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# WordPress Media Library
### Overview
The Media Library manages all marketing banners, course promotional videos, instructor headshots, and student reference PDFs. By centralizing asset distribution in WordPress, you preserve memory pools on your learning management system (LMS) while building content-rich landing pages.
**Tip:** Authenticate into your **WordPress Admin Panel (`/wp-admin`)** using an Editor or Administrator profile before managing heavy media assets. Users with the Author role can also upload media but cannot edit or delete assets uploaded by other users.
### Key Operational Workflows
#### 1. Uploading New Assets
The media portal accepts files through a drag-and-drop compiler interface.
1. Navigate to the left administration sidebar menu and click **Media \> Add New**.
2. Drag files directly from your computer into the upload frame, or click **Select Files** to open your local system path directory.
3. **File Size Limit:** The system supports single asset uploads up to **150 MB** by default. This limit is controlled by your hosting environment and may vary — confirm the current value in **Media \> Add New** or with your hosting provider. To upload files larger than 150 MB, contact your WordPress administrator to increase the `upload_max_filesize` limit in your server configuration.
#### 2. Filtering and Curating Content
As your course catalog grows, finding specific marketing items requires utilizing layout filters.
- **Grid vs. List View:** Switch between the **Media List** table format (ideal for reviewing upload dates and file authors) and the standard **Grid View** layout (best for scanning thumbnail graphics).
- **MIME Type Sorting:** Use the top filter dropdowns to instantly isolate assets by category type, such as **Images**, **Video**, or **Documents**.
- **Search Execution:** Type filenames or partial title strings into the upper-right search bar to run a real-time index query against your database rows.
### Asset Mapping and Cross-Platform Integration
You can leverage files hosted within your WordPress media repository to populate your courses inside Open edX Studio:
1. Click on any thumbnail inside your Media Library to launch its **Attachment Details** properties panel.
2. Review the right-hand options metadata column and click the **Copy URL to clipboard** button to secure its absolute `https` file path.
3. Paste that copied address string into an Open edX Studio **HTML Text Component**, **Video Component**, or asset link selector row to load high-resolution content inside the learner's player.
### Critical Infrastructure Boundaries
> - **Accessibility Compliance:** When uploading images or headshots, always fill out the **Alt Text** field inside the Attachment Details panel. This ensures your site remains compliant with web accessibility standards (such as WCAG 2.1) for learners using screen readers.
> - **The Domain Trapping Rule:** Because the system outputs absolute URLs containing your root domain path, do not hardcode media library addresses into Open edX Studio until your primary marketing domain name is finalized. Changing your domain later will break those links, causing missing images or 404 errors in your active course player.
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