Title: Attachment Taxonomy Support
Author: Ben Huson
Published: <strong>November 21, 2011</strong>
Last modified: December 14, 2012

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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.

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# Attachment Taxonomy Support

 By [Ben Huson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/husobj/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/attachment-taxonomy-support.1.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/attachment-taxonomy-support/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/attachment-taxonomy-support/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/attachment-taxonomy-support/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/attachment-taxonomy-support/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/attachment-taxonomy-support/)

## Description

The Attachment Taxonomy Support provides better support for media and attachments
in WordPress versions before WordPress 3.5+.

In versions of WordPress subsequent to 3.5 it just registers ‘attachment_category’
and ‘attachment_tag’ taxonomies.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Edit Media (pre WordPress 3.5)
 * [[
 * Media Popup (pre WordPress 3.5)

## Installation

Upload the Attachment Taxonomy Support plugin to your WordPress plugins folder (/
wp-content/plugins) or install it via your WordPress admin. Then activate it from
the plugin admin page.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Attachment Taxonomy Support” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Ben Huson ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/husobj/)

[Translate “Attachment Taxonomy Support” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/attachment-taxonomy-support)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/attachment-taxonomy-support/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/attachment-taxonomy-support/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/attachment-taxonomy-support/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/attachment-taxonomy-support/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.2

 * Disable admin functionality in WordPress 3.5+ as taxonomies are now supported
   natively and media workflow has changed.

#### 1.1.2

 * Ensure admin.js is loaded on media pages.
 * Added text domain to translation strings in setup_taxonomies().

#### 1.1.1

 * Add language support.
 * Enqueue scripts properly and only when required.
 * Remove unnecessary menu redirect.

#### 1.1

 * Added media taxonomy menu items.
 * Added links to manage taxonomies.
 * Fix attachment taxonomies not saving if all checkboxes deselected.
 * Fix saving when editing multiple attachment in post popup.
 * Allow default taxonomies to be removed via ‘attachmenttaxsupp_taxonomies’ filter.
 * Added support for hierarchical taxonomies.

#### 1.0

 * First version.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2**
 *  Last updated **13 years ago**
 *  Active installations **30+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.5.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/attachment-taxonomy-support/)
 * Tags
 * [attachment](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/attachment/)[attachments](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/attachments/)
   [media](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/media/)[taxonmies](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/taxonmies/)
   [taxonomy](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/taxonomy/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/attachment-taxonomy-support/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ Ben Huson ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/husobj/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/attachment-taxonomy-support/)