Paul Menard

@ryanrain,

Yes, the 3.3 version is only tested 3.9.2 and 4.x versions of WordPress. The backbone.js architecture is ever changing and would not be easy to make this comparable for older versions.

As for editing media-tags on the post ‘add media’ this is possible. When you select a single or multiple images you should see the ‘Media-Tags Bulk’ button on the bottom right of the modal. Click on this and you will see the familiar tags admin screen. Again this works for single image or multiple selected images.

@mcdonna,

Thanks. I’ll patch that line in the next beta. I missed the list vs. grid view on the new WP 4.0 Library display. Will add the needed filtering drop down for grid in next beta.

Other things to look at:

1. New media ( Media > Add New ) I’m added options to the upload form to allow setting the media-tags. At the moment this is a two-step process. First need to upload the media. Then click a button to apply the tags. Have not found a good way to hook into the upload.

2. On a post/page editor form. When you click the media button you can also filter by media-tags. As well as when selecting an item in the right sidebar of the popup see the assigned media-tags. Also add the bulk option to the popup.

Thanks again.

Sorry for the delay. Sometimes my day job keeps me busy. Here is the newest beta. This has been tested on WP 3.9.x and 4.0 versions.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2616987/projects/wp-plugins/media-tags/betas/media-tags-3.3-BetaK.zip

@jrd6dk,

This is just the way the current version of the plugin works. Back when WordPress core changed to the new Media popup using Backbone.js I was hoping for more ‘hooks’ like we would see in other areas of plugin development to interface with the new Media system. As these ‘hooks’ have not been provided I’ve started working on adding filtering techniques for the Post Thumbnail and other parts of the Media Popup. Should be out in the next Media-Tags release.

@styr,

Well technically the product categories are just like any other taxonomy within WordPress. So for starts in wp-admin under Simply-Exclude > Settings you should see the panels for Product Categories (product_cat) and Product Tags (product_tag) which are the taxonomies registered by WooCommerce. On both panels ensure you have the option “Show the extra columns on the Taxonomy listing and the Taxonomy edit form?” set to ‘Show’

When you navigate to Product Categories terms listing (Products > Categories) you should see the column added by Simply-Exclude.

Now as far as actually excluding taxonomy terms this is going to be dependent on who WooCommerce functions. I’ve not tested this and understand the Simple-Exclude plugin was written to work with the standard WP_Query object. If WooCommerce ignores the default WP_Query used internal to WordPress and does what some themes like Thesis does then there is not help I can provide.

@mcdonna,

Thanks for the update. And yeah, I’m aware of those issues. I made the mistake of starting work on the Media-Tags changes using WP 4.0 beta. So I restarted using WP 3.9.2 just a few days before the 4.0 release. So should have a more solid beta soon which will work on 4.0 and 3.9.x WP versions.

As always thanks.

Paul

For anyone interested in the new Media-Tags here it is! Latest beta has some cool. new stuff

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2616987/projects/wp-plugins/media-tags/betas/media-tags-3.3-BetaG.zip

Some notes on the changes.

This has only been tested under WordPress 4.0 beta. No tested yet on WP 3.9.2

1. On Media > Library:
* The filter select has been changed to only show media-tags terms which non-zero counts. Also added counts to the terms.
* Also as part of the filter options is to show items with no assigned terms.
* Rewrote the bulk admin popup to be more like the tags metabox. So now the input uses the suggest logic.
* When viewing the listing as a grid (WP 4.0 beta). When a media item is selected the details sidebar will show the assigned media-tags. At this time no option to change.

2. On Media > Add New:
* New Media-Tags Setting option to display metaboxes where media-tags terms can be assigned. This is a two-step process. First step is upload the images. Second step is to apply the media-tags to the uploads.
* Also, added a metabox to clear the upload listing. This is something I’ve always thought WP core should provide.

3. When editing a Post/Page When selecting ‘Add Media’ button on the Post editor screen you will see the familiar Media grid.
* Added new filter drop down to allow filtering of the grid items by media-tag term.
* Also as part of the filter options is to show items with no assigned terms.
* When selecting one or more media items the ‘Media-Tags Bulk’ button becomes active. Clicking this will show the bulk panel in place of the selected image details on the right sidebar. This will let you set the assigned terms for all selected media items.

@oyvdahl,

So you now have this working correctly?

Paul

@mcdonna,

Thanks for writing. I’m still working on some features for the Media popup integration. I’m rewriting the bulk media-tags admin for the popup. So if will work and function much like the tags metabox you would see when selecting an item from the Media > Library listing.

After I get all these parts working and released I’m going to start working on the Media-Tags 4.0 rewrite. This will be a full rewrite from scratch. The plan it to add dynamic taxonomies which can function as tags or categories. What I mean by dynamic is instead of the current version where you only have the one taxonomy you will be able to define other taxonomies to be associated with the attachment items. This has been a long time request and I can agree.

So with the above being covered. Do you have any features you would like to see in either the upcoming release or the 4.0 rewrite? Please let me know. And thanks for using my little plugin.

@yogieanamcara,

Thanks for writing. Yes, the various settings can be confusing. But with any complex plugin comes complex settings. I’ll try and answer your questions. But please also review the help which comes with the plugin.

Is it really simple to just exclude certain posts from the RSS Feeds and from appearing at the main post loop?

Yes, really simple. In wp-admin go to Simply-Exclude > Settings. The default view will show the taxonomies setup within your system. For each taxonomy (categories, post_tags, etc) you will find the actions listing showing the ability to include/exclude based on the action like Front/Home, RSS, Search, Archive. Just set the action you want. You can also go to the Posts > Categories page and manage specific categories. Or on Posts > All Posts to manage individual posts.

They should still of course appear on a search or category page!?

Yes, of course. When you exclude a category for example from the RSS feed action this does not automatically exclude it from the search of archive page. Those are separate actions.

As there are so many settings, are the default settings already hiding any posts, categories or anything else?

There are not really any ‘default’ setting. Meaning by default no specific categories or such are excluded from some action like home page or RSS. Those are for you to set.

Can I exclude posts on defining if they have a certain meta assigned?

No. The plugin does not query post meta values. This is just a way to exclude posts based on category, tag, etc.

Good luck.

@fusionblast,

Maybe we can go offline and I can give you site access?

Sure. Please go to my website. On this page https://www.codehooligans.com/projects/ in the second paragraph you will see the contact link. Please send me an email with the login information.

@jpresley23,

Ok. I understand the need. So this is just the metabox on the individual post form. I’ll see what I can come up with.

Do you think this just just ben enabled for all users by WP role (Editor, Author, etc). Or do you see a need to have this controllable down to specific users within that WP Role?

@fusionblast,

Understood on the theme switch issue. Can you tell me what theme you are running? If it is somehow available I can try troubleshooting this under my development environment.

@jpresley23,

Like most other plugins the settings for Simply Exclude are only available to users who have the ‘manage_options’ capability.

At this time there are no plans to provide access to non-admin users. I guess I’m having trouble seeing the user-case for non-admins to be able to set rules to show/hide categories. If you can provide some details on your need I might consider it.

You other option is to use a role capability plugin https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Roles_and_Capabilities#Resources to alter the default capability for your Editor user. Though be warned this will enable other access you probably do not need.

@eirelass,

Ok. Will try and help. Can you please provide some information about how you have set Simply Exclude to include/exclude posts on your front/home page?

What theme are you running? This might be a theme conflict. You might try briefly switching to a default theme?