Hi!
Will you post a link to your site showing what you have there so far?
I mean showing how the pdf files are currently arranged there?
If you created a custom page template to apply to that page, you could look at a coded solution that would automatically list all pdfs attached to the page in alphabetical order.
@chris– thanks for the link. It seems the .pdf files were uploaded into the ‘…wp-content/uploads/2014…’ location (i.e. probably using WordPress media manager to do the upload?), and that the page listing the .pdfs is a post.
It’s unfortunate that WordPress core functionality doesn’t have this great idea as a feature! (the ability to automatically alphabetize media/file attachments)
Maybe its time to look for a coded solution like @esmi said?
How about these as other options?:
– Look for a plugin to add the desired functionality. For example Googling/searching “wordpress alphabetize file attachments” comes with a link to this plugin: Attachments
– File a feature enhancement in Trac in hopes of adding this feature to the core:
Feature Enhancement in Trac
What do you think?
Thank you for your answer … I am not great with coding so look for simple solution … part of the problem is answered buy how about the other part ?
I have found a plugin what lists posts from certain category on the page as links to the posts……
is it possible to do the same with media files ? lets skip[ the alphabetical order it would be just the case of uploading pdf file give it a category and it would appear in the article automatically?
chris
@chris
hm, if it would be acceptable to just upload the file and give it a category and have it automatically show up in the post?
Currently in the Media Manager Library there’s not the ability to assign a category to an uploaded file, but, there is the ability to attach each file to a post.
Since its desired to not have to do coding, what about going the plugin route?
So what about a workflow something like this:
1. Upload each file via the Media Manager
2. From the Media Manager Library, attach the file to the school website’s ‘policies’ post.
3. Find a plugin that does the rest of the work and displays any/all of that post’s file attachments.
googling “wordpress plugin to show post attachments” comes up with some suggestions for this type of plugin, for example among other hits, it came up with these four:
WP Attachments
Attachment Manager
EG-Attachments
Download Attachments
Maybe google search and look over the results and find one that has good reviews and seems to do what you need– what do you think?
