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Media Library Assistant · Version history

Media Library Assistant changelog and version history

Latest version
3.44
Oct 28, 2026 (12 days ago)
Releases
129
since 2012
In the last year
14
about one every 21 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 201213 releases
  • 201316 releases
  • 201412 releases
  • 201510 releases
  • 20167 releases
  • 20179 releases
  • 20185 releases
  • 20195 releases
  • 20205 releases
  • 20216 releases
  • 20224 releases
  • 20237 releases
  • 202410 releases
  • 20256 releases
  • 202614 releases

202614 releases

  1. Media Library Assistant 3.44Latest

    • Fix: IMPORTANT: A Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability (WPScan Security #56355, credit Jacek Sowinski) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: A Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability (WPScan Security #47596, credit Karthik Ramakrishnan) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: A Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (WPScan Security #47595, credit Karthik Ramakrishnan) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: A PHP Object Injection vulnerability (WPScan Security #47593, credit Karthik Ramakrishnan) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: An SQL Injection vulnerability (Patchstack 37374) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilites (Patchstack 37177) have been mitigated.
    • Fix: Obsolete create_function() calls in the mla-a-z-cloud-example and mla-fixed-values-example example plugins have been removed.
    • Fix: Special handling of ‘\{‘ and ‘\}’ to insert braces in shortcode parameters has been repaired.
    • Fix: The default ajaxurl value is now taken from the results of the WordPress admin_url('admin-ajax.php') function, so WordPress installs in a subdirectory are handled correctly.

  2. Media Library Assistant 3.43

    • Fix: IMPORTANT: A Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability (Patchstack 37178) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: A Cross Site Request Forgery vulnerability (Patchstack 35557) mitigation has been improved.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: For pagination shortcodes, a Reflected Cross Site Scripting security risk (Wordfence CVE-2026-103875) has been mitigated.

  3. Media Library Assistant 3.42

    • Fix: IMPORTANT: A Cross Site Request Forgery vulnerability (Patchstack 35557) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (Patchstack 35483) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: An SQL Injection vulnerability (Patchstack 35455) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: A Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (Patchstack 34858) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: For the [mla_gallery] shortcode, repair of parameters damaged by the Visual Editor has been improved.
    • Fix: For the WPML plugin, term synchronization fixes and updates to support WPML 5.0+

  4. Media Library Assistant 3.41

    • New: Support for the just-released Media Library Assistant Blocks companion plugin.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: For pagination shortcodes, a Reflected Cross Site Scripting security risk (Wordfence CVE-2026-77813) has been mitigated.

  5. Media Library Assistant 3.40

    • New: For the “MLA CSV Data Source Example” plugin, matching on file/item URL is now supported.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: For five Settings tabs, a Cross Site Scripting security risk (Patchstack 33662) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: For one Settings tab, an Arbitrary File Upload security risk (Patchstack 33653) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: An SQL Injection security risk (credit Joao Ramos Maciel and WPScan) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: For all shortcodes, a Cross Site Scripting security risk (Patchstack 33204) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: For WP 7.1, Media Library Grid mode and MMMW popup window toolbar formatting changes have been accomodated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: For WP 7.1, Bulk actions checkbox handling changes have been accomodated.
    • Fix: For several example plugins, a defect in parsing general option values has been corrected.

  6. Media Library Assistant 3.39

    • New: Shortcode material in the Settings/Media Library Assistant Documentation tab has been reorganized and improved.
    • New: For the [mla_archive_list] shortcode, new shortcode parameters have been added.
    • New: For the [mla_tag_cloud] shortcode, new output formats and pagination options have been added.
    • New: For the [mla_gallery] shortcode, a new “always_wrap”” pagination option has been added.
    • Fix: For the [mla_custom_list] shortcode, defects with the “ORDERBY” portion of database queries have been corrected.
    • Fix: For the [mla_archive_list] shortcode, defects with non-default “listtag_name” and “current_archive_class” have been corrected.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: For pagination shortcodes, a Cross Site Scripting security risk (Patchstack 32618) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: Deprecation warnings for PHP 8.5+ have been corrected.
    • Fix: For WP 7.0, a Media Library Grid mode interference with the Modula and Real Media Library plugins has been corrected.
    • Fix: Support for old Admin Columns versions ( 6.0 and before ) has been disabled. The code will be removed in a future MLA update.

