Media Library

The Media Library is where you can find all the files that you’ve uploaded. There are two different types of views you can select from when viewing your media library. You can click the List View icon () to display your images in a list, or you can click the Grid View icon () to view your images in a Grid layout.

The Grid View will display a grid of thumbnail images for each of your media files. By default, it will show the first 80 images in the Grid view. To view more images, click the Load more button at the bottom of the page.

The List View will display your images vertically down the page, over multiple pages. By default, it will display 20 images per page but you can change this number by clicking the Screen Options link at the top-right of the page and changing the Number of items per page.

Both views show the most recently uploaded files first. There are also dropdown lists that allow you to filter the list of files that are currently being displayed, along with a search field to help search for files.

Within the List View, the list of files contains a small thumbnail version of the image or file, the file title and the file name along with the file extension which shows the type of file (JPG, MP3, etc.), the name of the Author who uploaded the file, the Page or Post which the image was uploaded to, the number of comments and the date the file was uploaded.

When hovering your cursor over each row in the List View, a few links will appear beneath the file name.

• Edit – Allows you to edit the file properties such as Title, Alt Text, Caption and Description. You can also perform some basic image manipulation
• Delete Permanently – Deletes the file permanently from the Media Library
• View – Will take you to the display page for that file

Adding a File to the Media Library

To add a new file to the Media Library, click on the Add New link in the left-hand navigation menu or the Add New button at the top of the page.

If you click the Add New button when you’re viewing the Media Library in the List View, or click the Add New link in the menu, simply drag your images from wherever they are on your computer, into the area marked Drop files here. Your file(s) will be automatically uploaded.

Once your images or files are uploaded, they’re listed below the file uploader. If you’d like to edit the file properties, click the Edit link next to the file. If you simply want to copy the URL of the uploaded file, click the Copy URL to clipboard button.

If you click the Add New button when you’re viewing the Media Library in the Grid View, you can drag your images from wherever they are on your computer, to anywhere on the screen. Your file(s) will be automatically uploaded.

Once your images or files are uploaded, they’re displayed below the file uploader, with the rest of your media.

When uploading files, you can also click the Select Files button and then select the files that you’d like to upload, using the dialog window that is displayed.