Title: Bulk edit- grid mode Last modified: September 1, 2016 --- # Bulk edit- grid mode * Resolved [jcc5018](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcc5018/) * (@jcc5018) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-edit-grid-mode/) * Hey there, I am using MLA along with the premium plugins Justified image grid, and Wp Real Media Library. RML, if you are not familiar is one that allows users to sort images into folders for easier image selection. * I have spent hours organizing my 4000+ images into their folders, and then i was going through each folder to bulk edit the images taxonomies, and other data that your plugin provides. But I ran into a problem. * I don’t have the option to bulk edit from the standard media library menu. Even after disabling RML to get to the base media library I don’t have the bulk edit option. It seems it it only included when going to the media assistant menu option. * I wouldnt have a problem with this if i wasn’t limited to selecting images in list view which limits to 25 images at a time. * I tried switching to grid view to search and select more images, but that simply took me back to the standard media library, so back to square one. * RML has the option to filter selections in the media library as well as the media selection thing within post itself, so I’m assuming there is a function that I could find that I could also include in your theme to provide the same filter of images. * So, knowing where to put that function if I can find it could be helpful. Or if you can design a way to include the bulk edit option to the main media library view, and grid options. * The RML author would probably be willing to work with you if there is a compatibility issue. * If the description of my issue doesn’t make sense, i can make a video to show you. * The general idea is that i’d like to be able to quickly find and tag all my images within a particular folder without being limited to the 25 at a time images in list view. If you know another way for me to do that, I’m all ears. * Thanks * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/) Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/) * (@dglingren) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-edit-grid-mode/#post-7462552) * Thanks for your detailed description of how you are using MLA, JIG and RML. I have been working with the authors of JIG and RML to better coordinate them with MLA; it is a work in progress. * You wrote “**_I don’t have the option to bulk edit from the standard media library menu._**” That is true – MLA does not add the Bulk Edit or Quick Edit areas to the WordPress Media/Library in either mode. * You wrote “**_I wouldn’t have a problem with this if I wasn’t limited to selecting images in list view which limits to 25 images at a time._**” Here is a link to an earlier topic along similar lines: * [Bulk add alt text, alt tag, description](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-add-alt-text-alt-tag-description?replies=5#post-8181679) * Among the suggestions in the earlier topic is: * > You can also pull down the Screen Options area at the upper-right corner of > the Media/Assistant submenu screen and change the number of items on each page > to a larger number, such as 50 or 100 or more. That would allow you to perform > the Bulk Edit action on more items in each “batch”. A Content Template can > be used in the Bulk Edit area, too. You can find more information in the earlier > topics and the Settings/Media Library Assistant Documentation tab. * That should give you some relief. * As you’ve discovered, RML does not support adding its folder views to screens other than the built-in WordPress Media/Library. I hope to do something in this area for a future MLA version, but I can give you a crude tool that might help for your application. * RML stores its folder assignments in a hidden custom field. You can add this field to the Media/Assistant submenu table by defining a mapping rule: 1. Navigate to the Settings/Media Library Assistant “Custom Fields” tab. 2. Scroll down to the “Add a new Field and Mapping Rule” area. 3. In the text box below the area title, enter the field name, “_rml_folder”. The leading underscore (“_”) makes this field invisible in most circumstances. 4. From the Data Source dropdown list, select “- None (select a value) -“. This default means the custom field will be filled by the code in RML, not by a data mapping rule. 5. In the “Existing Text” dropdown list, select “Keep” just to be safe. 6. In the “Format” dropdown list, select “Native”. 7. Click the “MLA Column” check box to make the field available in the Media/Assistant submenu table. Leave the “Quick Edit” and “Bulk Edit” checkboxes unchecked since you don’t want to manually edit this field. 8. In the “Option:” dropdown list, select “Text”. 9. Leave the “Delete NULL Values” checkbox unchecked since RML will manage this field. 