Media (in rich text)
Insert an image or video inline within rich text.
Media drops an image or video into the flow of your text, at the cursor. Use it when a picture or clip belongs in the middle of a paragraph or between two passages, rather than as its own full section on the page.
In the rich-text editor, open the insert menu and choose Media (listed under Basic). The block is added where your cursor sits, and you choose what it holds.
Choose what to insert
Media Type sets whether the block holds an image or a video:
- Image (the default)
- Video
Switching between the two changes which settings appear below.
Image
When Media Type is Image:
- Heading — an optional heading shown with the image.
- Image — pick an image from your library or upload a new one. Once an image is selected, a Fit option appears: Cover (default) fills the frame and crops the overflow, Contain shows the whole image inside the frame, and Fill stretches it to the frame's exact shape. You can also point the image at a link so the whole picture is clickable.
- Alignment — None (the default), Left, Center, or Right. None keeps the image full width in the text flow. Left or Right floats it to that side so the surrounding text wraps around it.
- Show Caption — on by default. Shows the caption stored on the image itself.
- Show Credit — on by default. Shows the credit stored on the image itself.
The caption and credit text are not typed here — they come from the image in your library. Edit them where the image lives. See Media library.
Video
When Media Type is Video:
- Heading — an optional heading shown with the video.
- Source — Uploaded (the default) or External URL.
- Video — the uploaded clip to play. Shown when Source is Uploaded.
- Video URL — the address of an embeddable video. Shown when Source is External URL. Accepts a YouTube, Vimeo, or any embeddable video link.
- Title — an accessible title for the embedded video, read by screen readers. Shown when Source is External URL.
When Source is Uploaded and a clip is selected, four playback options appear:
- Autoplay — on by default. Starts the video automatically.
- Loop — on by default. Restarts the video when it ends.
- Muted — on by default. While Autoplay is on, the video stays muted and this cannot be turned off — browsers block sound on videos that play on their own.
- Controls — off by default. Turn it on to show play, pause, and volume controls.
You can also give the uploaded video a link with Enable Link (off by default) so the whole clip is clickable.
Worked example
Add a portrait halfway through an artist biography so the text wraps around it.
Place your cursor
Click into the paragraph where the image should appear, then open the insert menu and choose Media.
Keep Media Type on Image
Leave Media Type set to Image.
Pick the photo
For Image, choose the artist's portrait from your library, or upload it.
Float it
Set Alignment to Left so the biography text wraps around the right of the photo. Leave Show Caption and Show Credit on so the photographer's credit appears.
Keeping it up to date
Replace the underlying file in your library and the embedded image or video updates everywhere it appears, including here. Manage files, captions, and credits in Media library.