Organising your media

Media categories can be used to better organise uploaded media in the Media Library.

The following instructions will assist with media categorisation and management,

• Adding a new media category
• Applying a category to media
• Filtering media in the Media Library using media categories

Adding a new media category

1. Log in to WordPress and access the Dashboard
   
2. From the Dashboard select ‘Media’ -> ‘Media Categories’
   
3. Enter a media category name and select the ‘Add New Media Category’ button.
   
4. Your new media category has now been created

Applying a category to media

1. Log in to WordPress and access the Dashboard.
   
2. From the Dashboard selected ‘Media’.
   
3. Find the media that you want to apply the media category to and choose the ‘Edit’ link associated with it.
   
4. Apply the desired media category or categories to the media using the ‘Media Categories’ panel located at the right sidebar of the ‘Edit Media’ screen.
   
5. Select the ‘Update’ button.
   
6. The media category will now be applied to the chosen media.

Filtering media in the Media Library using media categories

1. Log in to WordPress and access the Dashboard
   
2. From the Dashboard selected ‘Media’.
   
3. Choose the ‘All Media Categories’ selection box from the top of the media listing within the Media Library.
   
4. Select the media category that you want to filter the library by.
   
5. Select the ‘Filter’ button.
   
6. The Media Library will now display all media with the filtered media category.