnew
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Show Category ID on Hovernew
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Fix Redirect to media library after selecting different post type folder (PRO)fix
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Fix Category switch in list viewfix
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Fix HappyFiles gallery block select multiple auto heightfix
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Fix Assign category on file upload under: Media > Add Newfix
- Show ID on hover: Enable to show the HappyFiles category ID on hover. Handy to easily retrieve category IDs for use in the HappyFiles gallery shortcode like this:
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WordPress 5.6 Compatibility
This HappyFiles 1.5 update is rather small, but important to ensure proper compatibility with new newly released WordPress 5.6.
The move icon no longer takes up an additional column, which not only helps to save additional screen estate, but should also have fixed an issue where it showed up on certain custom post types, that hadn’t been enabled via the HappyFiles settings (PRO).
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Folder sorting touch delay (100ms) for a better mobile experiencenew
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List view move icon located in checkbox columnimprove
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Allow for any folder name “Rename”, “Arrow”, etc.improve
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onUpload JS errorfix
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Remove ‘media-views’ script dependency (Oxygen Builder Fix)fix
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‘get_uncategorized_items’ call to Helpers, not selffix
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List view folder click detectorfix
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Folder sorting touch delay (100ms) for a better mobile experience
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SVG Upload, Gallery Lightbox, WP Media Folder Importer
This release brings one of the most requested features to HappyFiles: HappyFiles Gallery lightbox. You’ve got the following lightbox settings at your fingertips as well: fullscreen, thumbnails, zoom. The lightbox runs on lightgallery.js
To enable the lightbox via the happyfiles_gallery shortcode please add the following parameters:
- lightbox=”true”
- lightboxFullscreen=”true” (optional)
- lightboxZoom=”true” (optional)
- lightboxThumbnails=”true” (optional)
As a HappyFiles Pro user you can now whitelist/blacklist sites right from your HappyFiles account. Use this new feature to further secure access to HappyFiles Pro license.
HappyFiles Pro can now replace your SVG plugin 🙂 Pro users can enable SVG upload, sanitization & preview in version 1.4+ via the HappyFiles settings.
If you’ve been using the WP Media Folder (by JoomUnited) to manage your media files up until now, you can now import your WP Media Folder data with a single click into HappyFiles.
In case you are using WPML or any other plugin that duplicates media files, and you are experience issues with your HappyFiles file counter, you can now enable the new “Alternative Count” setting. This should fix the counter issue, but it requires additional queries. So make sure to only enabled when really needed.
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PRO: Plugin Update Available: Show Plugin Details When Clicking “View details”new
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PRO: Whitelist/Blacklist Sites from your HappyFiles Accountnew
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Add Lightbox Setting to HappyFiles Galleriesnew
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SVG Upload, Sanitization & Preview (PRO)new
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Migration: WP Media Folder (by JoomUnited)new
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Move Arrow Doesn’t Show On Hierarchical CPTsfix
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“Quick Edit” button in list view no longer works after switching categoriesfix
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WPML: Wrong Count When Duplicating Files For Every Languagefix
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One-Click Importer, New Folder UI, Create Multiple Categories
HappyFiles 1.3 focuses on saving you even more time and improve your media organizing workflow. You can now import folders created with other media folder plugins and delete their plugin data afterwards, all with one click. The importer works for the following plugins:
- FileBird (v4)
- Enhanced Media Library
- Folders (by Premio)
- Wicked Folders
- Real Media Library
When HappyFiles detects folder data created by one of the plugins above, you will see a notification in your WordPress dashboard. The importer is located under the “Import” tab on your HappyFiles settings page.
If you have enabled “Assign multiple categories” you can now also enable the new “Enable to remove an item from all categories ” setting. This way when you uncategorize an item that has been assign to other categories it will automatically be uncategorized from all those folders.
There is a new “Delete Plugin Data” button on the HappyFiles settings page, that allows you to delete all data stored by HappyFiles.
We’ve gotten rid of the arrow icon for folders that contain sub folders. Folders with sub folders now have an icon with “+” indicator next to it. You can toggle sub categories by clicking on it.
You can now create multiple categories at once, simply by comma separating your new category names.
The folder previously collapsed when creating/deleting categories. It now stays in place.
There is also no more page reload trigger when sorting your categories alphabetically.
In terms of fixes the HappyFiles sidebar should now be clickable again when using it inside a media modal. Shortcode parameter are all working now for the happyfiles_gallery shortcode.
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Create Multiple Categories At Once (Comma Separated)new
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Migration: Real Media Librarynew
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Remove a File from all Foldersnew
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Toggle Category Only On Folder Clicknew
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Add Button to Delete all HappyFiles Datanew
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Migration: Wicked Foldersnew
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Migration: FileBirdnew
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Migration: Folders (by Premio)new
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Migration: Enhanced Media Librarynew
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Sort Alphabetically without Page Reloadimprove
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Folder UI/UX Improvementsimprove
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Keep Folders Open After Creating/Deleting Themimprove
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Fix HappyFiles Sidebar in Media Modalfix
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Fix HappyFiles Gallery Shortcode Parametersfix
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Create Galleries from HappyFiles Folders
This update brings an exciting new feature. You can now create beautiful and highly customisable galleries from your HappyFiles folders. Either via the [happyfiles_gallery categories="Cat 1, Cat2"] shortcode or by using the “HappyFiles Gallery” Gutenberg block as shown here:
The [happyfiles_gallery] shortcode has the following parameters:
- categories: comma separated list of category names, slugs, or IDs (recommended to use IDs as they don’t change)
- max: Specify the max. number of images you want to show (default: shows all images)
- columns: Number of columns of your gallery (1 – 6)
- orderBy: date (default), none, ID, author, name, title, type, modified, rand
- order: ASC (ascending), DESC (descending)
- imageSize: thumbnail, medium, large, full
- linkTo: attachment, media, none (default)
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includeChildren: Set to true to show images of sub categories
- crop: Set to true to crop your images (true by default)
- caption: Set to true to show image caption (false by default)
HappyFiles’ translation into German has also been approved, finally. Kudos to Simon Kraft 🙂
Your HappyFiles sidebar state will be saved from now. The mobile view and has been improved. Unnecessary database queries have been removed.
