Manage your site’s media

Use the Media Library to manage your site’s images, audio, videos, and documents all in one place. This guide will explain how to view and modify the media files on your website.

All the images, documents, videos, and audio you have uploaded to your site are stored in the media library. To access the media library, follow these steps:

1. Log into your site’s dashboard.
2. Navigate to Media.

In Media, you can add new media, view your site’s available storage space, or search for media you’ve already uploaded.

Any files you add to pages and posts using the WordPress editor will appear in Media. You can add media files in the WordPress editor using the Image block, Gallery block, Video block, Audio block, and more. View the full list of media blocks.

You can also upload images and other media directly to your media library, either from your computer or from the URL of a media file.

To upload media files directly from your computer or device, follow these steps:

1. Visit your site’s dashboard.
2. Select Media in the menu on the left.
3. Click the “Add Media File” button to reveal the file uploader.

4. Click the “Select Files” button to open your computer or device’s files.

5. Select the media files you want to upload.
   • You can hold down CTRL on Windows or CMD on Mac to select multiple files.
   • See this page for supported file types.
6. After choosing your media file(s), click the Upload or Open button to add the file(s) to your media library.

Add files to your site’s media from the web by uploading the file via the URL where the media exists by following these steps:

1. Visit your site’s dashboard.
2. Select Media in the menu on the left.
3. Click the “Add New Media File” button to reveal the file uploader.

4. Click on the “Upload from URL” link.
   • See this page for supported file types.

5. Enter the URL (address) of the media file you want to upload.
6. click the Upload button to add the media to your media library.