Question

Is there a solution to change the add Media popup in posts/page WordPress admin ?

My dream is to integrate the popup directly in a metabox. The user shouldn’t open the popup to manage his media files. And sometimes hide the library and From URL tabs, not always useful…
I’m looking to better manage a product page (for ecommercial website..) and its images.

Just a question 🙂 And maybe a suggestion.
What do you think about that?

Answer 1

You can manipulate that screen in a couple of ways.

• Using the action hook admin_head-media-upload-popup, as seen in How to Add a Custom Colum on Thickbox Media Gallery Tab?.

• Or using the filter media_upload_tabs: Remove tabs from media uploader for a CPT.

Other solutions/examples and possible hooks can be found with this search query: https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/search?q=media-upload-popup

Take a look at the plugin Image Pro, which seems to meet the requirements.

Upload, resize, add, change images instantly. Manage your media collection with ease and use it for any post or page. A new way of managing content!

And analyzing the code of the plugin Faster Image Insert can reveal some interesting techniques.

Fully integrates media manager into editing interface, avoid reloading thickbox pop-up, with enhanced features like multi-insert & mass-editing.