Sometimes Plex doesn’t quite get it right. Maybe it mislabels a special, or puts a holiday short in the wrong spot. The good news is…you can take control.
Fixing Titles and Matching:
- Click the pencil icon on a movie/show
- Edit the title, year, and summary manually
- Use
Fix Matchto force a new metadata lookup
Organizing with Collections:
- Under a movie’s Edit menu, go to the “Tags” tab
- Add it to a collection (e.g., “Batman Collection” or “Pixar Films”)
- Collections are shown as groups in your library if enabled in Display settings
Custom Posters and Backgrounds:
- Right-click a poster >
Set PosterorSet Background - Upload your own artwork
- For automatic scraping, use a consistent naming like
poster.jpgorfanart.jpgin the media folder
Bonus: Lock Your Changes
After editing, hit the lock icon next to each field to prevent Plex from overwriting it during a scan.
Once you master metadata editing…you control the Plex aesthetic, not the other way around.