Title: Culture Object
Author: thirty8
Published: Disambor 20, 2015
Last modified: Oktubor 13, 2026
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# Culture Object
By [thirty8](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thirty8/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/culture-object.4.4.zip)
* [Details](https://rhg.wordpress.org/plugins/culture-object/#description)
* [Reviews](https://rhg.wordpress.org/plugins/culture-object/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://rhg.wordpress.org/plugins/culture-object/#installation)
* [Development](https://rhg.wordpress.org/plugins/culture-object/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/culture-object/)
## Description
CultureObject is an open source WordPress plugin designed to help you put your museum
object records on the web.
It supports a number of collection management systems (AdLib, CollectionSpace, CSV,
CultureGrid, Emu, RAMM) as well as uploading of CSV files.
## Installation
* Install it
* Activate it
* Point it at your data
* Run the import
* Build the necessary theme pages to display your content.
* Point in wonder at your beautiful new site before heading to the pub to celebrate.
## Reviews
### [Thank You](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thank-you-3744/)
[basedgaud](https://profiles.wordpress.org/basedgaud/) Mee 15, 2026
This plugin saved my site from being standard to an actual archive/digital museum.
Appreciate the work. Look forward to any updates.
### [Perfect software to convert AdLib to WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-software-to-convert-adlib-to-wordpress/)
[bekker004](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bekker004/) Julai 11, 2022
Ideal to convert your museum items to the wordpress database. This makes is possible
to keep te registration of the museum items up to date on a payable solution. I
converted the data to nationaalcarnavalsmuseum.com and created a solution for the
volunteers to add/update the database. Everyone (in the Netherlands) can search
in the data now. Works still perfect with wordpress 6.0.
### [Excellent basis for Museums with Adlib](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-basis-for-museums-with-adlib/)
[webwerkplaats](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webwerkplaats/) Maarec 18, 2017
Takes some getting used to but an excellent engine to show (part) of your Adlib
collection on the internet
### [compatibility issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatibility-issue-4/)
[ezamar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ezamar/) Oktubor 18, 2016
The plugin looks very nice, but is incompatible with newest WP release. I beg the
author to actualize it.
### [Amazing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-1103/)
[dmje](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dmje/) Séptembor 3, 2016
Works brilliantly, really solid import of museum data
[ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/culture-object/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“Culture Object” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ thirty8 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thirty8/)
* [ Liam Gladdy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lgladdy/)
“Culture Object” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/culture-object/contributors)
for their contributions.
[Translate “Culture Object” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/culture-object)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/culture-object/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/culture-object/), or
subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/culture-object/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/culture-object/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 4.4
Security: Fixed the debug object purge endpoint being callable without authentication.
It is now a nonce protected POST that requires manage_options, triggered from a
Delete all objects button on the settings page (visit the Main Settings page with?
enable_purge=true to reveal it)
Security: CSV2 and Modes uploads now force a safe
file extension, are stored in a directory that denies direct web access, and no
longer trust the client supplied file type Security: Image imports only fetch over
http(s) and now sanitise the file name, require an image file type, and ignore path
components supplied by the remote server Security: Sync key comparison is now timing
safe and an empty sync key no longer authenticates; new sync keys are generated
with wp_generate_password Security: AJAX sync, and the AdLib, Emu, CSV2 and Modes
upload handlers, now check user capabilities as well as nonces Security: cron.php
can no longer be run over the web Security: Fixed a cross-site scripting issue where
imported titles and identifiers (for example from an uploaded CSV, Modes or AdLib/
Emu file) were shown unescaped in the admin import log, which could be used by a
lower privileged user to run script in an administrator’s session Security: CSV2
and Modes image downloads now use wp_safe_remote_get (including for redirects),
so uploaded data can no longer make the server request internal or loopback addresses.
Use the http_request_host_is_external filter if your images are hosted on an internal
address Security: Imported field names that match WordPress protected (underscore
prefixed) meta keys are no longer written, for all providers Security: Sanitised
the start and import_id values in the CSV2, IndexPlus and Modes AJAX sync (the Modes
value was used in an XPath query) Improvement: Passes the WordPress.org Plugin Check(
translation text domains and translator comments, setting sanitisation callbacks,
direct access protection, and uploads now use wp_handle_upload). Tested up to WordPress
7.1 Improvement: Output escaping and WordPress coding standards fixes across the
admin screens and legacy providers (AdLib, CultureGrid, Emu, IndexPlus, Modes, RAMM,
SWCE); the plugin now passes the WordPress coding standards with no errors Fix:
Provider errors that included a remote response body no longer pass it through sprintf
as part of the format string Fix: The Emu import button did not submit the form
because it used $ instead of jQuery Fix: CSV2 now loads its own bundled autoloader
by absolute path Security: Updated PhpSpreadsheet to 2.4.8 (fixes CVE-2026-59931,
CVE-2026-59932 and CVE-2026-59933) and composer/pcre to 3.4.0 Fix: The co_object_slug
filter name contained a trailing space so it could never be used Fix: Activation
version check now matches the plugin header (PHP 8.1, WordPress 6.2)
#### 4.3
New: Add new MDS provider
General: Bump third party dependencies Security: Fixed
several escaping potential security vulnerabilities
#### 4.2
Improvement: Updated dependencies, modernised codebase. Now requires WordPress 6.2
and PHP 8.1
Security: HPSpreadsheet to fix a vulnerability Security: Fixed several
escaping security vulnerabilities
#### 4.1.1
Improvement: Implement WordPress coding standards
#### 4.1
Security Fix: some unescaped output to HTML
Improvement: Implement PSR-4 autoloader
for classes
#### 4.0
Fix: CSV2 improvements for images, taxonomies and many other bug fixes.
