Yeah, media. I love it. Most people live it and some are just indifferent about it. Blah! Is what I say to them. The reason I say it is because I love entertainment. Surprised? Don’t be. I am super easily amused. Like super easy. Like two-year-old easily.

A little history

The last couple of months I was trying to think of a way to organize my media library. No, not my computer. That would require way too much effort on my part and I just don’t have the attention span for it. I mean for my WordPress site. One thing that I felt could be improved. At least the experience.

My current library is the default one. Why? Because I never got a chance to get to it. I’ve wanted to change the layout for some time and use a grid system to display all the items. Do keep in mind I mostly have photos and very little audio and little-to-no video. For the time being. I will change that down the road, of course.

So here is the current look:

Media Library core

Recently I came across an amazing plugin that helped me do what I would like to do. At least for the time being. It’s called media grid. Simple solution that will hopefully make its way to core. As I write this out I’m also testing the development version and tweaking, trying to figure out how to break things and where it may break. It’s fun. You should try it one day. As Ferris Bueller once said:

“It is so choice; if you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.”

Yes. I do believe in the plugin that much. Enough to write about it. Running through the paces I do have to say I love how it works on a desktop environment. The ability to change from thumbnail to a larger image is nice and being able to batch delete is great. Next phase – I feel – will be being able to preview the other media. Do remember that ever since WordPress 3.6 video and audio support were added and there are several plugins that also add other formats to the mix.

For me, the ones that matter most are video, audio, and of course images. So with the plugin enabled it does look like:

media-grid It is a little edited since the version I’m using wasn’t playing nice with the screen but that gives you an idea of what to expect. Pretty cool, right? So go, download it, try it out and if you’re feeling up to it: review it!