  7. Media Library Assistant 3.38

    • New: For the [mla_custom_list] shortcode, new output formats and pagination options have been added.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: For WP 7.0, Media Library Grid mode and MMMW popup window toolbar formatting defects have been corrected.

  8. Media Library Assistant 3.37

    • Fix: IMPORTANT: For pagination shortcodes, a URL formatting defect introduced in MLA v3.36 has been corrected.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: For the Media/Assistant submenu table, an SQL Injection security risk has been mitigated.
    • Fix: Simple date parameters can be used with meta_date_key for custom field date queries, as documented.

  9. Media Library Assistant 3.36

    • Fix: IMPORTANT: For pagination shortcodes, a Cross Site Scripting security risk (Patchstack 31064) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: For the [mla_archive_list] shortcode, an SQL Injection security risk (Patchstack 30490) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: For the Settings/Media Library Assistant tabs, an Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting security risk (CVE-2026-6642) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: For the Settings/Media Library Assistant tabs, Stored Cross-Site Scripting security risks (CVE-2026-6640, CVE-2026-6641) have been mitigated.
    • Fix: IMPORTANT: For the Settings/Media Library Assistant tabs, a Cross-Site Request Forgery security risk (CVE-2026-6075) has been mitigated.
    • Fix: The optional Attachments, Parent, Term ID and Term-Tax ID columns have been restored to the Att. Categories and Att. Tags edit screens.
    • Fix: For the Settings/Media Library Assistant Image tab, some “Edit” Bulk Action defects have been corrected.
    • Fix: For the Media/Assistant “Thumbnail” (generation) Bulk action, WordPress thumbnail generation has been updated to match WP 6+ results.
    • Fix: For the Media/Assistant “Thumbnail” (generation) Bulk action, failure to assign JPG and PNG images as the “Featured Image” has been corrected.

  10. Media Library Assistant 3.35

  11. Media Library Assistant 3.34

  12. Media Library Assistant 3.33

  13. Media Library Assistant 3.32

  14. Media Library Assistant 3.31

20256 releases

  1. Media Library Assistant 3.30

    • 3.35 – IMPORTANT: Two security fixes and WP 7.0 updates. Media/Assistant “Thumbnail” (generation) Bulk action enhancements. MP3 metadata extraction fixes. One enhancement and six fixes in all.
    • 3.34 – IMPORTANT: Security fix for the Media Manager Modal (popup) Window. New custom table views for the Media/Assistant admin page. Metadata parsing fixes. One enhancement and four fixes in all.
    • 3.33 – IMPORTANT: Security fix for [mla_tag_cloud] and [mla_term_list], relative path fix for pagination controls and WPML fix. Four fixes in all.
    • 3.32 – IMPORTANT: A defect with taxonomy labels in the MMMW ATTACHMENT DETAILS pane causing a PHP “Undefined variable $label” message has been corrected.
    • 3.31 – New [mla_archive_list] shortcode provides date-based lists and dropdown controls for filtering [mla_gallery] displays. More reliable pagination links in all shortcodes. BIG Image threshold control. Four enhancements, six fixes in all.
    • 3.30 – IMPORTANT: Security mitigations in [mla_gallery] shortcode. PDF metadata extraction from documents with compressed object streams. One enhancement, three fixes in all.

