Add sorting options to media library (+uploader)

[janeforshort]

In the media library, you can filter by file type, but there is no sorting function, so if you have lots of media files, you have to wade through pages of files to get to the chronological place in the list where the image you want was first uploaded. It would be helpful to add sorting options, so people could view by Date (default, current view), Name (alphabetically A-Z) or Most used (favorites? not sure of right label). The last option would be a big help for people who consistently use certain images over an dover (for example, people who write about WordPress on their blogs will drop the same logo in over and over. As it is, it's often easier to upload a new image instead of trying to find where the existing one is, which seems wrong.

[johnbillion]

+1

This is a good idea. Sorting by date/title would be a relatively simple patch, sorting by usage frequency would require a little more work.

[hakre]

I just missed it.

Related: #13443

[hakre]

Searching for the exact filename (incl. file extension) is not possible as well.

[hakre]

Just found this out: Searching for the filename overall does not work. Searching only works for the title. Could be improved.

[hakre]

Another UX Issue: Being on last page on searched/filtered results and then permantly deleting all images on it will bring me to an empty page instead of the now last page (paged is not limited to last page automatically).

[hakre]

Related: #11114

[scribu]

See #14579.

[byronyasgur]

I think this is definitley needed - I would also like to propose 3 more filter options, filter by custom post type, by media type and by author.

By author: for multi author blogs, excpecially image heavy blogs this would be invaluable

By Custom Post Type - the recent accessibility of custom post types has presented many possibilities to the WordPress developer as we all know, however it is unusual that all the media from separate custom post types are all thrown together into the one section

By media type: simply listing all the images, or all the audio files etc

[scribu]

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