Pixalty Media Explorer

Pixalty Media Explorer adds a virtual folder layer to the WordPress media library. It keeps files in their normal WordPress upload locations while giving administrators a faster way to organize, search, move, and reuse media. Current features:

• Hierarchical virtual folders for media attachments.
• Dedicated manager under the WordPress Media menu.
• Drag files into folders.
• Drag local files into the manager to upload them into the current folder.
• Drag one or many folders into another folder.
• Folder colors.
• Create, rename, delete, and move folders.
• Folders-first explorer view, with subfolders shown in the main file area.
• Back and forward folder navigation.
• Gallery view and list view.
• Click and Ctrl-click selection in the sidebar and main window.
• Sort folders and files inside the manager.
• Filter the manager by file type.
• Right-click context menu in the sidebar and main window with New Folder, Rename, Cut, Paste, Delete, Change color, and Download.
• Built-in attachment editor for title, alt text, caption, description, and folder assignment.
• Assign files through the WordPress media modal.
• Media Library list filter and folder column.
• Media modal folder filter for WooCommerce product editors and page builders that use the WordPress media modal.
• Folder selector on attachment edit screens.
• Download a folder as a ZIP file when ZipArchive is available.
• SVG upload support for administrators with in-place sanitization.
• Front-end gallery shortcode with local lightbox: [pixalty_gallery folder="123" columns="3"].
• Front-end document library shortcode: [pixalty_document_library folder="123"].
• Best-effort folder sync for translated media attachments in WPML and Polylang.

Pixalty Media Explorer is an original implementation by Pixalty. It is designed to solve the same broad media-organization problem as popular folder plugins while avoiding proprietary code, copied assets, copied UI artwork, or third-party branding.

1.1.0

• Added the Pixalty icon to the admin manager header.
• Added flat two-tone SVG folder icons with darker same-color tabs across sidebar, grid, and list views.

1.0.0

• Renamed the public plugin branding to Pixalty Media Explorer.
• Renamed the root manager view to Files & Folders.
• Improved folder icons with a more recognizable tabbed folder shape.
• Enabled toolbar Rename for a single selected folder or file in the root view.
• Moved the manager under the WordPress Media menu and compacted the explorer toolbar with icon-only actions.

0.3.9

• Made Files & Folders the default manager home view.
• Removed the separate catch-all explorer view.
• Show root folders inside the Files & Folders view for a more file-explorer-like layout.

0.3.8

• Improved file explorer drag-and-drop reliability with mouse, touch, and pointer fallback handling.
• Added small multi-select checkboxes to explorer grid and list items.

0.3.7

• Removed colored folder row borders from list view.

0.3.6

• Fixed drag-and-drop uploads so files are assigned to the selected media folder during upload.

0.3.5

• Removed folder card top color strips from gallery view.

0.3.4

• Added a delete mode choice for folders, allowing files to be kept or deleted with the folder.
• Preserved original filenames inside downloaded folder ZIP files unless duplicate names require a suffix.
• Added file-type filtering to the manager toolbar.
• Added drag-and-drop uploads into the current folder or dropped-on folder.
• Added active folder color to the main window top border.

0.3.3

• Tightened list view spacing and enlarged list thumbnails.
• Improved folder icons in the sidebar, grid view, and list view.
• Added folder-colored top borders in the main pane.

0.3.2

• Fixed folder file counts for attachment folders by calculating counts from media relationships instead of relying on WordPress term counts.

0.3.1

• Improved context menu positioning and compact styling.
• Added thumbnails to list view rows.
• Replaced the native browser color input with an in-app palette and hex color picker.

0.3.0

• Added folders-first explorer rendering in the main pane.
• Added back and forward navigation.
• Added gallery/list view switching with file details in list view.
• Added click and Ctrl-click selection across sidebar and main pane.
• Added main-window context menus.
• Replaced native WordPress edit links with the built-in attachment editor.
• Removed raster image processing tools from the manager.

0.2.0

• Added SVG upload sanitization.
• Added local gallery lightbox.
• Added bulk folder moving, context menu actions, and folder sorting.
• Added document library shortcode.
• Added media modal folder filtering for broader WooCommerce and page-builder compatibility.
• Added WPML and Polylang attachment folder sync hooks.

0.1.0

• Initial development build.