Bubuku Media Library vs Extrnd Block Slider

Bubuku Media Library helps content and marketing teams audit, monitor and optimize images in WordPress. Track file sizes, identify missing alt text, export reports, receive email summaries and connect AI assistants through MCP. New in version 1.3.0: Bubuku Media Library includes an MCP Server that allows compatible AI assistants and developer tools to interact with your WordPress Media Library through a secure endpoint with role-based permissions. You can: Sort the Media Library by file size to easily identify large files. Filter images that don’t have alternative text (alt text). Use size-based filters (for example: optimal size, medium size, large size) to prioritize which images to optimize first. Run a Bulk Action in the Media Library to calculate file sizes for existing uploads. Export CSV reports including file size, format (MIME type), URL, alt text, image date, post title and post URL — ideal for audits or sharing with your team. See a summary of your Media Library in a dashboard widget, including how many images are heavy or missing alt text. Configure weekly or monthly email reports so you can monitor the optimization status of your images without logging into WordPress. Connect MCP-compatible AI assistants to your Media Library using role-based permissions and configurable abilities. More information (in Spanish) about how the plugin works: How to know if we have to reduce weight to the image and Alt SEO attribute AI & MCP Integration Bubuku Media Library includes a built-in MCP Server that allows compatible AI assistants and development tools to securely interact with your WordPress Media Library. Available MCP abilities include: Listing media library attachments. Reviewing image metadata and alt text coverage. Exporting media audits to CSV. Accessing media library summary metrics. Triggering reports and diagnostics. Managing media accessibility workflows. Each ability can be enabled or disabled individually and restricted to a minimum WordPress role. This allows you to safely connect AI assistants like Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and other MCP-compatible clients to audit images, review missing alt text, generate reports and automate media management workflows, while keeping permissions under your control. Typical use cases include: Finding images without alt text. Exporting media audits for content reviews. Checking image size distribution. Generating accessibility reports. Integrating WordPress media workflows with AI assistants. Automating repetitive media library review tasks. Quick Start From your server (SSH), move the plugin folder to the plugins directory: wp-content/plugins/bubuku-media-library/ Activate the plugin via the WordPress admin or using WP-CLI: wp plugin activate bubuku-media-library (Optional) Run the bulk action in Media > Library to calculate file sizes for existing images. Evaluate results Recommended Tools – Lighthouse (in Chrome DevTools) — Analyze image weight and format, as well as the use of alternative text (ALT). – WebPageTest — Check how images affect real-world load times. – Squoosh — Compare visual quality and file size savings when optimizing images. – WAVE Accessibility Tool — Verify whether images are missing ALT attributes or if the alternative texts are descriptive. Evaluation Guidelines – Identify images without ALT text or with excessive file size before running external tests. – After replacing large images or adding ALT text, repeat your evaluations to confirm improvements. – Evaluate both new and existing content — not only the most recent uploads. – Define an internal size limit (for example, 200 KB per image) and monitor it regularly. – Keep in mind that accessibility also affects SEO and overall user experience. SUPPORT Need help or have a suggestion? Please use the official WordPress.org Support Forum for any issues related to the plugin. Official Website For additional information or to get in touch with the development team, please visit our official website. Like the plugin? Please leave a 5-star review and help others discover Bubuku Media Library. ABOUT BUBUKU_CODE We develop custom solutions for WordPress focused on performance, accessibility, and maintainable code. Our work includes plugins, themes, and integrations designed to improve the daily workflow of marketing and content teams.

Extrnd Block Slider adds a slider block for the WordPress editor with responsive layout controls, navigation options, and accessible frontend output. It uses the Embla Carousel library for touch-friendly scrolling and does not require jQuery. Key Features: Small frontend assets — streamlined JavaScript and CSS for frontend rendering Zero jQuery — no jQuery dependency, not even transitively Gutenberg native — configure everything inside the block editor, no admin pages 9 presets — Default, Hero, Gallery, Cards, Testimonials, Fullscreen, Logo Carousel, Coverflow, Fade 6 transition effects — Slide, Fade, Scale, Parallax, Coverflow, Flip with smooth scroll-based animations 5 arrow styles — Default, Rounded, Minimal, Outline, Circle 5 arrow positions — Sides, Bottom Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Center, Outside 5 pagination styles — Dots, Lines, Dashes, Numbers, Outline 3 pagination positions — Bottom, Right, Left Progress bar — thin scroll-based progress indicator Slide counter — shows current/total slide count (e.g. 1 / 5) Navigation colours — customise arrow background, arrow icon, dot, and active dot colours Responsive breakpoints — desktop, tablet (≤ 1024 px), and mobile (≤ 768 px) slides per view Settings & Styles tabs — organised into Settings (Preset, Layout, Playback) and Styles (Effects, Navigation, Colors) tabs Accessible — full keyboard navigation, screen reader announcements, reduced motion support Developer friendly — PHP filter (extrnd_block_slider_options) and JS hooks (extrndSlider.options, extrndSlider.init, extrndSlider.slideChange) Block transforms — convert Gallery, Group, or multi-selected blocks to/from Slider Lazy initialisation — sliders below the fold only initialise when scrolled into view Dynamic rendering — PHP render callback ensures future-proof output with zero block validation errors Presets: Default — standard full-width slider Hero — 80 vh feature banner with fade transition Gallery — multi-slide with 16 px gap Cards — 3 visible slides with 24 px gap Testimonials — centred single testimonial Fullscreen — edge-to-edge 100 dvh Logo Carousel — continuous-scroll brand logos Coverflow — 3D coverflow effect Fade — crossfade transitions Development The full uncompiled source code is included in the src/ directory. The build/ directory contains the compiled assets generated by esbuild. To regenerate the build files from source, run npm install followed by npm run build. Third-Party Libraries This plugin includes the Embla Carousel library for slider behaviour. Project: Embla Carousel Repository: https://github.com/davidjerleke/embla-carousel