Plus, a few more bug fixes that you can see in the list below.
What changed:
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Save Sidebar Toggle Statenew
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Create Image Gallery From Foldernew
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Translate into Germannew
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Move HappyFiles Sidebar View On Mobile Above Resultsimprove
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Show Drag & Drop Icon only for enabled Post Types (PRO)fix
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Wrong Category Count Due To Private Filesfix
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Fix: ACF Column Widthfix
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Sort Alphabetically, Better Category Inspector & Various Fixes
Many of you have asked for alphabetical sorting. With this version you can finally auto-sort all your categories alphabetically (ascending and descending) by clicking the new three-dots icon next to the “Categories” title in the HappyFiles sidebar.
The category inspector has been added to the list view (just right-click on any files/post, page, etc. to view all assigned categories). It nows also shows the category hierarchy for better inspection. If an item has no category then “Uncategorized” is shown, which is helpful when viewing “All Categories”.
Your stored license key under Settings > HappyFiles is now hidden, so its safe to add to your client’s site without having to share your license key.
A new setting named Disable AJAX (List View) is available. When set the AJAX-like results refresh in the media library’s list view is disabled. If you are using any plugin alongside HappyFiles that alters the media library’s output, such as Imagify, you might want to try enabling this setting, in case you are experience any issues.
There are a few more fixes, which you can see below. As always, enjoy and thanks to everyone for making such great use of the new roadmap 🙂
What changed:
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Add Right-Click Category Inspector to List Viewnew
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Sort alphabetically (asc/desc)new
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Show Hierarchy in Right-Click Category Inspectorimprove
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Automatically deactivate HappyFiles FREE when activating PROimprove
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Hide License Key (PRO)improve
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Fix List View: Drag & Drop not available on page 2 etc.fix
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Conflict between HappyFiles and Imagifyfix
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Sticky Sidebar for Posts & Pagesfix
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Add Right-Click Category Inspector to List View
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Categorize Posts & Pages, One-Click Plugin Updates
With this update to version 1.0 we official leave the beta stage. Let’s start with two highly requested additions for HappyFiles PRO.
Categorization for posts and pages: PRO users can now categorize posts, pages, custom post types, WooCommerce products, orders, and coupons. You can select the post types you want to enable categorization for under: Settings > HappyFiles > Post Types (PRO). Enjoy!
One-Click plugin updates: Up until now PRO users had to log in to their HappyFiles account to download the latest version. Once you have downloaded version 1.0 you will receive download notifications whenever there is a new HappyFiles PRO update available right in your WordPress dashboard, and update with a click on “Update now”. Same process as with any other WordPress plugin.
Please see the list below for all other changes …
What changed:
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Upload progress indicatornew
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Include .pot translation filesnew
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One-Click Plugin Updates (PRO)new
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Integration: Bricks Site Buildernew
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Categorisation For Post Types (PRO)new
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Toggle category on arrow clickimprove
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Media Library (List View): Limit drag & drop to thumbnailimprove
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Conflict with Caldera Formsfix
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Fix non-translatable stringsfix
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Upload progress indicator
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Multiple Categories & Category Inspector
It’s been only 10 days since the last release, but you asked for this, so here goes:
You can now assign multiple categories to a file. This feature is disabled by default. Allowing you to only assign one category to a file. To enable multiple categories go to “Settings > HappyFiles” and select the “Assign multiple categories” option.
Forgot which categories a file is in? Up until now you had to manually open each category to figure this out.
This release introduces the category inspector. Simply right-click on any file to see all the categories it is assigned to. Click on any of its categories in the custom menu to directly browse into it. Another great little time saver 🙂
What changed:
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Category Inspectornew
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Assign multiple categoriesnew
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Category Inspector
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RTL Support, More Integrations
Thanks a lot for all your feedback after the initial release. This quick update addresses a bunch of fixes, but also some new additions (see below).
What changed:
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New languages: Russian, French, and Vietnamesenew
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Auto-expand folders when moving filesnew
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Brizy Integrationnew
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Oxygen Builder Integrationnew
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Right-to-left (RTL) language supportnew
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Floating media library sidebarimprove
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Edit gallery close buttonfix
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Category sorting orderfix
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Smush plugin image filterfix
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Divi: Upload into wrong media categoryfix
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New languages: Russian, French, and Vietnamese
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Initial Release
I am super excited to announce the official release of HappyFiles. A WordPress plugin that helps you organise your entire media library files into categories via simple drag & drop.
The free version of HappyFiles allows you to create up to 10 categories and is available for download via https://wordpress.org/plugins/happyfiles/. If you need unlimited categories and usage on all your sites feel free to grab the lifetime deal for HappyFiles Pro.
HappyFiles excels in performance and a great and minimal UI/UX. More exciting features are added as time goes on and users submit ideas.
Assets are only loaded on the relevant screens in the admin area and when editing a page with a page builder like Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, etc.
HappyFiles categories a simple custom taxonomy terms. Your files and file paths are not altered in any way.
You can directly upload new files to a specific category, and resize/toggle the category sidebar to your liking.
In the admin area under “Settings > HappyFiles” you choose select which user role can manage media categories (Category Editing).
I hope you enjoy this first release!
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