Title: Filtering Gallery Display Last modified: September 9, 2016 --- # Filtering Gallery Display * Resolved [Winework](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winework/) * (@winework) * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-gallery-display/) * Hello David, * I hope you can help me with two more difficulties. * 1) I’m now very happy with the way I’ve got my [MLA Gallery](http://www.winework.com/image-library/) to display but I would like to give users the option to filter results by attachment_category. * The simplest way would be for me to have a drop-down into which I can include the att_cat options I want to. When the user selects an att_cat from the drop- down and clicks GO, the gallery displays the product images in that attachment category. * I’ve read a number of related support threads but cant seem to get any of the suggested solutions to function correctly. * Here’s the sort of thing I’m trying to do… * ``` Please select an Attachment Category value:
[mla_gallery attachment_category="{+request:attachment_category+}"] ``` * You can see the results this achieves here: [http://www.winework.com/print-image-library/](http://www.winework.com/print-image-library/) * The password is your surname. * As you can see, it seems to be displaying all images, not the att_cat. Then, when a new category is selected, it seems to be searching through post archives! * I’m confused again… any clues? * 2) If you take a look at the Product Image Gallery, it seems to be loading really slowly. I’m on a fibre connection and it is taking up to 18 seconds to return a page. * Can you suggest anything that might be clogging the works? * Thanks again for any assistance you may be able to provide. Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/) * (@dglingren) * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-gallery-display/#post-8165908) * Thanks for your questions and for the link to your test page; very helpful. * You wrote “**_it seems to be displaying all images…_**“; I understand that to mean that when you first visit the page you see the entire library, not just the default “Spirits” collection. This happens because the `attachment_category` query argument is not set until the form is submitted, so the `{+request:attachment_category +}` parameter is empty and the default is to display everything. You can change the initial value by using a content template in your shortcode, e.g.: * ``` [mla_gallery attachment_category="{+template:{+request:attachment_category+}|spirits+}"] ``` * to display the “Spirits” category or: * ``` [mla_gallery attachment_category="{+template:{+request:attachment_category+}|a-bad-term+}"] ``` * to start with an empty gallery. * On my system, when I select a category and click “GO” I get the appropriate gallery display, not the post archives. You might need to change the `action` parameter of your form to `action="."` or `action="http://www.winework.com/print-image- library/"`. * You mentioned searching through earlier topics; thank you for making that effort. The two most recent and useful articles are: * [Limiting search results to attachment tags/”Justifying” gallery grids](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/limiting-search-results-to-attachment-tagsjustifying-gallery-grids/) * [Very new to this, need help](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-new-to-this-need-help/) * In those topics you will see how to use the `[mla_term_list]` shortcode to generate the `select` tag content and an example plugin that provides several enhancements to the overall operation of the page. * I hope that gives you the information you need to complete your application. - This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/). * Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/) * (@dglingren) * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-gallery-display/#post-8496099) * I hope the above suggestions got you the results you needed. * It has been 11 weeks since the last post in this topic, so I am marking it resolved. Please update it if you have problems or further questions regarding the above suggestions. * Thread Starter [Winework](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winework/) * (@winework) * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-gallery-display/#post-8909764) * Hello David, * To begin, thank you again for all the help you’ve been in getting our image gallery functioning the way we wanted. You’ve made a awesome plug-in and the support is top-notch. * I’m wondering if you could advise me on a change I would like to make to the behind the scenes operation on our site. * I have been using the att_cat to categorize all our product images by brand, which seems to be more useful than by product-type. (eg: att_cat>brand>absolut) * This works great, but in the image library page, I have to manually add each new brand to the drop-down options list. * My question is, is there a sneaky piece of code that will automatically populate the drop-down options list with the brand names as I create them in the att_cat? * Here is the existing code, showing a handful of brands for brevity. The eventual list could be in well over 100 long. * ```
