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
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