  2. Media Library Assistant 3.29

  3. Media Library Assistant 3.28

  4. Media Library Assistant 3.27

  5. Media Library Assistant 3.26

  6. Media Library Assistant 3.25

202410 releases

  1. Media Library Assistant 3.24

  2. Media Library Assistant 3.23

  3. Media Library Assistant 3.22

  4. Media Library Assistant 3.21

  5. Media Library Assistant 3.20

  6. Media Library Assistant 3.19

  7. Media Library Assistant 3.18

  8. Media Library Assistant 3.17

  9. Media Library Assistant 3.16

  10. Media Library Assistant 3.15

20237 releases

  1. Media Library Assistant 3.13

  2. Media Library Assistant 3.12

  3. Media Library Assistant 3.10

  4. Media Library Assistant 3.09

  5. Media Library Assistant 3.07

  6. Media Library Assistant 3.06

  7. Media Library Assistant 3.05

20224 releases

  1. Media Library Assistant 3.04

  2. Media Library Assistant 3.03

  3. Media Library Assistant 3.01

  4. Media Library Assistant 2.99

20216 releases

  1. Media Library Assistant 2.98

  2. Media Library Assistant 2.97

  3. Media Library Assistant 2.96

  4. Media Library Assistant 2.95

  5. Media Library Assistant 2.94

  6. Media Library Assistant 2.93

20205 releases

  1. Media Library Assistant 2.92

  2. Media Library Assistant 2.90

    • 2.99 – WordPress 5.9 support. Bulk Edit values save/restore, current date/time data sources, custom field Library views filtered by MIME type. Four enhancements in all, fifteen fixes.
    • 2.98 – New “Attachment File Metadata” meta box on the Media/Edit Media screen. Enhanced “MLA Advanced Custom Fields Example” and new “MLA Filename Issues Example” plugins. Five enhancements in all, eleven fixes.
    • 2.97 – IMPORTANT: [mla_gallery] PHP “Warning: array_key_exists()…” messages have been eliminated. WP 5.8, cropping of MMMW top row image thubmnails fixed. Description element added to mapping rules. Four enhancements in all, four fixes.
    • 2.96 – WordPress 5.8 support! New [muie_archive_list] shortcode. CSV export item values. Support for Enhanced Media Library plugin. Donation links are back. Thirteen enhancements in all, fourteen fixes.
    • 2.95 – Support for Real Media Library plugin in Media/Assistant and [mla_gallery], MLA Insert Fixit improvements, [mla_gallery] simple date parameters, “Mine” filter/view. Four enhancements in all, twelve fixes.
    • 2.94 – For [mla_gallery], icon handling, mla_viewer, and performance fixes. New and enhanced example plugins. Three enhancements in all, nine fixes.
    • 2.93 – Correct defects in handling array values, e.g., tax_input, in request: parameters and pagination controls. Example plugin enhancements. Two enhancements in all, three fixes.
    • 2.92 – Correct Media/Assistant Quick Edit error that deleted term assignments in the WordPress Categories taxonomy.
    • 2.91 – Correct PHP Fatal Error in Media Manager Search Media operations. Correct defect that caused Media Manager “Edit Gallery” operations to lose existing items. Two fixes in all.
    • 2.90 – WP 5.6 support, thorough review and update of all files for validating, sanitizing and escaping user data to reduce the risk of security exploits, two new example plugins. Seven enhancements in all, seven fixes.

  3. Media Library Assistant 2.84

  4. Media Library Assistant 2.83

  5. Media Library Assistant 2.82

20195 releases

  1. Media Library Assistant 2.81

  2. Media Library Assistant 2.80

    • 2.84 – WP 5.5 support, new Always Use MLA MIME Type option, CSV Data Source example plugin, Support for PaidMembershipsPro, Simple Taxonomy Ordering, Simple Custom Post Order, Featured Image from URL plugins. Thirteen enhancements in all, twelve fixes.
    • 2.83 – Avoid “Fatal error:” with Admin Columns Pro version 5.1+. Fix Attachments area positioning in the Media Manager Modal (popup) Window. Two fixes in all.
    • 2.82 – Compatibility updates for WordPress 5.4. Security fixes to prevent three categories of attacks. New tools for “MLA Insert Fixit” and “WooCommerce Fixit Tools” example plugins. Fixes for [mla_gallery] and Media Manager Modal Window. Seven enhancements in all, eleven fixes.
    • 2.81 – Compatibility updates for WordPress 5.3. New “mso:” prefix gives access to the Document Properties embedded in Office Open XML file formats (e.g., docx, xlsx, pptx). Three enhancements, eight fixes.
    • 2.80 – A new “MLA Phoenix Media Rename Example” plugin supports the Phoenix Media Rename plugin. MLA Insert Fixit example plugin improvements, improved support for other plugins and themes. One enhancement, twelve fixes.

