BetterMediaBrowser

Media Browser Extensions for MODX

Organization: Treehill Studio
Creator: Thomas Jakobi (jako)

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About BetterMediaBrowser

BetterMediaBrowser extends the MODX browser with drag-and-drop functionality for moving one or more files within the tree, deleting/downloading multiple files, and searching for files in the currently active media source.

Information

Released
October 24, 2026

Supported Database
MySQL

License
GPLv2

Supported Versions
2.8 - Current

Downloads
136

Documentation
BetterMediaBrowser Documentation

Instructions

Install through package manager.

New in 1.1.0

Added

  • Cache a file index per media source for faster searches
  • Clear the search cache on file changes and when the MODX cache is cleared
  • Keep the toolbar and the media source selector of the media browser tree visible while scrolling the tree
  • Dutch, French and Russian translations

Changed

  • Faster scanning of local and MODX 3 media sources
  • Sort the search results before limiting them
  • Show a file icon instead of a thumbnail for files that are not images in the file search window

Fixed

  • Show an error message for all fatal errors in the file search, without exposing server paths
  • Use the search_enabled system setting to enable the file search
  • Use the enabled system setting to enable BetterMediaBrowser
  • Use the working context of the media browser for the thumbnails in the file search window

Current releases

1.1.0
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October 24, 2026
2.8 - Current

1.0.3
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October 21, 2026
2.8 - Current