Title: My Movie Database
Author: Kostas Stathakos
Published: November 23, 2017
Last modified: August 23, 2024
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# My Movie Database
By [Kostas Stathakos](https://profiles.wordpress.org/djleven/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/my-movie-database.3.1.1.zip)
* [Details](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/my-movie-database/#description)
* [Reviews](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/my-movie-database/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/my-movie-database/#installation)
* [Development](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/my-movie-database/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/my-movie-database/)
## Description
My Movie Database enriches your content by allowing you to easily add detailed information
about the movies, tv shows and people in the industry you choose.
You can use it via shortcodes or within WordPress post types and customize it to
make it fit your theme and design.
Designed to be responsive, mobile friendly, intuitive and non-intrusive on your
current WordPress theme. Carefully (re) written for very fast pageloads and minimal
impact on your WordPress site.
#### Widget Content Overview
* Movie, tv show and person widgets come with overview, cast and crew credits sections.
* Movies also have a trailer section, while tv shows have a seasons section.
* People crew and cast sections each have credits listed for movies and tv shows
separately.
Have a look at the demo video to see some features listed below and visit the [my movie database website](https://mymoviedb.org)
for full details.
#### Main Features / Options
* Comes with two main templates, one using tabs and the other an accordion model
to navigate between the sections.
* Easily customise background and text colors for the template header and body
sections, respectively.
* Select image / column size for all lists (small, medium, large).
* Select sections to hide, the position of the widget inside your content as well
as a transition effect.
* Person crew, cast and tv seasons sections have an overview description when hovering(
or clicking for touch devices) over list items (optional).
* Ability to use your own TMDb API key if you wish (optional).
* Option to disable Gutenberg editor for plugin post types.
#### External API Service Provider
The data comes from [The Movie Database (TMDb)](https://www.themoviedb.org), the
leading crowdsourced movie industry data initiative. Calls to the [TMDb api](https://www.themoviedb.org/documentation/api)
are provided free of charge, and we are grateful for their tremendous generosity.
My Movie Database is no way endorsed or certified by TMDb.
#### Documentation and support
You can find documentation on [how to use the plugin](https://mymoviedb.org/how-to-use-the-mmdb-plugin/),
[configuration and customization options](https://mymoviedb.org/plugin-configuration-mmdb-options-page/)
and relevant [demos](https://mymoviedb.org/demos/) on the [my movie database website](https://mymoviedb.org).
If you cannot find the answer to your question in any of the documentation, check
the [support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/my-movie-database/) on
WordPress.org.
If you still cannot solve the issue you are having, feel free to
open a new ticket.
#### Join our mailing-list!
[Join our mailing list](https://mymoviedb.org/join-our-mailing-list/) and receive
news about upcoming developments. You may also occasionally receive an invitation
to provide feedback.
We will not flood your email box! You can expect only about 5 to 10 emails per year.
Speaking of feedback, if you use this plugin, would you please follow the link in
the plugin settings page to fill out our survey? We will love you for it!
## Screenshots
[⌊Tab template, main section for a movie.⌉⌊Tab template, main section for a movie
.⌉[
Tab template, main section for a movie.
[⌊Tab template, main section for a tv show, brightly colored.⌉⌊Tab template, main
section for a tv show, brightly colored.⌉[
Tab template, main section for a tv show, brightly colored.
[⌊Accordion template, main section for a tv show.⌉⌊Accordion template, main section
for a tv show.⌉[
Accordion template, main section for a tv show.
[⌊Cast section, accordion template (movie and tv shows cast sections are the same).⌉⌊
Cast section, accordion template (movie and tv shows cast sections are the same)
.⌉[
Cast section, accordion template (movie and tv shows cast sections are the same).
[⌊Person crew credits with medium size images and overview on hover.⌉⌊Person crew
credits with medium size images and overview on hover.⌉[
Person crew credits with medium size images and overview on hover.
[⌊Tv show seasons section with large size images.⌉⌊Tv show seasons section with
large size images.⌉[
Tv show seasons section with large size images.
