Every photo, video, audio clip, and document you add to your site lives in the **Media Library**. Uploading a file is a single step, and you can add as many at once as you like.

## Before you start

- You're signed in to your WordPress site and can see the left-hand menu.
- Your account can upload files — Authors, Editors, and Administrators all can.
- The files you want to add are saved on your computer or phone and ready to go.

## Steps

### Step 1: Open the uploader

In the left-hand menu, hover over **Media** and choose **Add Media File**. The **Upload Media** screen opens with a box for your files.

![Open the uploader](https://wordpress.supportpages.io/rails/active_storage/blobs/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTMxMiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--28974c85e01390bfc2c9a5e131d1bd89e796e144/block_open-uploader.png)

### Step 2: Add your files

Drag your files straight into the box marked **Drop files to upload**. You can drop in several at once, and you can drag more in while others are still going. If dragging isn't your thing, click **Select Files** and pick them out of your computer instead.

![Add your files](https://wordpress.supportpages.io/rails/active_storage/blobs/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTMzMywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--8ee3d5a2d8188252c07bf1e9ce51f9264ca05a6a/block_add-files.png)

### Step 3: Let them upload

Each file you add appears below the box with its own progress bar. Give them a moment to finish — bigger videos take longer than a photo does.

![Let them upload](https://wordpress.supportpages.io/rails/active_storage/blobs/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTMxNiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--933117c01ec7c61dbbb53a85eafe8b7e927671cc/block_upload-files.png)

### Step 4: Find your files again

Your files are saved the moment the upload finishes. To see them any time, hover over **Media** and choose **Library** — the **Media Library** lists your newest uploads first.

![Find your files again](https://wordpress.supportpages.io/rails/active_storage/blobs/proxy/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6OTMzNywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--0c90b2d3ac190f1c393c13e403b4f84927a93fa0/block_find-files.png)

## Tips

- The biggest file you're allowed to upload is printed just below the box as **Maximum upload file size** — if a file is too large, that's the number telling you why.
- Images, video, audio, PDFs, and Microsoft Office documents can all go in. So can most other common file types.
- Nothing is lost if you navigate away. Once a file has uploaded, it stays in the **Media Library** until you delete it.

## Summary

Open the **Upload Media** screen, drop your files in, and they're added to the **Media Library** — ready to use in posts, pages, and anywhere else on your site.