Title: Media Library Extension Author: Martin von Berg Published: 19 Dicember 2020 Last modified: 12 Sgiugn 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wp-wpcat-json-rest.svg) # Media Library Extension By [Martin von Berg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/martinvonberg/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-wpcat-json-rest.3.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-wpcat-json-rest/#description) * [Reviews](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-wpcat-json-rest/#reviews) * [Installation](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-wpcat-json-rest/#installation) * [Development](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-wpcat-json-rest/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-wpcat-json-rest/) ## Description Extend the REST-API to work with WordPress Media-Library. Organize images in Folders. Add and Update images including Metadata and Posts using the images. Access with Authorization only. This plugin extends the REST-API of WordPress to directly access the Media-Library for Images. It is intended to be used together with a Lightroom Plugin or as a stand-alone interface for headless WordPress. The new REST-API endpoints( functions) allow to add additional metadata to images, update existing metadata or update images completely without changing the WordPress-ID. Images may be added to the standard directory hierarchy of wordpress or to an additional folder which allows better organization and searching for images. NEW FUNCTION : See 3.2 ## Installation 1. Visit the plugins page on your Admin-page and click ‘Add New’ 2. Search for ‘wp_wpcat_json_rest’, or ‘JSON’ and ‘REST’ 3. Once found, click on ‘Install’ 4. Go to the plugins page and activate the plugin 5. Go to Admin Settings and activate what you prefer. ## FAQ There are no FAQs just yet. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Media Library Extension” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Martin von Berg ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/martinvonberg/) [Translate “Media Library Extension” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-wpcat-json-rest) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-wpcat-json-rest/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-wpcat-json-rest/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-wpcat-json-rest/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-wpcat-json-rest/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.0.1 to 0.0.6 * Development phase #### 0.0.7 * First working release: 1.04.2020 #### 0.0.8 * Translation of comments. Preparation for wordpress.org Plugin-directory #### 0.0.9 * Adaptations for publish to wordpress.org Plugin-directory - implemented namespace for the plugin - changed define to const (only const is in the namespace, define not) - changed the REST-namespace - removed all wpcat and wp_ – prefixes for plugin-code, except in comments - GET – /addfromfolder provides now a list with id’s and original-files that are already added to the media-library - changed permission callbacks to is_user_logged_in - added required = true to args of rest-route-functions - added authorization required for complete REST-API - fixed md5_original_file request for deleted files in folder, but still in media-library #### 0.0.10 * Removed minor inconsistencies at the rest_field definitions #### 0.0.11 * added namespace to inner functions #### 0.0.12 * set resize quality back to standard value (82). Images were too big! #### 0.0.13 * Readme updated. No functional change. * 2020-02-12: Test with WP5.6.1 an PHP8.0 on live site: no errors reported. Works! * PHP-Compatibility check with phpcs. Compatible from PHP 5.4 – 8.0. But keep PHP 7.0 as minimum version * Update to keep some WP coding guideline. But still not all! Only partially done. #### 0.0.14 * Readme and docblocks updated. * Added functionality to handle webp images as well. Tested with WP 5.8-RC4 test version. #### 0.0.15 * Update function updated! The update includes now also ALL posts that are using the updated image. All links are changed to the new links. * The plugin is partly re-using the great work of ‘Enable Media Replacer’ that solved the task already for manual updates via the frontend. * Aditionally the ‘alt-text’ and the ‘caption’ are updated if the are used in gutenberg blocks ‘image’, ‘gallery’ and ‘media-with-text’. * Important: There are many, many other blocks, images, galleries around. For these I couldn’t realize the update of ‘alt-text’ and ‘caption’. * BUT: The links are updated! * Code quality check with phpstan: level 5 is OK except 19 remaining Errors. These were carefully checked and regarded as OK. Minor changes to reach level 5. #### 0.0.16 * Bug-Fix