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This plugin hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.

Modify Attachments Meta

By Vladimir Vassilev
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Description

When embedding a file/image/video/something to a page, or you try to edit them in the Library, you’ll be allowed to make changes on some meta data. Currently timestamp for uploading of the file and menu order are configurable, although they are still not well validated for wrong input.

TODO

  • Metabox like shown here: http://wpsnipp.com/index.php/functions-php/start-date-end-date-metabox-for-events-custom-post-types/;
  • Changing file name of the attachment (without the extension, of course);
  • Control over which user roles can edit these fields;
  • Validation error messages should be displayed;
  • Use anonymous functions, instead of worrying what’ll happen if a function is defined by someone else;
  • If a user types invalid input, they should be warned. Currently nothing happens – attachment is updated without updating with the wrong data.

As I’m lazy as hell, I’ll need your help to think of new features to implement!

Contributors are welcome on GitHub: https://github.com/vlood/modify-attachments-meta

Screenshots

  • How editing date and time looks on the attachment edit page.

Installation

From your WordPress dashboard

  1. Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’
  2. Search for ‘Modify Attachments Meta’
  3. Activate Modify Attachments Meta from your Plugins page.

Now you can edit you attachments’ date and time of upload. Other features will be coming soon.

From WordPress.org

  1. Download ‘Modify Attachments Meta’.
  2. Upload the ‘modify-attachments-meta’ directory to your ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory, using your favorite method (ftp, sftp, scp, etc…)
  3. Activate it from your Plugins page.

FAQ

Does it have a settings page?

Nope.

Reviews

Zero success.

Paul September 3, 2016 1 reply
Install, “Modify the original upload date” on a media item, Save… nothing. Doesn’t look like this plugin works with WordPress 4.5.2.

Nice. Can't wait for the announced features

Martin Sauter September 3, 2016
Modifying the date works perfectly – thanks! I hope to see the file renaming feature soon!
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Contributors & Developers

“Modify Attachments Meta” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors
  • Vladimir Vassilev

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Changelog

0.2 – 2014.12.25 (Merry Christmas!)

  • Now menu order is editable (thanks to aspacecodyssey);
  • Bulgarian translation was updated;
  • Confirmed WordPress 4.1 compatibility;

0.1

  • Editing an attachment date and time record is now possible;

Meta

  • Version 0.2
  • Last updated 9 years ago
  • Active installations 300+
  • WordPress version 3.8 or higher
  • Tested up to 4.5.32
  • Language
    English (US)
  • Tags
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3.3 out of 5 stars.
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