[⌊Movie trailer section.⌉⌊Movie trailer section.⌉[
Movie trailer section.
[⌊Search results. Note the TMDb Id is visible (needed if you use a shortcode). Also
with Gutenberg editor disabled option.⌉⌊Search results. Note the TMDb Id is visible(
needed if you use a shortcode). Also with Gutenberg editor disabled option.⌉[
Search results. Note the TMDb Id is visible (needed if you use a shortcode). Also
with Gutenberg editor disabled option.
[⌊Cast section in the admin backend (selected from search and saved).⌉⌊Cast section
in the admin backend (selected from search and saved).⌉[
Cast section in the admin backend (selected from search and saved).
[⌊The main settings for Movie (same for Tv Shows and Persons except for the hide
section options)⌉⌊The main settings for Movie (same for Tv Shows and Persons except
for the hide section options)⌉[
The main settings for Movie (same for Tv Shows and Persons except for the hide section
options)
[⌊The advanced settings section⌉⌊The advanced settings section⌉[
The advanced settings section
## Installation
### Fast and easy install
#### From the WordPress admin
1. Log into your WordPress site and navigate to the admin area.
2. Go to: **Plugins > Add New**.
3. Enter **“My Movie Database”** in the search field located at the top right corner
of the page.
4. Once you find the plugin click on **“Install Now”**.
5. Select **“Install Now”**
6. After the installation success message, select **“Activate”** and you’re ready
to go.
### Alternative installations
**Download a copy of the plugin and save it to your computer.**
Now you can install
it using the WordPress admin interface or by manually uploading it.
#### From the WordPress admin
1. Log into your WordPress site and navigate to the admin area.
2. Go to: **Plugins > Add New**.
3. Select **“Upload Plugin”** from the top of the page.
4. Click on **“browse”** and locate the plugin you downloaded on your hard drive.
5. Select **“Install Now”**
6. After the installation success message, select **“Activate”** and you’re ready
to go.
#### Manual upload
1. Manually upload the plugin to your WordPress plugins folder.
2. Extract the zip file
3. Navigate to your WordPress admin area
4. Locate the plugin and select **“Activate”**
## Reviews
### [It breaks my main menu](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-breaks-my-main-menu/)
[wordpresskuma](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wordpresskuma/) June 8, 2023
My main menu has Categories for items and clicking one should go to a page listing
posts in the category. Instead, it shows an incorrectly formatted version of the
first post in the category.
### [Category](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/genre/)
[Will Bill](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hjgt/) May 6, 2023
I MUST SAY I LOVE THIS PLUGIN, ITS SO EASY AND STRAIGHT FORWARD.
It's
lost the second type of category as it used to display the post category and the
specific movie or tv show category when creating & editing one, but now it's only
one displayed on the right, I'm not sure if you have integrated all categories into
one, it would be nice to know. cheers for the great plugin
### [What a fantastic plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-a-fantastic-plugin-8/)
[David Bee](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidbawiec/) June 25, 2021
The plugin is built like a tank with incredible features and extremely fast response
times via the TMDB API. Works perfectly! Recommend it 100%!
### [Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-8070/)
[koronavirusu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/koronavirusu/) January 16, 2021
nice plugin
### [Versatile, Lots to Offer](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/versatile-lots-to-offer/)
[tromeo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tromeo/) June 20, 2020 1 reply
This plugin does a great job in conjunction with the right theme and a few other
plugins and custom fields. I have accomplished almost everything I could hope for
in a movie catalog of my personal collection. I hope it continues to be supported.
### [fantastic movie/tv plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fantastic-movie-tv-plugin/)
[](https://profiles.wordpress.org/electrolund/) October 2, 2018 1 reply
I finally found it. The perfect review plugin for what I've been looking for. There
are others in this camp, but most I've found are very heavy, steep learning curve,
or sort of take over your blog with styling, settings, etc. I simply wanted a method
to import meta content of a movie/tv show into my blog posts so that I could once-
and-for-all leave behind the whole cycle of: 1) searching for the title on the net
2) downloading/stealing a poster 3) uploading to my blog, along with details Those
steps take away from what's really important: my review. The simple, yet elegant
integration with TMDB is just great. Kudos!
