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.

Note that when using the control, the type should be set using the \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.
default	array		Default media values. $id (int) Media id. $url (string) Media url.

Return Value

(array) An array containing image data:

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

[
	'id' => '',
	'url' => '',
]

Usage

<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {

	protected function _register_controls() {

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

		$this->add_control(
			'image',
			[
				'label' => __( 'Choose Image', 'plugin-domain' ),
				'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
		echo \Elementor\Group_Control_Image_Size::get_attachment_image_html( $settings );
	}

	protected function _content_template() {
		?>
		<img src="{{ settings.image.url }}">
		<?php
	}

}