  3. Media Library Assistant 2.79

  4. Media Library Assistant 2.78

  5. Media Library Assistant 2.77

20185 releases

  1. Media Library Assistant 2.75

  2. Media Library Assistant 2.74

  3. Media Library Assistant 2.73

  4. Media Library Assistant 2.72

  5. Media Library Assistant 2.70

    • 2.79 – [mla_gallery] keyword/term search “exclude” logic, [mla_tag_cloud] performance improvements, Media/Assistant Download bulk action. Nine enhancements in all, six fixes.
    • 2.78 – Support Admin Columns Pro v4.5.x, add “Search Media” and “Terms Search” exclude logic, Eliminate PHP messages for Polylang and some AJAX actions. One enhancement, five fixes.
    • 2.77 – Preserve current term assignments for checklist-style taxonomies when opening the Media/Assistant Quick Edit area. This defect was introduced in v2.76.
    • 2.76 – “Checklist-style” term search and additions in the Bulk and Quick Edit areas. New and improved example plugins. Seven enhancements, four fixes.
    • 2.75 – Admin Columns (and Pro) fixes to eliminate PHP messages. Five fixes in all.
    • 2.74 – Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities have been removed from the Media/Assistant and Settings/Media Library assistant admin submenu screens. One enhancement, seven fixes.
    • 2.73 – Checklist-style flat taxonomy improvements, Admin Columns Pro fix, new and improved example plugins, e.g., “parent search”. Five enhancements, four fixes.
    • 2.72 – Remove “Circular Reference” PHP Warnings in class-mla-mime-types.php.
    • 2.71 – Admin Columns Pro CSV Export support, Uploaded on date editing, regular expression match/replace functions in shortcodes, new and improved example plugins. Thirteen enhancements, seven fixes.
    • 2.70 – Improved file download security, Polylang fixes. Two enhancements, seven fixes.

20179 releases

  1. Media Library Assistant 2.65

  2. Media Library Assistant 2.62

  3. Media Library Assistant 2.61

  4. Media Library Assistant 2.60

    • 2.65 – Corrects an “ajax.fail error” in the Media/Assistant “Set Parent” function and the Media/Edit Media screen. One other enhancement, two other fixes.
    • 2.64 – For [mla_gallery], corrects v2.63 problem that applied mla_named_transfer to all link=file and link=download galleries.
    • 2.63 – Download by name and pretty links, str_replace format option, disable mapping rules, debug tab. Eight enhancements in all, nine fixes.
    • 2.62 – Corrects a PHP Fatal Error when loading MLA Media Manager enhancements for “front-end” use.
    • 2.61 – Several new example plugins and hooks, new shortcode parameters. Thirteen enhancements in all, thirteen fixes.
    • 2.60 – Completely new Settings/IPTC/EXIF tab and example plugin enhancements. Five enhancements in all, five

  5. Media Library Assistant 2.54

  6. Media Library Assistant 2.53

  7. Media Library Assistant 2.51

  8. Media Library Assistant 2.50

    • 2.54 – Admin Columns/PHP 7.1.x Fix, thumbnail generation enhancements, [mla_term_list] fix and Settings/Shortcodes tab updates. Six fixes in all.
    • 2.53 – Correct PHP Fatal Error defect for users of Admin Columns (free version).
    • 2.52 – Improved Admin Columns Pro integration, better PHP 7 support. Example plugin improvements. Six enhancements in all, eight fixes.
    • 2.51 – Change “primary column” handling for WP 4.3+ to be more like Media/Library submenu table. Some MLA UI Elements Example plugin fixes.
    • 2.50 – Completely new Settings/Custom Fields tab, [mla_term_list] and example plugin enhancements. Fourteen enhancements in all, sixteen fixes.

