Filtering and uploads

Opening a folder

Click a folder to see only its files. This works with everything else the Media Library has: the type filter (images, video, documents…), the date filter and the search box all apply within the open folder. Click All files to search the whole library again.

In the list view, opening a folder reloads the list; you can bookmark the page or share its address and the same folder opens.

Tick Include subfolders at the bottom of the panel to include the files of the open folder's subfolders.

Uploading into a folder

Files you upload go into the folder that's open:

• Media → Library: open a folder, then click Add Media File or drag files onto the page.
• Media pickers (Add Media, featured image, the block editor's image and gallery pickers): choose a folder in the folder filter, then upload on the Upload files tab.
• Media → Add New: choose a folder in Upload to folder under the uploader. It starts at the folder you last had open.

With Unsorted open, uploads stay out of every folder.

The default folder

Uploads that don't come from inside a folder go into the default folder, if you choose one under Media → Folder Settings: uploads with "All files" open, images dropped straight into the block editor, and files added by other plugins. Leave it at Unsorted (no folder) to keep those out of folders.