Exceptional Support – Fast, Clear and Professional
I would like to leave a well-deserved 5-star review for the CatFolders support team. The assistance I received was outstanding: fast, clear, and highly professional. They not only helped me solve my issue, but also guided me step by step, providing a practical and effective solution that I was able to replicate on my own across multiple websites. What impressed me the most was their willingness to go the extra mile. They even implemented a custom solution to improve the user experience, making image previews work exactly as needed. Their support is not just reactive, but truly collaborative and solution-oriented. This level of attention and care is rare to find. Highly recommended — both the plugin and, above all, the people behind it. Thank you again for your excellent work!
Works as Advertised, Responsive Support
I installed the plugin and Corresponding plugin jointly let me call it CatFolders / CatFolders Document Gallery to replace Simple File List which stop working and the author said the problem ( looping – Spinning) was a server problem and would not resolve the problem at the latest release 6.3.11. I had a problem with the PDF’s not sorting correctly but their support team resolved it by supplying a some Snippet code I installed after getting the “snippet code plugin”.
Bait and switch functionality
The plug-in is not really a full plug-in at all just an addon designed for the Pro version of their main plug-in. The functionality for nested folder display is non existent in the "free" version yet is it present in the UI and documentation. No problem with them doing that with a free plug-in but prominently mention that so time is not wasted trying to figure out why something presented as a function in the plug-in won’t actually be available without the pro version. Otherwise it’s just a bait and switch.
Earl_D
August 7, 2025
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2 replies
Works as Advertised, Responsive Support
I installed the plugin and Corresponding plugin jointly let me call it CatFolders / CatFolders Document Gallery to replace Simple File List which stop working and the author said the problem ( looping – Spinning) was a server problem and would not resolve the problem at the latest release 6.3.11. I had a problem with the PDF’s not sorting correctly but their support team resolved it by supplying a some Snippet code I installed after getting the “snippet code plugin”.
Exceptional Support – Fast, Clear and Professional
I would like to leave a well-deserved 5-star review for the CatFolders support team. The assistance I received was outstanding: fast, clear, and highly professional. They not only helped me solve my issue, but also guided me step by step, providing a practical and effective solution that I was able to replicate on my own across multiple websites. What impressed me the most was their willingness to go the extra mile. They even implemented a custom solution to improve the user experience, making image previews work exactly as needed. Their support is not just reactive, but truly collaborative and solution-oriented. This level of attention and care is rare to find. Highly recommended — both the plugin and, above all, the people behind it. Thank you again for your excellent work!
Easy way to create an organized library
I was looking at manually creating a document library using standard WP blocks, but this plugin made it so much easier! I'm already using CatFolders for my media library and pages organization, so it was an easy decision to try this out. It worked out great! Very easy to add the documents to folders in the media library and then specify which folders are to show in the online library. Saved me loads of time. CatFolders was also very prompt when I had some errors showing in my debug log, fixing it the same day. I really appreciate that level of service.
Works as Advertised, Responsive Support
I installed the plugin and Corresponding plugin jointly let me call it CatFolders / CatFolders Document Gallery to replace Simple File List which stop working and the author said the problem ( looping – Spinning) was a server problem and would not resolve the problem at the latest release 6.3.11. I had a problem with the PDF’s not sorting correctly but their support team resolved it by supplying a some Snippet code I installed after getting the “snippet code plugin”.
Exceptional Support – Fast, Clear and Professional
I would like to leave a well-deserved 5-star review for the CatFolders support team. The assistance I received was outstanding: fast, clear, and highly professional. They not only helped me solve my issue, but also guided me step by step, providing a practical and effective solution that I was able to replicate on my own across multiple websites. What impressed me the most was their willingness to go the extra mile. They even implemented a custom solution to improve the user experience, making image previews work exactly as needed. Their support is not just reactive, but truly collaborative and solution-oriented. This level of attention and care is rare to find. Highly recommended — both the plugin and, above all, the people behind it. Thank you again for your excellent work!