  9. Media Library Assistant 2.41

20167 releases

  1. Media Library Assistant 2.40

    • 2.41 – Updated example plugins, EXIF improvements, PHP 5.3 compatibility, Polylang fix. Five enhancements in all, ten fixes.
    • 2.40 – Generate WP 4.7 PDF thumbnails, new Shortcodes tab, requires less admin-mode memory, Examples tab “View” action and “Installed” view. Seventeen other enhancements, fourteen fixes.

  2. Media Library Assistant 2.33

  3. Media Library Assistant 2.32

  4. Media Library Assistant 2.31

  5. Media Library Assistant 2.25

  6. Media Library Assistant 2.24

  7. Media Library Assistant 2.22

201510 releases

  1. Media Library Assistant 2.21

  2. Media Library Assistant 2.15

  3. Media Library Assistant 2.14

  4. Media Library Assistant 2.13

  5. Media Library Assistant 2.12

  6. Media Library Assistant 2.11

  7. Media Library Assistant 2.10

  8. Media Library Assistant 2.02

  9. Media Library Assistant 2.01

  10. Media Library Assistant 2.00

    • 2.25 – Default shortcode parameters in templates, list/grid view switcher, delete option settings, better XML parsing. Eight enhancements in all, eleven fixes.
    • 2.24 – Corrects the MLA error that suppressed Admin Columns functions for Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types, Users and Comments.
    • 2.23 – Admin Columns 2.4.9 fixes, EXIF/XMP/PDF improvements, Posts, Pages and custom Post Types in [mla_gallery] display. Seven enhancements in all, six fixes.
    • 2.22 – Support for the “Admin Columns” plugin, PHP7 and “enclosing shortcode” syntax. Better performance, new filters and examples. Eight enhancements in all, eight fixes.
    • 2.21 – Fix for “empty grid”, “No media attachments found”, “No items found” and “Unknown column” symptoms. Thanks to all who quickly alerted me to the problem. One other fix for “Featured Image” handling of size=none.
    • 2.20 – Reduced memory/time footprint, default setting changes, WPML/Polylang IPTC/EXIF mapping fixes, partial German translation. Nine other enhancements, thirteen fixes.
    • 2.15 – Bulk Edit Reset button, Debug tab enhancements, Quick Edit thumbnails, new examples and hooks. Sixteen enhancements in all, sixteen fixes.
    • 2.14 – Final WordPress 4.3 updates. New Debug tab features. Updated Dutch translation. Four other fixes.
    • 2.13 – WordPress 4.3 updates. PDF Thumbnail image generator. Wildcard keyword/term searching. Several WPML and Polylang fixes. Dutch and Swedish translations! Twelve other enhancements, twelve other fixes.
    • 2.12 – Fixes a defect in [mla_gallery] handling of the mla_caption parameter. Adds mla_debug=log option.
    • 2.11 – Enhanced WPML and new Polylang support. “Attached” Media/Assistant table view. Eight other enhancements, fifteen fixes. *2.10 – mla_viewer is back, with a Featured Image option! XMP support for image meta data. Eight other enhancements, twelve fixes.
    • 2.02 – Bulk Edit on Media/Add New, pause/restart IPTC/EXIF mapping, EXIF CAMERA fields, “timestamp”, “date” and “fraction” format options. Six other enhancements, twelve fixes.
    • 2.01 – Google File Viewer (mla_viewer) disabled. IPTC/EXIF mapping performance gains. Four other enhancements, five fixes.
    • 2.00 – Requires WP v3.5+. Ajax-powered bulk edit and mapping, front-end “terms search” for [mla_gallery]. Five other enhancements, two fixes.

