[Resolved] Images Organizer / Media Library Management
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I want to make a directory listing website where businesses can submit listings with their images (logos, product images, etc).
As people are uploading their own images, the media library will become very messy. The image quantity will only getting larger and larger. I also have my own images that will get mixed with these user images. It will be a nightmare.
I'm considering Media Library plugins such as Filebirds so I can put these images in folders. However I'm not sure if these plugins will work well with Toolset.
How can I manage the images submitted by users? What plugins should I use, if any?
Hi, there aren't any official integrations between Toolset and other 3rd-party Media Library management tools so unfortunately I don't have a really good recommendation here. I did a quick check through our known issues list and didn't see anything pertaining to any specific Media Library management plugins, so that's good: https://toolset.com/known-issues/
If I were looking for more information, next I would try searching the site for any reference to a specific plugin. For example, you could type the following into Google search to find out if the Filebirds plugin is mentioned anywhere on our site:
site:toolset.com filebirds
That search returns one post, but it doesn't appear to be specific to the Filebirds plugin. The User has Filebirds installed on their site so it appears in the site's debug information, but the issue isn't related.
I wish I had more information to share, but I don't have much specific about any of these 3rd-party plugins. If you test any out and run into compatibility issues, we can investigate those on a case-by-case basis. Let me know how you would like to proceed.
It is said that with Toolset forms, we can create sites for classifieds, directories, membership and anything that requires front-end content submission. So users can add their own images such as their featured images on posts. When users are adding these images, do you know how they are being stored in WordPress? Is there any specific location or they are being mixed together in media library? Please advise. Thanks!
Christian is on vacation. He will get back to work this Sunday. I'm stepping in, hope this is ok.
With Toolset forms, you have an option to use the WordPress native media library to upload the images. The uploaded images will be stored as per the WordPress standards to the Uploads folder.
If you mean where the featured image will be stored in the database, the featured image ID is stored in wp_postmeta table with a meta_key called _thumbnail_id.