Update:
We now require PHP 7.3 and WordPress 5.2+ for the sake of testing ability on supported
software.
#### 3.6
New: SWCE Improvements
#### 3.5
New: Code standard changes
New: Improvements to internationalization efforts New:
CSV2 supports a taxonomy field which can contain comma seperated values. Fix: Fixes
a bug with CSV2 which means new objects could be created each import, rather than
updating existing ones. Deprecated: In Version 4.0, we will require at least PHP
7.2, and then track PHP’s supported versions going forward (until security fixes
end) as detailed [on php.net](https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php)
#### 3.3.0
New: Support CLI cron imports to get around fast-cgi timeouts on some budget hosting.
run `php wp-content/plugins//cron.php`
New: Support category filters
in SWCE provider.
#### 3.2.0
New: Support field mapping for CSV, and enable CSV support for Culture Object Display
#### 3.1.1
Minor changes to support Culture Object Display
#### 3.1.0
New: Support AJAX import for SWCE.
#### 3.0.0
New: CSV2 Provider (Replaces CSV) – Support field name mapping, makes cleanup optional(
for partial imports) and supports AJAX import.
New: Full i18n support. If you want
to contribute in your native language, [become a WordPress Translator](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/culture-object)
New: CSV2/3.0.0 moves more of the logic out of providers and into CultureObject
Core, meaning Version 4 can make writing a provider much easier. Deprecated: PHP
< 5.5 support. We require at least PHP 5.5. Fix: Support WordPress Multisite. If
you were using < 3.0.0 on multisite (you probably weren’t, as it didn’t really work!),
you will need to reconfigure Culture Object on each site.
#### 2.2.0
Fix: Support WordPress 4.5
Fix: an issue with EMU imports with some JSON files
#### 2.1.3
Revert to old PHP syntax so we work on PHP 5.3 (but please, please upgrade to PHP
5.6 or PHP 7)
#### 2.1.2
Fix: Remove debug-disablement of taxonomy imports for CultureObject.
#### 2.1.1
Fix: A bug with view files trying to load a file that didn’t exist.
#### 2.1.0
Change: Move provider settings into it’s own submenu
New: CSV Provider
#### 2.0.0
Change: Change menu option to a standalone utility menu item, rather than putting
it inside the general settings
New: [CollectionSpace](http://www.collectionspace.org) provider
API New: 2 new functions, cos_get_field() and cos_the_field() provide abstracted
access to imported data. This is the recommended way to access Culture Object data
from v2.0.0 onwards, as we can provide begin to implement context handlers in future
releases, especially as WordPress 4.4 introduces a new taxonomy metadata API, which
will remove some of complexities we’re currently having to implement.
API New: Providers can add an execute_init_action method which is attached to a
WordPress [init action hook](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/init).
This can be to register additional post types or taxonomies will your import process
to write against, or do to additional hook registration to allow for things like
nonce checks or password security functions.
API New: Support for providers to automatically import images into the WordPress
media library (currently only supported by CollectionSpace, but coming to other
providers soon!)
API New: Support for field remapping. (currently only supported by CollectionSpace,
but coming to other providers soon!)
Providers can now provide a list of fields which are available to be remapped. If
enabled, and the theme declares support for “cos-remaps” via [add_theme_support](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_theme_support)
a list of all fields will be shown in the Culture Object settings page, and can
be overridden by the user. As a theme developer, you should use cos_get_remapped_field_name(‘
key’) in order to get the remapped name for a field.
## Meta
* Version **4.4**
* Last updated **9 góndha ago**
* Active installations **50+**
* WordPress version ** 6.2 or higher **
* Tested up to **7.1.3**
* PHP version ** 8.1 or higher **
* Languages
* [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/culture-object/) arde .[English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/culture-object/).
* [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/culture-object)
* Tags
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## Ratings
5 out of 5 stars.
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## Contributors
* [ thirty8 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thirty8/)
* [ Liam Gladdy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lgladdy/)
## Support
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