Easy way to create an organized library
I was looking at manually creating a document library using standard WP blocks, but this plugin made it so much easier! I'm already using CatFolders for my media library and pages organization, so it was an easy decision to try this out. It worked out great! Very easy to add the documents to folders in the media library and then specify which folders are to show in the online library. Saved me loads of time. CatFolders was also very prompt when I had some errors showing in my debug log, fixing it the same day. I really appreciate that level of service.
Bait and switch functionality
The plug-in is not really a full plug-in at all just an addon designed for the Pro version of their main plug-in. The functionality for nested folder display is non existent in the "free" version yet is it present in the UI and documentation. No problem with them doing that with a free plug-in but prominently mention that so time is not wasted trying to figure out why something presented as a function in the plug-in won’t actually be available without the pro version. Otherwise it’s just a bait and switch.
Earl_D
August 7, 2025
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2 replies
Strong in Gutenberg, but critical compatibility issues with Elementor
Das CatFolders Document Gallery Plugin überzeugt zunächst durch seine einfache Integration und problemlose Funktionsweise im WordPress-Gutenberg-Editor. Dort arbeitet es zuverlässig und bietet eine übersichtliche Dokumentenverwaltung, die ohne weitere Anpassungen genutzt werden kann. Kritikpunkt: Elementor-KompatibilitätBei der Nutzung des Plugins mit Elementor, insbesondere über das Shortcode-Widget, treten jedoch schwerwiegende Fehler auf. Pro Seitenaufruf werden bis zu 16.427 Fehlermeldungen generiert – und das ausschließlich durch die Einbindung mit dem Elementor-Shortcode-Element. Im Debug-Log wird jeder Aufruf der betreffenden Seite mit einer neuen, massiven Fehlerflut dokumentiert. Konkrete Beobachtungen & Risiken: Problem tritt nur mit Elementor auf: Die gleiche Integration per Shortcode im Gutenberg-Editor bleibt fehlerfrei, das Problem ist also klar auf die Interaktion mit Elementor zurückzuführen. Technische Ursache: Offenbar können bestimmte Plugin-Funktionen im Rahmen des Elementor-Widgets nicht sauber ausgeführt werden (z.B. Initialisierung von Funktionen, Shortcode-Handling, ggf. Ajax- oder JS-Events). Performance-Risiko: Besonders kritisch ist die Tatsache, dass die Logdatei bei jedem Seitenaufruf anwächst. In Shared-Hosting-Umgebungen (ohne Root-Zugriff) kann dies sehr schnell zu einer explodierenden debug.log-Datei führen und den Server massiv belasten. Fehlermeldungen: Die Fehler im Log sind nicht nur kosmetisch, sondern können das gesamte WordPress-System beeinträchtigen, wenn die Datei unkontrolliert wächst. Workarounds getestet: Shortcode im Gutenberg-Editor → funktioniert Shortcode im Elementor-Widget → Fehlerflut Zwischenspeichern, Caching, Plugin-Deaktivierung, individuelle CSS/JS-Einbindung → keine Lösung Fazit:Für WordPress-Nutzer, die ausschließlich mit Gutenberg arbeiten, ist das Plugin eine klare Empfehlung. Wer jedoch auf Elementor setzt, muss aktuell mit gravierenden Einschränkungen und Risiken rechnen. Das Problem ist klar reproduzierbar, umfassend dokumentiert und sollte dringend durch die Entwickler analysiert und behoben werden.
schwarzerfalkeev
June 19, 2025
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8 replies
Works as Advertised, Responsive Support
I installed the plugin and Corresponding plugin jointly let me call it CatFolders / CatFolders Document Gallery to replace Simple File List which stop working and the author said the problem ( looping – Spinning) was a server problem and would not resolve the problem at the latest release 6.3.11. I had a problem with the PDF’s not sorting correctly but their support team resolved it by supplying a some Snippet code I installed after getting the “snippet code plugin”.
