Any website lives mainly on its content. And media files like GIFs, images, videos, infographics, and others bring the content to life. They are indeed the heart and soul of any web page, as they can captivate visitors and convey important messages engagingly.
Now imagine if these media files are scattered and disorganized in the backend, how difficult your overall content management system can be! Because you may often need to reuse the same media files multiple times, but you may not find them easily during your needs.
An organized media library can save both your time and effort. HappyMedia is a WordPress media file manager plugin that allows you to do these things from one single platform. In this article, we'll introduce you to the plugin, explaining all its key features, benefits, and more.
What Is HappyMedia? At a Glance
As we've already said, HappyMedia is a media file manager plugin for WordPress. It has been meticulously crafted to handle all sorts of media assets in the backend of your website. Using this plugin, you can arrange your media files through unlimited folders, subfolders, and categories just as you arrange your favorite songs in playlists.
The HappyMedia plugin also supports secured uploading of various media files directly to your desired folders. You can also rearrange media files and folders by using drag and drop functionality anytime afterward, enhancing your workflow.
HappyMedia includes tons of exciting features and compatibility with most of the WordPress plugins. We'll introduce you to all the key features in the following parts. But before that, take a quick look at why you may need a plugin like HappyMedia on your WordPress site.
Why Should You Consider HappyMedia on Your Website?
Let us clarify at the beginning that HappyMedia is more useful to those who have to upload and manage numerous media files on their website regularly. Beginners and those who manage websites for testing purposes may not need this plugin.
Below is a list of several key points on how the HappyMedia plugin can be helpful to media file-heavy websites. Take a quick look at them, please.
a. Improve Efficiency in Media File Organization
By default, the WordPress media library stores all types of files in a scattered format. There is no opportunity to organize them properly. Using the HappyMedia plugin, you can organize them into folders and categories, improving your efficiency.
b. Save a Good Amount of Time
Once your files are organized, you can find them easily at your fingertips. Moreover, the plugin has multiple search options that will help you find the necessary files quickly, saving you valuable time.
c. Reduce Errors in File Management
This plugin lets you directly upload your favorite files to specific folders or categories. As a result, you don't have to upload files to the library first and then go for categorization. This can remarkably reduce the possibility of making mistakes.
d. Security and Access Control
HappyMedia has a special feature by which you can limit access to specific media files. As a result, unauthorized users cannot delete or use sensitive files for personal objectives. (Note: click here to learn how to bulletproof the security of your WordPress site).
e. Scalability
As you can create unlimited folders and subfolders, this plugin is able to accommodate a growing library of media files as your website expands.
Standout Features That Make HappyMedia a Must-Have Plugin
The HappyMedia plugin offers numerous benefits apart from the above points. These will gradually be clear once you start exploring its features. We'll now discuss the most important features of the plugin that can take your WordPress media file management experience to the next level.
1. Drag and Drop Functionality
Drag-and-drop is now a popular functionality in almost all web applications and plugins. Because it's intuitive and requires a technical hassle. The HappyMedia plugin covers the drag-and-drop functionality as a prime feature.
Not only can you reorder folders and categories using this feature, but also you can move media files from one folder to another using this feature. When you drag and drop a folder into another folder, it will automatically become a sub-folder of that folder.
2. Create Unlimited Folders
This feature is a big reason why we call the HappyMedia plugin highly scalable. As your website grows and gets saturated with numerous media files, you can keep creating folders and subfolders to manage the media files. This means there is no limit to creating and managing folders and categories.
Note: Folders and categories are the same thing in the HappyMedia plugin. Whenever you create a sub-folder, it's saved as a sub-category.
3. Upload SVG Files
SVGs (Standard Vector Graphics) are actually XML-based files commonly used for web graphics and icons. But this type of file often contains scripts, including malicious codes. If you import SVG files without proper sanitization, they can cause serious damage to your site.
This is why WordPress restricts uploading SVG files by default. The HappyMedia plugin will rescue you from this problem. It allows you to upload media files and preview them before using them so you can ensure they are secured.
4. Directly Upload Images to Media Folders
Say goodbye to the hassle of uploading files to a general library and then sorting them into categories. You can directly upload and categorize them to the exact folders right from the beginning, saving you valuable time. This eliminates the need for post-upload categorization, making your media management more efficient.
5. Multi-Grid Image Galleries
HappyMedia allows you to create two types of galleries on the frontend: Even Grid and Masonry Grid. This means you can display the media files of any particular folder or category in these two gallery formats using the respective Gutenberg shortcode block.
6. Upload Images from Third-Party Sources
Unsplash, Pixabay, and Pexels are some of the most popular repositories of copyright-free images worldwide. You are probably also using these platforms to download necessary images and upload them to your website to make your text content more lively.
HappyMedia currently has integrations with these three platforms. As a result, you no longer need to download images from these platforms and upload them to your website later. Rather, you can upload images directly to your site, even to particular folders from these platforms.
7. Easy to Search Files and Folders
HappyMedia provides you with two search bars. One is for searching folders, and the second is for searching media files within a particular folder. This makes finding out the exact media file much easier. But the default WordPress library doesn't have multiple searching options. What happens as a result?
You have to explore numerous files in the library manually. Because if multiple files are saved with close names, finding the right file instantly by keywords becomes difficult.
8. Supports Gutenberg and Elementor
HappyMedia is equally compatible with both Gutenberg and Elementor. So, if you already use any custom Gutenberg plugin or your site is designed with Elementor, you can be sure that HappyMedia won't create any conflict. Everything will run very smoothly.
A Sneak Peek into the Upcoming Features of HappyMedia
Developers behind HappyMedia are constantly trying to come up with new features for the plugin. Have a sneak peek into the features that are going to be added to the plugin in the near future.
Integrations with WooCommerce and Dokan
WooCommerce is the number one choice for millions of users to create online shops on WordPress, and Dokan is the number one choice for creating multivendor marketplaces. Integrations with these plugins will let you manage media files of entire product categories.
Pin Category
This feature will empower you to designate certain folders or categories as essential so you can readily access them whenever needed. So you don't have to waste any time in finding them.
Image Compressor
Naturally, we compress image files before uploading them to any website to keep its posts and pages lightweight. The HappyMedia plugin includes a compressor, which can handle extra size shrinking by itself. So you no longer have to do this manually.
User Access Management
You can limit users' access to your media files so nobody can delete, harm, or use them for personal objectives without your consent. This will ease the collaboration process on a website with acute transparency.
Folder Lock
This feature is kinda similar to the immediate above one. The above feature may allow users to view media files, but they won't be able to do anything with them unless they have access. However, with the folder lock feature, you can hide sensitive media files from other users.
Pricing Plans of the HappyMedia Plugin
HappyMedia currently has two pricing schemes – Annual and Lifetime. Each one again has three distinct pricing plans. They are:
Annual Plans of HappyMedia
- Personal – $49/one website
- Professional – $99/ten websites
- Business – $199/one thousand websites
Lifetime Plans for HappyMedia
- Personal – $199/one website
- Professional – $399/ten websites
- Business – $899/one thousand websites
Note: Since this is a newly launched product, Happy Media is offering you an inaugural discount, which will continue for a few days or months. You’ll get a 50% discount on any pricing plan during the offer period. You can ask for a refund within 14 days after purchasing the plugin.
Final Words
It is now clearly evident that seamless media management is no longer a luxury, especially for those who have to handle tons of media files almost every day. The HappyMedia plugin not only simplifies the complicated process of uploading and organization but also adds an extra layer of creativity to your content management system.
Hope you enjoyed this article. We cordially request you share your feedback about the plugin with us in the comment section.