{"id":965206,"date":"2015-05-26T12:19:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T19:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/media-library-out-of-control\/"},"modified":"2015-06-11T07:44:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T14:44:14","slug":"media-library-out-of-control","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/media-library-out-of-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Media LIbrary out of control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just got a call from my client in a frenzy about their out of control media library. 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