Media Control

Elementor Core Basic

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 and after. default will hide the separator, unless the control type has specific separator settings. before / after will position the separator before/after the control.
media_types	array	['image']	Supported media types. Available values are image, video, svg, application/pdf etc.
default	array		Default media values. $id (int) Media id. $url (string) Media url.

Return Value

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

(array) An array containing image data:

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

Usage

Add an image:

<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {

	protected function register_controls(): void {

		$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(): void {
		$settings = $this->get_settings_for_display();

		if ( empty( $settings['image']['url'] ) ) {
			return;
		}

		// 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(): void {
		?>
		<#
		if ( '' === settings.image.url ) {
			return;
		}

		const image = {
			id: settings.image.id,
			url: settings.image.url,
			size: settings.image_size,
			dimension: settings.image_custom_dimension,
			model: view.getEditModel()
		};

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

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

}

Add a video media type to display a self hosted video:

<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {

	protected function register_controls(): void {

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

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

		$this->end_controls_section();

	}

	protected function render(): void {
		$settings = $this->get_settings_for_display();
		$video_url = $settings['video']['url'];

		if ( empty( $video_url ) ) {
			return;
		}
		?>
		<video src="<?php echo esc_attr( $video_url ); ?>" class="elementor-video"></video>
		<?php
	}

	protected function content_template(): void {
		?>
		<#
		const video_url = settings.video.url;

		if ( '' === video_url ) {
			return;
		}
		#>
		<video src="{{ video_url }}" class="elementor-video"></video>
		<?php
	}

}

Add a PDF file:

<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {

	protected function register_controls(): void {

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

		$this->add_control(
			'pdf',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Choose PDF', 'textdomain' ),
				'type' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::MEDIA,
				'media_types' => [ 'application/pdf' ],
			]
		);

		$this->end_controls_section();

	}

	protected function render(): void {
		$settings = $this->get_settings_for_display();
		$pdf_url = $settings['pdf']['url'];

		if ( ! empty( $pdf_url ) ) {
			return;
		}
		?>
		<a download href="<?php echo esc_attr( $pdf_url ); ?>">
			<?php echo esc_html__( 'Download PDF', 'textdomain' ); ?>
		</a>
		<?php
	}

	protected function content_template(): void {
		?>
		<#
		const pdf_url = settings.pdf.url;

		if ( '' === pdf_url ) {
			return;
		}
		#>
		<a download src="{{ pdf_url }}">
			<?php echo esc_html__( 'Download PDF', 'textdomain' ); ?>
		</a>
		<?php
	}

}