by jeffrey-wp 4.2 (52 reviews)

Media Library Categories

Name: Media Library Categories
Rating: 4.2 (52 reviews)
Author: jeffrey-wp

Adds the ability to use categories in the media library.

Media Library Categories ranks #1,256 among WordPress.org plugins with 20,000+ active installations, is #139 of 6,333 in the Media category, a 4.2/5 rating from 52 reviews, and was last updated Aug 22, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.1

v2.0.2 Current Version v2.0.2

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 22 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#139 of 6,333 in Media Top 5% by installs Downloads -20.3% this week Actively maintained

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Source: WPVulnerability

3 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Jul 20, 2023

Media Library Categories [wp-media-library-categories] < 2.0.1

CVE-2023-36382 · Fixed in v2.0.1
Jan 20, 2023

Media Library Categories [wp-media-library-categories] < 2.0.0

CVE-2022-47596 · Fixed in v2.0.0
Jan 16, 2014

Media Library Categories [wp-media-library-categories] <= 1.1.1

CVE-2012-6630 · Affected <= 1.1.1

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.0.2
Last Updated: Aug 22, 2026
Requires WP: 4.9+
Tested Up To: 7.1.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: jeffrey-wp

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.2
Reviews: 52
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and administrators who manage media libraries with many images or files. It solves the problem of organizing media by adding category support, bulk category editing, and category filtering in the media library and gallery shortcode.

Add/edit/remove media categories
Bulk category editing
Category dropdown in media library
Filter categories in media library
Filter categories in gallery shortcode
Taxonomy filter
WordPress 4.0–6.9 support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Media Library Categories

By default the WordPress Media Library uses the same categories as WordPress does (such as in posts & pages). If you want to use separate categories you can use a custom taxonomy, this can be set under Settings → Media (or click on the settings quicklink on the WordPress plugins overview page).

To only show images from one category in the gallery you have to add the 'category' attribute to the [gallery] shortcode. The value passed to the 'category' attribute can be either the category slug or the term_id, for example with the category slug: [gallery category="my-category-slug"] Or with term_id: [gallery category="14"] If you use an incorrect slug by default WordPress shows the images that are attached to the page / post that is displayed. If you use an incorrect term_id no images are shown. Aside from this behavior, the [gallery] shortcode works as it does by default with the built-in shortcode from WordPress (see the WordPress gallery shortcode codex page). If you only want to show attachments uploaded to the page and filtered by category than use the 'id' in combination with the 'category' attribute. For example (the id of the post is 123): [gallery category="my-category-slug" id="123"] Or leave id empty for current page / post: [gallery category="my-category-slug" id=""] In this example the slug is used, but you could also use the term_id.

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