# Media Control

Elementor Core Basic Media Control

Elementor Media control displays a media chooser section based on the WordPress media library. It allows the user to select an image from the media library.

The control is defined in Control_Media class which extends Control_Base_Multiple class.

When using this control, the type should be set to \Elementor\Controls_Manager::MEDIA constant.

# Arguments

Name Type Default Description
type string media The type of the control.
label string The label that appears above of the field.
description string The description that appears below the field.
show_label bool true Whether to display the label.
label_block bool true Whether to display the label in a separate line.
separator string default Set the position of the control separator. Available values are default, before, after and none. default will position the separator depending on the control type. before / after will position the separator before/after the control. none will hide the separator.
media_types array ['image'] Supported media types. Available values are image, video, svg and application/pdf.
default array Default media values.
  • $id (int) Media id.
  • $url (string) Media url.

# Return Value

[
	'id' => '',
	'url' => '',
]
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(array) An array containing image data:

  • $id (int) Media id.
  • $url (string) Media url.

# Usage














 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 








 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {

	protected function register_controls() {

		$this->start_controls_section(
			'content_section',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Content', 'textdomain' ),
				'tab' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TAB_CONTENT,
			]
		);

		$this->add_control(
			'image',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Choose Image', 'textdomain' ),
				'type' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::MEDIA,
				'default' => [
					'url' => \Elementor\Utils::get_placeholder_image_src(),
				],
			]
		);

		$this->end_controls_section();

	}

	protected function render() {
		$settings = $this->get_settings_for_display();

		// Get image URL
		echo '<img src="' . $settings['image']['url'] . '">';

		// Get image 'thumbnail' by ID
		echo wp_get_attachment_image( $settings['image']['id'], 'thumbnail' );

		// Get image HTML
		$this->add_render_attribute( 'image', 'src', $settings['image']['url'] );
		$this->add_render_attribute( 'image', 'alt', \Elementor\Control_Media::get_image_alt( $settings['image'] ) );
		$this->add_render_attribute( 'image', 'title', \Elementor\Control_Media::get_image_title( $settings['image'] ) );
		$this->add_render_attribute( 'image', 'class', 'my-custom-class' );
		echo \Elementor\Group_Control_Image_Size::get_attachment_image_html( $settings, 'thumbnail', 'image' );
	}

	protected function content_template() {
		?>
		<#
		if ( settings.image.url ) {
			var image = {
				id: settings.image.id,
				url: settings.image.url,
				size: settings.image_size,
				dimension: settings.image_custom_dimension,
				model: view.getEditModel()
			};

			var image_url = elementor.imagesManager.getImageUrl( image );

			if ( ! image_url ) {
				return;
			}
		}
		#>
		<img src="{{ image_url }}">
		<?php
	}

}
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