The Media Library is a powerful feature that provides a centralized system for managing and reusing media assets, such as images, videos, and documents, across your website. This functionality is especially useful for government websites, where consistent media use and easy management of files like reports, infographics, and press releases are critical.
With the Media Library, editors and content creators can easily upload, organize, and reuse media files in different parts of the site without having to re-upload them each time. The Media Library enhances the overall efficiency of content management by allowing you to categorize and tag media assets, ensuring that important files are readily accessible and up to date across a site.
Key Features of Drupal Media Library
- Centralized Media Management: The Media Library acts as a hub for all media assets, making it easy to store and manage files from a single interface.
- Re-usability: Once a media file is uploaded, it can be reused across different pages and content types without needing to re-upload it multiple times.
- Support of Diverse Media Types: The library supports a wide range of media types, including images, videos, audio files, documents (PDFs, Word files), and more.
- Organization and Filtering: You can categorize media assets by adding tags, descriptions, and metadata to make it easier to find them later. The Media Library provides filtering options to search by media type, keywords, or other attributes.
- Permissions and Access Control: Access to the Media Library can be controlled through user roles and permissions, allowing administrators to manage who can upload, edit, or delete media.
Learn more about how to add media from your Media Library to pages using: