This is a fork of Imsanity under the terms of the GPL, since the plugin author confirmed he is no longer supporting the WordPress 4.9 (ClassicPress) branch. Right now it is functionally identical to Imsanity 2.6.0. ZigPress will support and further develop this fork for ClassicPress users.
Interesting thought. For now I want to focus on plugins that are dropping 4.9 compatibility, along with my own inventions, but maybe when I have more time
I was actually considering forking a media folders type plugin, mainly for my own use, but Folders seems much more stable and slick than WordPress Real Media Library, in terms of the UI. Iâve used both and Real Media Library seems much more sluggish and clunky.
I didnât know about the WordPress Real Physical Media plugin (which seems to be an extension of WordPress Real Media Library, right?). But I think this feature is such a minority need that itâs not worth the considerable time investment to take it apart and rebuild it, in order to be able to properly support it.
There is also the fact that Code Canyon licensing is not GPL. I know in theory everything you add to WP/CP becomes GPL, but theory and legal battles are two different things.
I donât know about the security side of doing that, but managing real media folders, not only tags are a big (and almost only) plus of Real Media Folders. The mess in uploads folder insulting me.
For a short time I used Mediamatic, liked, but I suspect, they just forked Folders.
So, if I can to wish, I want an ability to manage real folders in Uploads.
Based on certain UI elements, Mediamatic probably forked Real Media Library, not Folders.
Real Media Library doesnât have tags, only folders. Media Library Categories gives you categories and could be enhanced to offer tags as well. Envira Gallery has a tags addon. But when you have folders, categories and tags become less important.
But youâre still not going to persuade me to release a âreal physical foldersâ plugin, because I just donât think enough people want or need it The CodeCanyon Real Media plugins you mentioned will have to be your solution. They should be fine on ClassicPress since they work with WP 4.4 upwards.
No, they donât. On the bottom they wrote a different message. Yes, there is a confusion.
From what I saw, it was a pretty good plugin for complex media library management.
When you have a few hundred images, you really need folders. But Year-Month folder structure is the worst solution, unless you donât care about findability with multiple authors and especially - with different authors and Photographers. And tags are needed in this case, together with real folders.
Ah, thatâs a shame. If you really need custom physical folders, maybe you should contact the author, tell him youâre using WP 4.9 and that it isnât working.
Few people understand the time, effort, and dedication involved in creating a viable fork that will last. Unless someone is sitting on a bunch of free time that they can continually throw at a thing, it doesnât make good sense to fork something of more than a couple hundred lines. Itâs too much work for no return.
Itâs nice that a few people have expressed interest in purchasing premium versions of plugins, however, I think the developer is still faced with the same issue: the ClassicPress userbase is too small to expect more than a couple purchases per year â far too few to support the effort. That number is just a guess, of course, however, I feel itâs an accurate assumption as Iâve released about a dozen free plugins in 18 months and still havenât managed to get up to 100 (cumulative) installs yet.
Exactly. I fully intend to develop premium plugins for ClassicPress, but thereâs simply no point yet.
What Iâm doing at the moment is trying to help the CP ecosystem to grow by releasing some easy-to-support free plugins, to make CP a more attractive proposition for developers and website owners.