Title: Directed Uploads
Last modified: November 30, 2017

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# Directed Uploads

 *  Resolved [braiderbob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/braiderbob/)
 * (@braiderbob)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directed-uploads/)
 * I am trying to find a way to handle user upload of images via Formidable Forms
   and via bbPress discussion groups. We need to have a way to separate the images
   as they are uploaded from a form or in a group. We might have 10 users in a Dogs
   discussion group (for example) and 12 users in a Cats discussion group. The Dogs
   could upload images in their discussion and see each other’s images. The Cats
   could do the same. In the context of taxonomy, can the uploads carry a tag of
   some kind so they can be sorted?

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 *  Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directed-uploads/#post-9739132)
 * Thanks for your questions and for the details you provided regarding your application.
   I was able to match the plugins you mentioned to these free versions:
 * [Formidable Forms – Form Builder for WordPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/formidable/)
   
   By [Strategy11](https://formidableforms.com/)
 * [bbPress ](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/)By [The bbPress Community](https://bbpress.org/)
 * Are those right? Are you using free or premium versions? Are you using any add-
   ons for media support? I hope you understand that I cannot afford to purchase
   premium plugins and themes simply to provide support for my own free plugin.
 * You wrote “**_user upload of images via Formidable Forms and via bbPress discussion
   groups._**” I assume this means that your users are uploading items from the 
   WordPress “front end”, not the admin area; is that right? I also assume the users
   have a WordPress user account and are logged in when they do their uploads; is
   that right?
 * As you probably know, MLA provides taxonomy support for Media Library items and
   includes two taxonomies (Att. Categories and Att. Tags) for your convenience.
   Any other custom taxonomy can also be supported. MLA can extract term values 
   from IPTC/EXIF metadata, but this probably is not useful for your application.
 * The most likely solution for your application is a small custom plugin that takes
   advantage of the hooks provided by WordPress, MLA and the other plugins to determine
   what group(s) a user is in and use the results to assign taxonomy terms (or custom
   field values) to items as they are uploaded. I have done similar examples for
   BuddyPress in the past. You can look at the “Alexa Paige Plugin for BuddyPress&
   rtMedia” and the “MLA BuddyPress & rtMedia Example” plugins to get a sense of
   that work. Go to the Settings/Media Library Assistant Documentation tab and click
   on the “Example Plugins” link. Then type “buddypress” in the search box and click“
   Search Plugins”. Use the “View” rollover action to see the usage information 
   and code.
 * I will be out of town and away from my development system until December 11 but
   I can give you more specific help after my return home. If the above suggestions
   are of interest, any additional details you can provide would be very useful.
   Thanks for your interest in MLA.
 *  Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directed-uploads/#post-9832177)
 * It has been a month since my last post in this topic. I assume you have found
   a solution for your application.
 * I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if you have any problems
   or further questions regarding the above suggestions.

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 * Last reply from: [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/directed-uploads/#post-9832177)
 * Status: resolved