http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/topic/wordpress-media-gallery-please-that-cant-be-true

Ben, don't post the same thing in multiple places. It's kinda spamming.

I started to write a basic plugin to assign taxonomies to attachments. It currently does not add taxonomy pages under media in the admin, but you can use it to tag, categories images. It uses only WordPress API so should hopefully be compatible if this functionality makes it's way into core, just tries to fill in some of the missing UI gaps.

A structure with more than 256 folders, slowing down the backup process ... a simple structure of three levels / 65k folders becomes a very serious problem !

Basically we need a better media-file management (in the administration).

I like the ideas of easy referencing with more than one way to identify the same picture because I may forget my original way of labeling it when I first used it. This is something so useful to so many who suffer the process of picture, video, and podcast organization. A massive heap is explanatory enough, yes?!

It is always best to have the core WP incorporate vital functions as cache management of wp and media retrieval for reuse. It seems Brian Supplements has a great handle on the best practices for accomplishing this service.

Thank YOU rodonmanes for starting this request. I've thought it for years, but your initiative has gotten me to vote.

Thank YOU brian supplements for inserting your expertise into this request. rodonmanes and myself think folders, but we welcome a more sophisticated answer as brian present. As a requesting TEAM the way to resolve this issues is made SWEETER, indeed. Pleas hurry as my back end with media is a dumping ground and with this function as WP core, I'll have a filing system , eh?!

On that note, please include a way for those of us with a pile of pictures in use a method of tagging that will keep our links in tact and not burden us with a time intensive clean up... an easy way to tag what is there would be wonderful.

I appreciate the beauty of WP!

All to Love,
PS:: How do I vote for this most useful addition to WP that will bless every user, even the thousands who are not registering to vote?

This structure would lend itself well to a gallery display: Images could be arranged as thumbnails in a single folder (like google image results), with a nav bar for selecting tags and other features, which would filter the results. As an option, site visitors could view your WP index gallery for the images with the index set to "public."

You get all the upside of a custom folder structure without the inherent issues (such as the inability to rearrange images among folders without breaking links). A tag structure is far more flexible than folders.

I've been wanting this for a while now, would love to see this!