Media Library Filter by Date is dysfunctional

  • Hi, when attempting to insert media from the Media Library into a page or post, the “Filter by Date” dropdown is ineffective. No matter what year/month I select, I only see the 80 most recently uploaded images (I have 1000’s of images over multiple years).

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    This may be a plugin or theme conflict. Please attempt to disable all plugins, and use one of the default (Twenty*) themes. If the problem goes away, enable them one by one to identify the source of your troubles.

    If you can install plugins, install and activate “Health Check”: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/health-check/
    It will add some additional features under the menu item under Tools > Site Health.
    On its troubleshooting tab, you can Enable Troubleshooting Mode. This will disable all plugins, switch to a standard WordPress theme (if available), allow you to turn your plugins on and off and switch between themes, without affecting normal visitors to your site. This allows you to test for various compatibility issues.
    There’s a more detailed description about how to use the Health Check plugin and its Troubleshooting Mode at https://make.www.ads-software.com/support/handbook/appendix/troubleshooting-using-the-health-check/

    Thread Starter lotuspete

    (@lotuspete)

    Thanks, I will install Health Check and try it.

    Thread Starter lotuspete

    (@lotuspete)

    I activated Health Check which disabled all the plug-ins and themes and I attempted to insert images to a page filtering by date & it worked. The first plug-in a re-enabled as a test was “Media Library Categories Premium” and when I re-tried the test it failed. So that’s at least one issue. I had purchased that one because with the multitude of photos we use I wanted them categorized. However, what I’ve noticed recently and maybe it’s always been that way was that even though I could see categories in the media library, if I tried to insert photos from a page or ‘listing’ in the theme, there were no categories. I think in the past I would simply scroll down and find the photo but recently on scrolling down I found I only had access to the most recently uploaded 80 photos on the page and no option to view multiple pages of Media Library. This may be related to this same plug-in as well. I’m wondering if there’s a better plug-in for adding folders or other taxonomy filtering to the “insert from media library feature?” Any further help is much appreciated.

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