Inserting Media in Articles

overview purple dam replaces the standard media picker everywhere images and media are selected in the hub where the image chooser appears the purple dam image chooser opens automatically in the following contexts gutenberg editor — image, video, audio, gallery, and file blocks featured image — in the article sidebar acf image fields — on articles, cloud settings, and media items inserting an image into a block in the article editor, add an image block click choose from media library browse or search for the image you want click insert \[screenshot gutenberg editor with an image block and the choose from media library button] \[screenshot image chooser dialog in grid view] if the field already has an image when a field already has a selection, the chooser opens directly in the detail view of that image use the change image button in the bottom right corner to pick a different asset \[screenshot image chooser in detail mode showing the change image button] inserting multiple images at once when inserting into a gallery block (or any block that supports multiple images), the chooser switches to multi select mode select several assets and click insert selected \[screenshot image chooser in multi select mode with several tiles selected] material sammlung sidebar ⭐ when the media library is opened from within an article, a material sammlung sidebar appears alongside the grid it shows all assets that have been linked to that article via the target article feature — making it quick to find relevant material without searching assets linked to the article appear at the top non insertable files (e g pdfs) display a link that opens the file in a new tab instead of inserting it if no assets are linked to the article, the sidebar behaves as the standard media library \[screenshot image chooser open from within an article, showing the material sammlung sidebar with linked assets at the top] ℹ️ note the material sammlung sidebar requires purple dam plus adding audio or video for audio and video blocks, the same image chooser opens but filtered to the relevant media type see uploading media for supported formats