From 1ea46c905593016d4a2d0bdd399fbea1e61e2289 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Raveling <jason@webunraveling.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:56:38 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] feat(media): adds script for searching media library by
 post title

---
 search-posts-media-library.sh | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 search-posts-media-library.sh

diff --git a/search-posts-media-library.sh b/search-posts-media-library.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b965be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/search-posts-media-library.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/bin/env bash
+
+# Search the media library post title on every network site. Return as
+# a CSV.
+
+source 'source/includes.sh';
+
+# The text to search for in the title.
+search_regex=''; # Leave empty to return all.
+
+# The file to save results to.
+output_file='search-results.txt';
+
+# Reset the output file contents.
+echo '' > $output_file;
+
+echo;
+echo 'Beginning search...';
+
+# Get every network site.
+all_site_ids=$(wp_skip_all site list --field="blog_id");
+
+# Loop over every network site.
+for site_id in $all_site_ids; do
+
+	if [[ 1 -eq $site_id ]]; then
+		continue;
+	fi
+
+	echo >> $output_file;
+	echo "Results for Site ID ${site_id}" >> $output_file;
+
+	# Search for multi term phrases. Cases sensitive.
+	wp_skip_all db query --skip-column-names "SELECT ${fields} FROM wp_${site_id}_posts WHERE post_type = 'attachment' AND post_REGEXP '${search_regex}';" >> $output_file;
+
+	# The SQL query for searching the media library of a network site.
+	sql_query="SELECT
+		$site_id as site_id,
+	    p.ID,
+    	p.post_title,
+    	p.post_mime_type,
+    	pm1.meta_value AS file_path,
+    	p.guid AS URL
+	FROM
+		wp_${site_id}_posts p
+	LEFT JOIN
+		wp_3_postmeta pm1 ON (p.ID = pm1.post_id AND pm1.meta_key = '_wp_attached_file')
+	WHERE
+		p.post_type = 'attachment'"
+
+	# Check if a search string was provided.
+	if [ -n "$search_regex" ]; then
+		QUERY="$QUERY AND p.post_title REGEXP '${search_regex}'"
+	fi
+
+	wp_skip_all db query --skip-column-names "SELECT ${fields} FROM wp_${site_id}_posts WHERE post_type = 'attachment' AND post_REGEXP '${search_regex}';" tee -a $output_file;
+
+done;
+
+echo "Finished search. Results are in ${output_file}";
+echo;

From 7c87da7b966ceb20ddbf39634dff96ff7284e345 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Raveling <jason@webunraveling.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:26:52 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] feat(media): adds script for searching media library by
 post title

---
 search-posts-media-library.sh | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/search-posts-media-library.sh b/search-posts-media-library.sh
index b965be5..4c9f6d4 100644
--- a/search-posts-media-library.sh
+++ b/search-posts-media-library.sh
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ for site_id in $all_site_ids; do
 		continue;
 	fi
 
-	echo >> $output_file;
-	echo "Results for Site ID ${site_id}" >> $output_file;
-
-	# Search for multi term phrases. Cases sensitive.
-	wp_skip_all db query --skip-column-names "SELECT ${fields} FROM wp_${site_id}_posts WHERE post_type = 'attachment' AND post_REGEXP '${search_regex}';" >> $output_file;
-
 	# The SQL query for searching the media library of a network site.
 	sql_query="SELECT
 		$site_id as site_id,
@@ -50,10 +44,10 @@ for site_id in $all_site_ids; do
 
 	# Check if a search string was provided.
 	if [ -n "$search_regex" ]; then
-		QUERY="$QUERY AND p.post_title REGEXP '${search_regex}'"
+		sql_query="$sql_query AND p.post_title REGEXP '${search_regex}'"
 	fi
 
-	wp_skip_all db query --skip-column-names "SELECT ${fields} FROM wp_${site_id}_posts WHERE post_type = 'attachment' AND post_REGEXP '${search_regex}';" tee -a $output_file;
+	wp_skip_all db query --skip-column-names "$sql_query" | tee -a $output_file;
 
 done;
 

From 207817ba998b9f4ac4be9d41162ce0ce16fe1cc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Raveling <jason@webunraveling.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:07:20 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] feat(media): add search of media library, output as csv

---
 search-posts-media-library.sh | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/search-posts-media-library.sh b/search-posts-media-library.sh
index 4c9f6d4..45611c1 100644
--- a/search-posts-media-library.sh
+++ b/search-posts-media-library.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ for site_id in $all_site_ids; do
 	FROM
 		wp_${site_id}_posts p
 	LEFT JOIN
-		wp_3_postmeta pm1 ON (p.ID = pm1.post_id AND pm1.meta_key = '_wp_attached_file')
+		wp_${site_id}_postmeta pm1 ON (p.ID = pm1.post_id AND pm1.meta_key = '_wp_attached_file')
 	WHERE
 		p.post_type = 'attachment'"
 
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ for site_id in $all_site_ids; do
 		sql_query="$sql_query AND p.post_title REGEXP '${search_regex}'"
 	fi
 
-	wp_skip_all db query --skip-column-names "$sql_query" | tee -a $output_file;
+	# Run the wpcli command | use sed to replace tabs with commas | output to shell and file.
+	wp_skip_all db query --skip-column-names "$sql_query" | sed -E 's/"/""/g; s/\t/","/g; s/^/"/; s/$/"/' | tee -a $output_file;
 
 done;