By default each site in WordPress multisite has its own media. However, if you want all sites to share same Media then that can be achieved using “Network Media Library” plugin. If you are short on time, please check video at the end of this article.
Total Time: 10 minutes
Download the plugin
Download the latest release of “Network Media Library” plugin from the GitHub repository – https://github.com/humanmade/network-media-library
Upload plugin to network
Navigate to your network admin dashboard and click on “Plugins” menu. Click on “Add New” and then “Upload Plugin” button. Click on “Choose file” button and then choose the zip file which you recently downloaded from above GitHub repository.
Network activate plugin
Once the plugin is installed, you need to “Network Activate” it. The plugin should either be installed as a mu-plugin or network activated. It’s a network plugin and therefore cannot be activated on individual sites on the network.
Setting shared media library
Site ID 2 is used by default as the central media library. You should configure your media library site ID via the filter hook network-media-library/site_id:
add_filter( 'network-media-library/site_id', function( $site_id ) {
return 123;
} );That’s it once it is network activated you are all set to use shared media across your network site.
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Hey there,
Just trying out this plugin and i was wondering how i would go about installing this when i already have a working site with all the images on an individual site level.
When i install it i get an empty media library. Do i have to re-upload all the images? Will the links still work? Any idea’s?
Up vote,
Hi there,
is it possible to create a site for all media (e.g. media.example.com) and “connect” to this site from 5-10 other “single” sites (like anotherexample.com, 3rdexample.net, and so on) ?
The feature image of my custom post type got issue. everytime i update the post it’s gone.
Y’a t-il l’option de relier le propriétaire de media ?
Yes you can add the media owner name as caption.
hi, i follow your step but can not upload images. at the same time, the media library shows no image, can you help me? my email is jnewman@teleweaver.com