201412 releases

  1. Media Library Assistant 1.95

  2. Media Library Assistant 1.94

  3. Media Library Assistant 1.93

  4. Media Library Assistant 1.92

  5. Media Library Assistant 1.91

  6. Media Library Assistant 1.90

  7. Media Library Assistant 1.83

  8. Media Library Assistant 1.82

  9. Media Library Assistant 1.81

  10. Media Library Assistant 1.80

  11. Media Library Assistant 1.71

  12. Media Library Assistant 1.70

201316 releases

  1. Media Library Assistant 1.61

  2. Media Library Assistant 1.60

  3. Media Library Assistant 1.52

  4. Media Library Assistant 1.51

  5. Media Library Assistant 1.50

  6. Media Library Assistant 1.43

  7. Media Library Assistant 1.42

  8. Media Library Assistant 1.41

  9. Media Library Assistant 1.40

  10. Media Library Assistant 1.30

  11. Media Library Assistant 1.20

  12. Media Library Assistant 1.14

  13. Media Library Assistant 0.1

    • Initial release.

  14. Media Library Assistant 1.13

  15. Media Library Assistant 1.11

  16. Media Library Assistant 1.10

201213 releases

  1. Media Library Assistant 1.00

    • 1.95: New [mla_gallery] parameters, Download rollover action, Media/Assistant submenu filters. Eleven enhancements, seven fixes.
    • 1.94: Media Manager fixes and new “current-item” parameters for [mla_tag_cloud]. Two other enhancements, seven fixes.
    • 1.93: WordPress 4.0 Media Grid enhancements (optional) and compatibility fixes. New auto-fill option for Media Manager taxonomy meta boxes. One other enhancement, three other fixes.
    • 1.92: Three bug fixes, one serious.
    • 1.91: WordPress 4.0 support! New “Edit Media meta box” and “Media Modal Initial Values” filters and example plugins. Four other enhancements, six fixes.
    • 1.90: New “Terms Search” popup window and Search Media “Terms” checkbox. Post Type filter and pagination for “Select Parent” popup. Ten other enhancements, five fixes.
    • 1.83: Corrects serious defect, restoring Quick Edit, Bulk Edit and Screen Options to Media/Assistant submenu. Three other fixes.
    • 1.82: “Select Parent” popup window (Media/Edit Media, Attached to column, Quick Edit area), SVG support and several new filter examples. Five other enhancements, three other fixes.
    • 1.81: Corrects serious defect in Media Manager Modal Window file uploading. Adds item-specific tag clouds. One other enhancement, five other fixes.
    • 1.80: Full taxonomy meta box support in the Media Manager Modal Window. Checkbox-style meta box for flat taxonomies. Fourteen other enhancements, nine fixes.
    • 1.71: Searchable Category meta boxes for the Media/Edit Media screen. Support for the WordPress “Attachment Display Settings”. Six fixes.
    • 1.70: Internationalization and localization support! Custom Field and IPTC/EXIF Mapping hooks. One other enhancement, six fixes.
    • 1.61: Three fixes, including one significant fix for item-specific markup substitution parameters. Tested for compatibility with WP 3.8.
    • 1.60: New [mla_tag_cloud] shortcode and shortcode-enabled MLA Text Widget. Five other enhancements, four fixes.
    • 1.52: Corrected serious defect in [mla_gallery] that incorrectly limited the number of items returned for non-paginated galleries. One other fix.
    • 1.51: Attachment Metadata mapping/updating, [mla_gallery] “apply_filters” hooks, multiple paginated galleries per page, “ALL_CUSTOM” pseudo value. Three other enhancements, six fixes.
    • 1.50: PDF and GPS Metadata support. Content Templates; mix literal text with data values, test for empty values and choose among two or more alternatives for [mla_gallery] and data mapping. Four other enhancements, seven fixes.
    • 1.43: Generalized pagination support with “mla_output=paginate_links”. One other enhancement, four fixes.
    • 1.42: Pagination support for [mla_gallery]! Improved CSS width (itemwidth) and margin handling. Eight other enhancements, six fixes.
    • 1.41: New [mla_gallery] “previous link” and “next link” output for gallery navigation. New “request” substitution parameter to access $_REQUEST variables. Three other enhancements, seven fixes.
    • 1.40: Better performance! New custom table views, Post MIME Type and Upload file/MIMEs control; 112 file type icons to choose from. Four new Gallery Display Content parameters. four other enhancements, twelve fixes.
    • 1.30: New “mla_alt_shortcode” parameter combines [mla_gallery] with other gallery display shortcodes, e.g., Jetpack Carousel and Tiled Mosaic. Support for new 3.6 audio/video metadata. One other enhancement, eight fixes.
    • 1.20: Media Manager (Add Media, etc.) enhancements: filter by more MIME types, date, taxonomy terms; enhanced search box for name/slug, ALT text, caption and attachment ID. New [mla_gallery] sort options. Four other enhancements, four fixes.
    • 1.14: New [mla_gallery] mla_target and tax_operator parameters, tax_query cleanup and ids/include fix. Attachments column fix. IPTC/EXIF and Custom Field mapping fixes. Three other fixes.
    • 1.13: Add custom fields to the quick and bulk edit areas; sort and search on them in the Media/Assistant submenu. Expanded EXIF data access, including COMPUTED values. Google File Viewer support, two other enhancements and two fixes.
    • 1.11: Search by attachment ID, avoid fatal errors and other odd results when adding taxonomy terms. One other fix.
    • 1.10: Map attachment metadata to custom fields; add them to [mla_gallery] display and as sortable columns on the Media/Assistant submenu table. Get Photonic Gallery (plugin) integration and six other fixes.
    • 1.00: Map IPTC and EXIF metadata to standard fields, taxonomy terms and custom fields. Improved performance for where-used reporting. Specify default [mla_gallery] style and markup templates. Five other fixes.

