Media module overview

The core Media module manages the creation, editing, deletion, settings, and display of media entities. Media items are typically images, documents, slideshows, YouTube videos, tweets, Instagram photos, etc.

Media entities and Media types

Media entities are standard Drupal content entities. And are grouped by Media type bundles. Like content types they can have fields added, and their display can be managed via view modes.

Learn about creating new Media types.

Media entities can be managed via the Media administration page (admin/content/media)

The canonical route for a Media entity is `/media/{ID}`, though like other content entities these can be aliased.

However, unlike nodes and most other content entities, the canonical URL for a Media entity, `/media/{ID}`, will result in an HTTP 404 error. And not a page that displays the Media entity in question. In most cases this is probably the desired behavior. Media entities are most likely being attached to a page that someone would navigate too, like an Article, and displayed there. Usually you don't want someone to navigate to the Media entity out of context.

This behavior can be configured via the Media module's settings.

Media fields

Media reference fields can be used to attach media items to any other content on your site.

The Media Library module provides a user interface to allow content creators to easily find and use existing media items that improves the UX of Media reference fields.

If you are looking for a link to the D7 media module documentation click here.