Manage your site’s media

Use the media library to manage images, audio, videos, and documents for your site 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. Select Media in the menu on the left.

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, VideoPress 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’s 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 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.

You can add media to your library using a URL. Follow these steps to add files from the web:

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 on the “Upload from URL” link. See 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.

This section applies to administrators of sites created with the AI website builder that have a Personal, Premium, or Business plan.

You can generate images with AI from within the media library. Follow these steps to generate images with AI:

1. Visit the dashboard of a site built with the AI website builder.
2. Select Media in the menu on the left.
3. Click the “Generate Image” button at the top of the screen:

4. In the AI prompt box, describe the image you wish to create. Optionally, select the aspect ratio and an image style using the drop-down menus below the text field.

5. Press Enter/Return on your keyboard (or click the blue arrow to the right of the text you entered), then wait a few moments for the image to generate.
6. Use the prompt field to further refine your image.
7. Click the Save button to save the image to your media library for use on your site.

After generating an image with AI, you can click on it in your media library and select from the following options:

• Continue adding prompts in the prompt box to edit your image.
• Select: Mark specific parts of the image for refined edits.
• Image info: Edit the title, caption, description, and alt text of the image.

See these guides for more on editing, organizing, and exporting media:

• Find and edit files in your Media Library
• Delete media files
• Manage file links and URLs
• Export your media library
• Find free images and media for your website

Having issues with your media? These guides can help:

• Troubleshooting blurry images
• Troubleshooting image and other file uploads
• Optimize your images