  2. Media Library Assistant 0.90

  3. Media Library Assistant 0.81

  4. Media Library Assistant 0.80

  5. Media Library Assistant 0.71

  6. Media Library Assistant 0.70

  7. Media Library Assistant 0.60

  8. Media Library Assistant 0.50

  9. Media Library Assistant 0.41

  10. Media Library Assistant 0.40

  11. Media Library Assistant 0.30

  12. Media Library Assistant 0.20

  13. Media Library Assistant 0.11

    • [mla_gallery] support for custom fields, taxonomy terms and IPTC/EXIF metadata. Updated for WordPress 3.5!
    • Improved default Style template, [mla_gallery] parameters “mla_itemwidth” and “mla_margin” for control of gallery item spacing. Quick edit support of WordPress standard Categories taxonomy has been fixed.
    • MLA Gallery Style and Markup Templates for control over CSS styles, HTML markup and data content of [mla_gallery] shortcode output. Eight other enhancements and four fixes.
    • Removed (!) Warning displays for empty Gallery in and MLA Gallery in column entries.
    • New “Gallery in” and “MLA Gallery in” where-used reporting to see where items are returned by the [gallery] and [mla_gallery] shortcodes. Two other enhancements and two fixes.
    • Enhanced Search Media box. Extend search to the name/slug, ALT text and caption fields. Connect search terms with “and” or “or”. Five other enhancements and two fixes.
    • New [mla_gallery] shortcode, a superset of the [gallery] shortcode that provides many enhancements. These include taxonomy support and all post_mime_type values (not just images). Media Library items need not be “attached” to the post.
    • SQL View (supporting ALT Text sorting) now created for automatic plugin upgrades
    • Bulk Edit area; add, remove or replace taxonomy terms for several attachments at once. Sort your media listing on ALT Text, exclude revisions from where-used reporting.
    • Support ALL taxonomies, including the standard Categories and Tags, your custom taxonomies and the Assistant’s pre-defined Att. Categories and Att. Tags. Add taxonomy columns to the Assistant admin screen, filter on any taxonomy, assign terms and list the attachments for a term.
    • Quick Edit action for inline editing of attachment metadata
    • Fixed “404 Not Found” errors when updating single items.

Questions about Media Library Assistant’s releases

What is the latest version of Media Library Assistant?

3.44, released on Oct 28, 2026 (1 week ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Media Library Assistant updated?

14 releases in the last year, about one every 21 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from August 2012.

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