Media Library Categories
Adds the ability to use categories in the media library.
4.2(52 reviews)
·20K+ active installs·Updated 10 months agoAs of April 2026, Media Library Categories is a WordPress media plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 52 reviews. It has been downloaded 560K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Safe SVG.
4.2/552 reviews
20K+active installs
560K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Adds the ability to use categories in the WordPress Media Library. When activated a dropdown of categories will show up in the media library.
You can change / add / remove the category of multiple items at once with bulk actions.
There is even an option to filter on categories when using the gallery shortcode.
Features WordPress Media Library Categories
- add / edit / remove categories from media items
- change the category of multiple items at once with bulk actions
- category options & management in the Media Library
- filter on categories in the media library
- filter on categories in the gallery shortcode
- taxonomy filter
- support for WordPress 4.0 – 6.8
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Ratings & Reviews
4.252 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Not working anymore
by annzo·2 years ago·2 replies
Actually a helpful plugin. But has not been working with WPBakery Page Builder for some time now. Among other things, it blocks adding new images to a gallery.
- This topic was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by annzo.
Simple and great
by strarsis·2 years ago
Simple and great plugin for adding category taxonomy to WordPress media.
Works Great
by jeffkaiser·2 years ago
This plugin is great, super helpful. I have been using it to create categories for media items that I then use with Loopers in Theme.co’s Pro theme with Grids and Sliders. Saved me tons of work.
Great plugin
by Marko6548·4 years ago·3 replies
Thank you, a great plug-in.
With almost 14,000 photos and after I lost all my categories with Enhanced Media Library plugin which I used for 6 years, this plugin (Media Library Categories) gave me a chance to make new categories again.
Hope there will be a choice to remove the appearance of number of photos in each category.
Cheers
- This topic was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by Marko6548.
Fantastic utility
by todindiana·5 years ago
After using the free version for an evening, I popped for the pro version.
I found this to be a terrific addition to my media library toolkit as it provides good options for categorizing images. This is helpful when I’ve uploaded dozens of images and categorized them, and I’m ready to create topic-based sliders or galleries. I can now easily select a category, then choose images within that category without scrolling through 100’s of unrelated images.
The developer is responsive and helful to questions.
Download Trends
Today: 57Yesterday: 98This week: 607Period total: 41K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.0
84.5%
v1.9
9.3%
Other
6.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.0.2
- Update Select2 dependency
Contributors
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