[ Read all 8 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/my-movie-database/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“My Movie Database” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Kostas Stathakos ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/djleven/)
“My Movie Database” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/my-movie-database/contributors)
for their contributions.
[Translate “My Movie Database” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/my-movie-database)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/my-movie-database/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/my-movie-database/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/my-movie-database/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/my-movie-database/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### Version 3.1.0 – AUG 22ND, 2024
**Features**
* Added: Setting to hide overview section IMDB and homepage links respectively.
* Added: Directors to movie overview section.
**Bugfixes**
* Delete cache not working on Gutenberg edit pages.
**Enhancements**
* Added: Translation and development contribution credits on admin settings page.
* Added: Spanish and Finnish translations.
* Improved: German and French translation.
* Added: PSR-4 autoloader implementation.
#### Version 3.0.3 – MAY 19TH, 2023
**Bugfixes**
* Regression: Plugin post type taxonomy option not showing on Gutenberg edit pages.
* Regression: TMDb movie links broken.
#### Version 3.0.2 – MAY 8TH, 2023
**Bugfixes**
* Correct the i18n JSON hash that failed to load js translations
* Place local non-locale specific i18n files last in the load order hierarchy.
**Enhancements**
* Minor styling improvements to settings page.
#### Version 3.0.1 – MAY 4TH, 2023
**Bugfixes**
* Hotfix: TMDb id not being saved in post type screen.
* Minor styling fix to accordion sub header padding and border color restore the
look it had in v2.0.x.
**Enhancements**
* Improvement of WordPress readme and new updated screenshots.
#### Version 3.0.0 – MAY 4TH, 2023
**Features**
* New image / column size configuration prefix options (small, medium, large).
* New template configuration options for the header and body text color.
* New user TMDb API key option, to use your own API key if you wish.
* New option to disable Gutenberg editor for plugin post types.
* Caching of TMDb data for even faster pageloads.
* Aggregated crew credits under maximum one image per list.
* Automatic responsive column layout (no need to select size prefix like before).
* Improved styling and cleaner css (removed the bootstrap library dependency).
* Improvement of js translation method, commitment to better overall language availability
in the future.
* More performant js build (upgrade to Vue 3, added TypeScript and webpack bundling).
* Made plugin instance a Singleton to facilitate 3rd party integrations.
* Added debounce to TMDb search input.
* Added TMDb link and id on admin post type screens.
**Bugfixes**
* Failure in registering plugin script handle in some templates with earlier calls.
* Hover on overview setting was not working.
* Language bug that broke overview for some resource types (iso_639_1 data mismatch).
* Faulty ordering of crew and cast credits.
#### For versions prior to 3.0.0
You can find the full [plugin changelog](https://mymoviedb.org/changelog/) on our
website.
For developers: Check out the [project repository on github](https://github.com/djleven/my-movie-database/).
## Meta
* Version **3.1.1**
* Last updated **2 years ago**
* Active installations **200+**
* WordPress version ** 5.0.22 or higher **
* Tested up to **6.6.10**
* PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
* Languages
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/my-movie-database/) and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/my-movie-database/).
* [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/my-movie-database)
* Tags
* [film](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/film/)[movie](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/movie/)
[movies](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/movies/)[television](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/television/)
[tv](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tv/)
* [Advanced View](https://srd.wordpress.org/plugins/my-movie-database/advanced/)
## Ratings
4.2 out of 5 stars.
* [ 6 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/my-movie-database/reviews/?filter=5)
* [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/my-movie-database/reviews/?filter=4)
* [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/my-movie-database/reviews/?filter=3)
* [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/my-movie-database/reviews/?filter=2)
* [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/my-movie-database/reviews/?filter=1)
[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/my-movie-database/reviews/#new-post)
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## Contributors
* [ Kostas Stathakos ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/djleven/)
## Support
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