10. Click the “Add Rule” button to save your work. * Once that’s done you should see the new column in your Media/Assistant submenu table. You can click on the column header to sort on the folder numbers (click twice to get a descending sort), and you can click on any of the individual number values to filter the display by RML folder number. * With a bit of PHP code to hook into the MLA filters you could translate the folder number into a folder name, but that may not be necessary. * I hope that improves your experience with the combination of MLA and RML. I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if you have any problems or further questions regarding the above suggestions. Thanks for your interest in Media Library Assistant. * [Firsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/firsh/) * (@firsh) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-edit-grid-mode/#post-7462556) * Author of JIG here. I’m also look forward to having this 🙂 * Be careful with the screen options view per page number, I once set it to 1000 and the dashboard crashed – became empty after that. * Excellent suggestions David. Perhaps I’ll write that snippet of code that would translate the numbers to RML object names (folder or gallery, not collection). * Thread Starter [jcc5018](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcc5018/) * (@jcc5018) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-edit-grid-mode/#post-7462565) * Thanks for the feed back, i will try your suggestions. Between the three of your plugins, you have allowed me to accomplish what i have been trying to do with my premium theme (THE7) for a long time. I like their theme, but the workflow to upload images was way to complicated for what it needed to be, and someone with thousands of images, i need the fastest method possible to upload, and assign images to a particular taxonomy and album. * Now if either of you can help me figure out how to add a favorite button to images in particular galleries (all images but supporting site content) And then allow me to attach those images to products to sell, that would be awesome. * I can write the UML for it, but I don’t know wordpress hooks and all to do it myself. Thanks * [Firsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/firsh/) * (@firsh) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-edit-grid-mode/#post-7462568) * That would involve JS on the front-end, either on the thumbnails or in the lightbox. But isn’t what you need a cart system? Or not all marked images would be ordered? Perhaps I can help as a custom job. * Thread Starter [jcc5018](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcc5018/) * (@jcc5018) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-edit-grid-mode/#post-7462574) * Well the goal is to have woo commerce with the products, but as of now, there is no method to attach a photo to a product, so Ive got two methods that would allow this. One, select photo, then product to ttach it too. Two, select product, then select photo. But to prevent people from navigating thousands of images to find a photo for a product, they could simply create a gallery of favorites and choose from those. * I actually have been working on an entire content management system for photographers and creative types, but I would need someone to help me build it after I design it. If you would be interested in partnering on a project that could be sold to other people as well, please shoot me a message. Thanks. * I’m debating if i want to keep it within wordpress, or have it as an independent platform. * Thread Starter [jcc5018](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcc5018/) * (@jcc5018) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-edit-grid-mode/#post-7462576) * David, again thank you for informing me about expanding the list of photos per page, that helps a lot, and adding the RML folder ids. I am wondering if you have a way to include the hidden taxonomy in the term search? * Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/) * (@dglingren) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-edit-grid-mode/#post-7462589) * [@firsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/firsh/) – thanks for your contributions! * [@jcc5018](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcc5018/), * The “**_hidden taxonomy_**” you asked about isn’t a taxonomy; it’s a custom field. As far as I know, RML does not use taxonomies for its folder system. * I did some work on custom field searches for an earlier topic: * [Searching on custom fields](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searching-on-custom-fields) * That example plugin could be adapted to RML, but the field I mentioned above just has a folder number, not a name, so it would take a different approach to do anything useful. * [Firsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/firsh/) * (@firsh) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-edit-grid-mode/#post-7462591) * Sorry I’m not interested in large projects. * WC allows custom options for products. All you need is getting the user’s selected photo ID to the custom option for the product that is in the cart. For example you were selling mouse pads, mugs or whatever that allow custom printing on them. You’d let the user brainstorm and put their favorites to a virtual shelf. The 2 main lightboxes in JIG know the image ID. That can be passed to the “shelf”. Then the user could have already something in the cart or just have added a product there. They could drag whatever custom image they want to the product in the cart and the ID of it would be attached to the product in the cart for checkout. 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