[mla_gallery attachment_category={+template:{+request:attachment_category+}|steve-bird+} posts_per_page="50" mla_output="paginate_links,prev_next"] [mla_gallery attachment_category="{+template:{+request:attachment_category+}|steve-bird+}" size="medium" posts_per_page="50" orderby="title"] [mla_gallery attachment_category={+template:{+request:attachment_category+}|steve-bird+} posts_per_page="50" mla_output="paginate_links,prev_next"] ``` * Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated. * Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/) * (@dglingren) * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-gallery-display/#post-8910122) * Thanks for your positive comments and for your question. * MLA provides a shortcode that can generate a dropdown containing the terms assigned to your items. You can find a solution much like the one you posted above in the “MLA Term List Examples” section of the Settings/Media Library Assistant Documentation tab. * Have a look at the `[mla_term_list]` shortcode and examples in the Documentation and see if you use it in your application. If you have problems or further questions, post an update here and I can give you more specific help. Thanks for your continuing interest in the plugin. * Thread Starter [Winework](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winework/) * (@winework) * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-gallery-display/#post-8941343) * Hello David, * Thanks for your guidance. I have managed to get things partially working, but I just cant seem to get the pagination to function correctly. * Can you please take a look and suggest where I have got it wrong? * _My code is…_ * ```
Select a Brand to View... [mla_term_list taxonomy=attachment_category mla_output=dropdown mla_option_value="{+slug+}" show_count=true pad_counts=false ]

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[mla_gallery] attachment_category="{+template:({+request:tax_input.attachment_category+}|ruinart)+}" posts_per_page=10 mla_output="paginate_links, prev_next" mla_link_href='{+new_url+}?mla_paginate_current={+new_page+}&tax_input[attachment_category]="{+query:attachment_category,text+}"' [/mla_gallery] [mla_gallery attachment_category="{+template:({+request:tax_input.attachment_category+}|ruinart)+}" size="medium" posts_per_page=10 orderby="title"] ``` * You can see this in operation on the site here: [http://www.winework.com/draft-product-image-gallery/](http://www.winework.com/draft-product-image-gallery/) * **Your Password is:** DavidLingren * **Issues** 1) If for example, you select the brand ‘BABICH’ (22 images), you’ll see the first 10 images. But if you click on the pagination links, the remaining images are not displayed. * 2) I would also like the pagination links to show at the bottom of the results. * 3) Is it possible to limit the drop down display to show only the brands? If not, I’ll just delete the other att cats and leave only the brands. * Looking forward to hearing from you. * Best regards, * Colin * Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/) * (@dglingren) * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-gallery-display/#post-8945293) * Thanks for your update and for posting the complete source text of your form and shortcodes; very helpful. Thanks as well for posting the link to your site and giving me a temporary password to view it. * I copied your form and shortcodes to my own system and they work there without any problems. When I visited your site and looked at the pagination links they have a small error that accounts for your symptoms. Here is one example: * ``` http://www.winework.com/draft-product-image-gallery/?amp;tax_input%5Battachment_category%5D=%22murray-mcdavid%22&mla_paginate_current=2 ``` * You can see some extra characters, `amp;` just after the question mark separating the page address from the query arguments. This might be a result of using the WordPress editor’s “Visual” tab instead of the “Text” tab to edit the page content. * In any case, the `mla_paginate_current` portion of the parameter is not necessary; MLA will add it to the pagination URLs automatically. Try changing the shortcode to: * ``` [mla_gallery] attachment_category="{+template:({+request:tax_input.attachment_category+}|ruinart)+}" posts_per_page=10 mla_output="paginate_links, prev_next" mla_link_href='{+new_url+}?tax_input[attachment_category]="{+query:attachment_category,text+}"' [/mla_gallery] ``` * I believe that eliminates the `amp;` problem. * You can show the pagination links at the bottom of the results by simply adding a second copy of the pagination shortcode below the gallery display shortcode. * You can limit the dropdown list to your brands by adding a `child_of` or `include_tree` parameter to your `[mla_term_list]` shortcode. More information is in the “Term List Data Selection Parameters (Hierarchical Output)” section of the Settings/ Media Library Assistant Documentation tab. These parameters take a `term_id` value, which you can find my going to the Media/Att. Categories admin submenu and hovering over the term Name or Edit rollover action. Look for the number after `tag_ID` in the edit URL. * If you have any problems or further questions regarding the above suggestions, post an update and I can give you additional help. - This reply was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/). - This reply was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by [bdbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdbrown/). * Thread Starter [Winework](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winework/) * (@winework) * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-gallery-display/#post-8950838) * Hi Dave, * Thanks for all your effort in testing and explaining to me. * With your guidance, I got it working! * Once again, awesome plugin, top support. * Cheers, * Colin Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Filtering Gallery Display’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/media-library-assistant/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=973502) * [Media Library Assistant](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-library-assistant/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-library-assistant/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-library-assistant/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-library-assistant/reviews/) * 7 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Winework](https://wordpress.org/support/users/winework/) * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filtering-gallery-display/#post-8950838) * Status: resolved