List of Documents within a category

Hi @lisath,

Sorry for the late reply! We are doing our best to include the feature (shortcode) to the upcoming release. Right now you can try the code like this:

    $args = array(
        'post_type' => 'attachment',
        'post_status' => 'inherit',
    
        // for PDFs
        'post_mime_type' => 'application/pdf',
    
        // if you need PDFs from a specific media category
        'tax_query' => array(
            array(
                'taxonomy' => 'media_category', // your taxonomy
                'field' => 'id',
                'terms' => 7 // term id (id of the media category)
            )
	)
    );
    $query = new WP_Query( $args );

    if ( $query->have_posts() ) { ?>
    
        <ul>
            <?php while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); ?>

                <li>
                    <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> <?php echo filesize( get_attached_file( $attachment->ID ) ) . ' bytes'; ?>
                </li>
            
            <?php endwhile; ?>
        </ul>
    
    <?php } 
    else {
	// some output for no PDFs found
    }

    wp_reset_postdata();

Best,
-Nadia

Hi Nadia,

Thank you for this. I hope you don’t mind a rookie question or three, but . . .

1) For ‘media_category’ I’d use the slug from the media category I createed?
2) To get ‘term’ I’d use the post id I see at the bottom of the browser when I hover over the name of the media category?
and importantly,
3) Would I wrap this whole piece of code in “<?php” & “?>” in the (php code) widget I’m using?

all best,
Lisa

Hi Lisa,

Sorry for my silence. For some reason I didn’t receive notification about your message.

(1) No, it’s the name of the whole taxonomy (sometimes the slug can be different) you can see it on Settings > Media Taxonomies per taxonomy. Click “Edit” next to a taxonomy you need and find “Taxonomy Name” field. If you use Media Taxonomies then the name is “media_category”, and you don’t have to change anything in the code.

(2) That’s correct.

(3) Of course, since it’s PHP code, it should be wrapped in <?php ?>.

I just made sure that I set “Notify me of follow-up replies via email” for this ticket and will check it anyway, so please feel free to ask questions if they are still actual for you.

Sorry again.

Best,
-Nadia

Hi Nadia

Do you have an ETA for this ‘upcoming release’ adding support pdf files? Or a beta version of the plugin? Our media library is exclusively pdf. (I am about to purchase the Pro version.) Thank you!