for Image Update with same filename. Python testcase added for that and successfully tested. #### 0.0.17 * Just a new tag for SVN upload test #### 0.0.18 *Code-Rework: * loaded updated emrFile.php from github * split helper functions in several files and renamed /inc to /includes * simplified loading of WP-Error class * added a programatical filter for image quality. Standard is now 80 for jpeg and 40 for webp. * tested the whole bunch of changes with the python-test-suite and Lightroom. * The further code rework acc. to: https://carlalexander.ca/designing- system-wordpress-rest-api-endpoints/ or * https://torquemag.io/2018/03/advanced- oop-wordpress-customizing-rest-api-endpoints-improve-wordpress-search/ looks very promising but won’t be done. #### 0.0.19 * Just a new tag for SVN upload test #### 0.1.0 * Rework of the image update function (endpoint of POST-Request /update/): The function updates the image FILE only and the filename if provided in POST request. * Content, description, alt-text, parent ASO are now kept and no longer overwritten. * Change the modified date, only and not the published date on changes. Valid for image and post that uses it. * Set the slug and permalink according to title, if the title is changed. * If the title of the old image was different from the filename than title will be kept. All other meta-data remains unchanged including post-parent. * Minimum required PHP version is 7.3 now as now tests with 7.2 were done. #### 0.1.1 * Code Refactoring and meaningful PHPunit tests completed #### 0.1.2 * Test with WordPress 6.0. #### 0.1.3 * Test with WordPress 6.1. Minor Bug Fixes. #### 0.1.4 * Test with WordPress 6.2. Minor Bug Fixes especially in image_update_callback. php. #### 0.1.5 * Minor Bug Fixes in image_update_callback.php: added the do_action. This is the event trigger for the Pugin to strip metadata. * Test with WordPress 6.3 #### 0.1.5 * Test with WordPress 6.4. No changes. Detected Issue during test: If image is attached to parent the SQL wpdb->query does not update the post! Detected WordPress- Feature: The Post is not updated if it is open for editing. #### 0.1.5 * Test with WordPress 6.6. No changes. #### 1.0.0 * Added support for AVIF-Files and tested with WordPress 6.6.2. Minor change of quality for image resizing. Increased minimum versions of WP and PHP. #### 1.1.0 * EXPERIMENTAL !!! * Added an own class to generate the image-sizes with ImageMagick. This produces smaller files as expected where AVIF is 0.5 Jpeg-size and -30% of WebP-size. * The calculation times are roughly: * JPEG : 2.0 s, WEBP : 3.0 s, AVIF : 4.8 s on my local machine. Without my Image_Editor its 2.6s for AVIF only! Tested with 1 image only! * Tested with WordPress 6.7-RC4 This class to generate the image-sizes with ImageMagick is used always! For every upload! * Added new routes and functions to handle local generated images. #### 1.1.0 * Test with WordPress 6.8. No changes. #### 1.2.0 * Test with WordPress 6.9. No changes for that. Minor Update of PHP-Function post_add_file_to_folder() for better folder name generation. Added PHPUnit Tests for the new PHP-functions. #### 2.0.0 * Updated minimum PHP-Version to 8.0 (8.3 would be even better) * Updated method doMetaReplaceQuery() in replacer.php as start of update to new WP and PHP principles. (Old code works but is very old fashioned) #### 3.0.0 * Update method doMetaReplaceQuery in replacer.php. Used Copilot to review and update replacer.php for PHPStan Level 8. * Added a new hook for the standard media upload to have Metadata for webp and avif identical to jpg. Rework of Metadata Extractor. * Rework of ‘trigger_after_rest’ for PHPStan Level 8 and removed the update of the slug in title change. Implemented the usage of the new setting to update content with caption and title. * BREAKING CHANGE: Minimum PHP is now 8.x. Minor Updates in almost all PHP-Files. * Added simple Admin Settings page mainly for the new Hook (AdminSettings.php.) and some for the existing REST-API. * Test with WP 7.0 * Rebranding: Plugin renamed to “Media Library Extension” ## Meta * Version **3.0.0** * Last updated **4 weeks ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 6.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0.1** * PHP version ** 8.2 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-wpcat-json-rest/) * Tags * [media library](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/media-library/)[rest-api](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/rest-api/) [upload](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/upload/) * [Advanced View](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-wpcat-json-rest/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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