{"id":3960,"date":"2022-04-25T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T06:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/?p=3960"},"modified":"2023-11-07T23:20:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T17:50:13","slug":"media-library-bulk-editing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/media-library-bulk-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulk Edit Image Attributes In The Media Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Image Attributes Pro version <code>4.4<\/code> and newer, you can edit your image attributes directly from the Media Library List view. <\/p><p>To access this feature, make sure you are on the latest version of Image Attributes Pro, then head over to <code>WordPress Dashboard &gt; Media<\/code>. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Media Library Grid View v\/s List View<\/h2><p>Media Library has two views: The <code>Grid view<\/code> and the <code>List view<\/code>. Editing features are available in the List view. You can switch between these views using the selector in the top left of the Media Library as you can see below. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Media-Library-List-View.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure><p>Image attribute columns are available in the free version as well starting with <code>version 4.4<\/code> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/auto-image-attributes-from-filename-with-bulk-updater\/\">Auto Image Attributes From Filename With Bulk Updater<\/a> plugin. However, free version does not have sorting and editing features. <\/p><p>The new columns for image Title, Alternative Text, Caption and Description can be enabled or disabled using the <code>Screen Options<\/code> drawer in the top right of your WordPress admin. Refer the image below.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1176\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Media-Library-Screen-Options.png\" alt=\"Media Library Screen Options\" class=\"wp-image-3966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Media-Library-Screen-Options.png 1176w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Media-Library-Screen-Options-730x359.png 730w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Media-Library-Screen-Options-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Media-Library-Screen-Options-600x295.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1176px) 100vw, 1176px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Media Library Screen Options<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Editing Image Attributes From the Media Library<\/h2><p>The newly available Media Library columns for image attributes all include an <code>Edit button<\/code> right next to it. Refer the image below. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Media-Library-Edit-Image-Attribute-Button.png\" alt=\"Media Library Edit Image Attribute Button\" class=\"wp-image-3967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Media-Library-Edit-Image-Attribute-Button.png 830w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Media-Library-Edit-Image-Attribute-Button-730x273.png 730w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Media-Library-Edit-Image-Attribute-Button-768x287.png 768w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Media-Library-Edit-Image-Attribute-Button-600x224.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edit image attributes in the Media Library with this button. <\/figcaption><\/figure><p>You can either click this Edit button, or simply click any of the image attribute itself to reveal the editing text box. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Edit-Button-For-Image-Attributes.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure><p>You can use the <code>Tab<\/code> key on your keyboard to travel through the attributes and edit them quickly. When you are done, click <code>Save All<\/code> button to save the changes to the database. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Save-All-Edits-To-Database.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Copy Image Attributes To Post HTML Automatically. <\/h2><p>As you might know, <a href=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/how-wordpress-store-image-attributes\/\">WordPress stores image attributes<\/a> in both the Media Library and also within the post HTML. Image Attributes Pro can help you update both these locations. <\/p><p>To update the post HTML whenever you edit the image attributes from the Media Library, make sure the setting <code>Copy image attributes to post HTML while updating in Media Library<\/code> is enabled. You can find this setting in <code>Advanced<\/code> tab &gt; under <code>Miscellaneous Settings<\/code>. <a href=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/auto-copy-image-attributes-to-post-html-from-media-library\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"948\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/copy-image-attributes-to-post-html-while-updating-the-media-library.png\" alt=\"Copy Image Attributes To Post Html While Updating The Media Library\" class=\"wp-image-3598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/copy-image-attributes-to-post-html-while-updating-the-media-library.png 948w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/copy-image-attributes-to-post-html-while-updating-the-media-library-730x214.png 730w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/copy-image-attributes-to-post-html-while-updating-the-media-library-768x225.png 768w, https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/copy-image-attributes-to-post-html-while-updating-the-media-library-600x176.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quickly Discover Empty Attributes With Sort<\/h2><p>Clicking the title of the column sorts the column, first in ascending order and then if you click again, in descending order. This feature helps you identify which images have empty image attributes and update them in no time. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video autoplay loop muted src=\"https:\/\/imageattributespro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Sorting-Captions-In-Media-Library.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure><p>In the above clip, the Caption column is sorted. This brings the empty captions to the top. You can do the same with every other image attribute as well. <\/p><p>Do not forget to click the <code>Save All<\/code> button when you are done editing. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Image Attributes Pro version 4.4 and newer, you can edit your image attributes directly from the Media Library List view. To access this feature, make sure you are on the latest version of Image Attributes Pro, then head over to WordPress Dashboard &gt; Media. 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