General settings

The General tab holds the site-wide options that are not about Trash, SVG or data removal. It turns on infinite scroll, sets a folder for uploads that arrive without one, and controls the confirmation for large file moves. Only administrators with full Plathix access can open it.

When you need this

• A media-heavy blog. Editors scroll through hundreds of images. Infinite scroll loads more files as they scroll, in the Media Library and in the editor’s media window.
• One main place for new uploads. Most new files on a site are featured images. Set Editorial › Featured Images as the default, so uploads without a chosen folder land there.
• A site handed over to a client. Keep the bulk confirmation on, so Plathix asks before 10 or more files are dragged onto a folder.

How to open General settings

1. In the WordPress admin menu, click Plathix → Settings.
2. The General tab opens first. If another tab is open, click General.

The page title is Settings, with the line “Configure Plathix plugin behaviour, access and integrations.” In Free 1.0.0 the tabs are General, Trash, SVG and Danger Zone, in this order. Danger Zone is always last. Free has no Access tab. PRO adds it when it is active and licensed, see Access settings.

To open the page you need the WordPress permission to manage site options, which administrators have, and the Plathix access level Full. General, Trash and SVG each have their own Save Settings button and save only their own options. Danger Zone has no Save Settings button.

With PRO active and licensed, General also shows Enabled Sections and Folder field in Quick Edit above Media Grid. Free shows nothing in that place. See PRO for these sections. Use the PRO version released for your Plathix version.

If DISABLE_WP_CRON is set and Plathix finds pending background jobs but no completed ones, a red notice appears above the page title: “WP-Cron is unavailable. Background jobs will not run until WP-Cron or a real system cron is configured.” It shows mostly on a site where no background job has completed yet. The notice appears only when DISABLE_WP_CRON is set. If WP-Cron is on but background jobs keep waiting, ask your host to check the site’s cron.

How to turn on infinite scroll

1. Open Plathix → Settings → General.
2. Under Media Grid, check Enable infinite scroll in Media Grid.
3. Click Save Settings. The badge “✓ Saved!” confirms the save.

The section description reads “Enables infinite scroll in the Media Library grid and media picker modals.” The text under the checkbox reads “Replaces default pagination with seamless infinite loading.” The option is off by default.

The same setting applies when a media window opens from the block editor or Elementor.

How to set a default upload folder

1. Open Plathix → Settings → General.
2. Under Default upload folder, pick a folder from the dropdown. Nested folders are indented under their parent.
3. Click Save Settings. The badge “✓ Saved!” confirms the save.

The description reads “New uploads go to this folder when no folder is chosen explicitly.” The default value is No folder. The dropdown leaves out Uncategorized, Trash and every folder that is in Trash.

An upload made while a folder is open still goes to that folder. The default applies only when an upload arrives without a folder:

• an upload while Media (all files) is open in the folder tree;
• an upload that does not pass through a Plathix folder tree, for example a file sent with a block’s own Upload button or through the REST API.

With Uncategorized open, the upload stays without a folder, even if a default upload folder is set.

If the chosen folder is later moved to Trash:

• The dropdown shows (folder unavailable).
• A notice reads: “The selected folder is no longer available — it was deleted or moved to trash. New uploads go to the media library root until you pick another folder. Restoring the folder brings this setting back.”
• The saved value is kept, also when you save this tab without changing the dropdown.
• When you restore the folder, the setting works again without a new save.

If the folder is deleted permanently, the setting resets to No folder.

How to turn bulk confirmation on or off

1. Open Plathix → Settings → General.
2. In the Behavior section, find Confirm bulk actions.
3. Check or clear Confirm bulk actions on 10 or more items.
4. Click Save Settings.

The description reads “Ask for confirmation before moving, deleting or restructuring 10 or more items at once.” The option is on by default.

The check runs when you drag 10 or more files onto a folder in the tree. The browser then asks with the real count, for example “12 items will be moved. Continue?” Folder moves, folder trashing and other actions do not use this setting. Turn the check off only for trusted editors who move large batches every day.

Dragging a file out of Trash onto a folder always asks, whatever this setting is. The prompt names the folder, for example ‘Restore file and move it to folder “Logos”?’

Example

Suppose your blog uses the Blog & Content tree, and the Default upload folder is set to Featured Images (under Editorial). An administrator moves Editorial › Featured Images to Trash by mistake.

1. Open Plathix → Settings → General. Under Default upload folder the dropdown would show (folder unavailable) with the notice “The selected folder is no longer available — it was deleted or moved to trash. New uploads go to the media library root until you pick another folder. Restoring the folder brings this setting back.”
2. Go to Media → Library, click Trash in the folder tree and restore Featured Images.
3. Open Plathix → Settings → General again.

Result: the dropdown would show Featured Images again, without a new save. Uploads that arrive without a folder would go to Editorial › Featured Images again. While the folder was in Trash, such uploads would have gone to the library root.

Limits

• Saving is per tab. Saving General never changes the Trash or SVG options.
• If one option fails to save, the badge reads “✗ Save failed”. The other options on the tab are still saved. “✓ Saved!” appears only when every option saved.
• The threshold is always 10 items. There is no field to change it.
• The bulk confirmation covers dragging 10 or more files onto a folder.
• The default upload folder is one folder for the whole site, not one per user.
• The WP-Cron notice appears only when DISABLE_WP_CRON is set, mostly on a site where no background job has completed yet. It does not test whether an enabled WP-Cron really runs.

In short

General holds three Free options: infinite scroll, the default upload folder and the bulk confirmation. Infinite scroll is off by default and also applies to the media window in editors. The default upload folder is used only for uploads that arrive without a folder, and it survives the folder’s stay in Trash. The bulk confirmation is on by default and asks when 10 or more files are dragged onto a folder. Each tab saves only its own options.