Dennis G

@import was set to Process already.
Manual mode would cause all kind of havoc because figuring out the order of all the scripts / CSS is a nightmare as well as adding all these scripts to the list…

Again: It worked in the previous version prior to 2016-09-25, so the update did break. Judging from the support entries on here many people seem to have problems with the 0.9.5 update.

Very interesting.

The backup job (backup everything: db, file etc.) is set to run weekly. There was no manual interaction just the e-mail that told me that the job failed.

Caching plugin: yes W3TC. Also running behind Cloudflare, but that shouldn’t impact the internal process I reckon.

I have tried out the MLA Development Version dated 20160313 on my DEV site and everything seems to be working – even the Assistant screen.

I completely agree with your assertion that folders are irrelevant for the Media/Assistant view as users are trying to achieve something different here than work in folders.

For me this issues seems to be resolved at first glance.

David thanks for the complete writeup. I however still want to use both methods for sifting through images: folders as well as metadata. I believe in both having their value.

The authors of WP Media Folder were so nice to provide the solution which actually involves modifying Media Library Assistant. If you are into diff files (mla-media-modal-scripts.diff):

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>         var mlaDrop = wp.media.view.AttachmentsBrowser;
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< 				wp.media.view.AttachmentsBrowser.__super__.createToolbar.apply( this, arguments );
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> 				mlaDrop.prototype.createToolbar.apply( this, arguments );

or in other words in line 753 of mla-media-modal-scripts.js (don’t forget to update the minified file as well) add the line var mlaDrop = wp.media.view.AttachmentsBrowser;. Further down replace wp.media.view.AttachmentsBrowser.__super__.createToolbar.apply( this, arguments ); with mlaDrop.prototype.createToolbar.apply( this, arguments );

This way both plugins work together flawlessly. The design is a bit off, but I’ll deal with that myself. Would be great of you to integrate this quick fix in your next update.

Good answer and I was suspecting as much. Sorry for not providing a direct link to make your search easier.

I do think a combination of both would be great. In my case I do have my photos organized in folders per country. This way I can quickly select to view only photos of the one country. But if I would want to see all “flowers” of all country the folder approach falls short (the old metadata vs. folder debate), hence I would love to able to do both.

Again thanks for replying, maybe I will start looking into it myself and if I can find a solution get back here.