alternate directory for listing images

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  • January 8, 2018 at 4:04 am #411875

    Henry Wythe
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    My directory will have somewhere between 30,000 and 50,000 listings.
    Each one of these will have at least one picture
    I am very concerned that if I upload these into the standard /wp-content/uploads/year/month, the wordpress media library will be impossible to use (http://mysite.com/wp-admin/upload.php). How can I create blog posts and pages if I have to dig through tens of thousands of unrelated images?
    Can I set up an alternate directory to store the images for listings?
    Thanks

    January 8, 2018 at 12:42 pm #411914

    Stiofan O’Connor
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    Hi Henry,

    Only the FIRST image of the directory listing is stored in the normal media library, any additional ones will be stored in our own tables.

    The media library will by default only load so much, so it wont try to load all 50k at once so it will be fine.

    Thanks,

    Stiofan

    January 8, 2018 at 10:05 pm #411987

    Henry Wythe
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    OK. I will have to use a plugin to categorize things, hope it works out.
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-media-library-categories/
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/

    January 9, 2018 at 10:43 am #412047

    Stiofan O’Connor
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    Let us know how you get on.

    Thanks,

    Stiofan

    January 11, 2018 at 6:59 pm #412382

    Henry Wythe
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    Quick update: I am going to load the first 15,000 listings tomorrow.

    I have used Media Library Assistant before. It’s awesome, but has so many features that it might be overkill.

    I checked out the doc for the extension you recommended. It requires a paid version to use categories in the media tab. Only $20 but I decidet to keep looking.

    I have loaded Enhanced Media Library
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/enhanced-media-library/
    One thing that might make this work OK is its ability to assign a category to a media type. So I could use .jpg for all 15000 to 50,000 of the images loaded in bulk. Then use .png for individual images loaded for pages.

    Wish me luck.
    WIll keep you posted

    January 11, 2018 at 7:09 pm #412386

    Alex Rollin
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    Good luck!

    Thanks for letting us know which plugins you tried. Managing that many images is tough, no matter what.

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