Filament Media Manager

A comprehensive media manager plugin for Filament v4 and v5.

Features

• Folder-based organization: Organize your media into hierarchical folders.
• Native Filament integration: Built specifically for Filament with support for forms, tables, and actions across both v4 and v5 versions.
• Smooth UI: Modern, responsive media browser with search and filtering capabilities.
• Hierarchical Folder Navigation: Browse and organize media using a powerful tree selection interface, thanks to filament-select-tree.
• Taggable media: Add tags to your files for easier searching and filtering.
• Support for multiple disks: Configure which disk to use for storage per field or globally.

Screenshots

Media Manager Overview

File Upload

File Details

File Preview

Filter, Search and Sort (with Multiple selectin and Actions)

Move Action Dialoge

Filtering by Type (Document) and Sorting By size

Rich Text Integration, Media Picker, MediaEntries

Media Picker (in Action)

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require slimani/filament-media-manager

# Publish Media Manager migrations
php artisan vendor:publish --tag="media-manager-migrations"

# Publish Spatie MediaLibrary migrations (if not already published)
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaLibraryServiceProvider" --tag="medialibrary-migrations"

# Run migrations
php artisan migrate

You can publish the config file with:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="media-manager-config"

Styling

If you are using a Custom Filament Theme, you must include both the plugin's pre-defined styles and allow Tailwind to scan your components for utility classes.

Add the following lines to your theme.css file:

@import '../../../../vendor/slimani/filament-media-manager/resources/css/media-manager.css';

@source '../../../../vendor/slimani/filament-media-manager/resources/**/*';

Why both?

• @import: Loads the custom component styles (like the media grid and picker layouts) that are unique to this plugin.
• @source: Allows Tailwind to scan the plugin's Blade files and generate any standard utility classes (like p-4, flex, etc.) that are used in the UI.

Usage

Plugin Registration

Register the plugin in your Panel Provider:

use Slimani\MediaManager\MediaManagerPlugin;

public function panel(Panel $panel): Panel
{
    return $panel
        ->plugin(MediaManagerPlugin::make());
}

Prepare Model

To use the media manager with your models, add the InteractsWithMediaFiles trait. This is required for relationships and picker functionality.

1. Prepare your Migration

• For single-file relationships (like avatar_id or cv_id), you need to add the foreign key columns to your model's migration:

Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
    $table->foreignId('avatar_id')->nullable()->constrained('media_files')->nullOnDelete();
    $table->foreignId('cv_id')->nullable()->constrained('media_files')->nullOnDelete();
});

• For multiple/polymorphic relationships (using $this->mediaFiles()), no migration is required. These relationships utilize the built-in media_attachments table included in the package migrations.

2. Prepare your Model

Add the trait and define your specific relationships. Don't forget to add the foreign keys to your $fillable array.

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Slimani\MediaManager\Concerns\InteractsWithMediaFiles;

class User extends Model
{
    use InteractsWithMediaFiles;

    protected $fillable = [
        'name',
        'email',
        'avatar_id',
        'cv_id',
    ];

    public function avatar(): \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo
    {
        return $this->mediaFile('avatar_id');
    }

    public function cv(): \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo
    {
        return $this->mediaFile('cv_id');
    }

    /**
     * Optional: Define custom collection relationships
     */
    public function documents(): \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\MorphToMany
    {
        return $this->mediaFiles('documents');
    }
}

Media Picker Field

Use the MediaPicker field in your Filament forms. It uses the "Prepare Model" setup to handle file selection via a modal.

use Slimani\MediaManager\Form\MediaPicker;
use Filament\Forms\Form;

public static function form(Form $form): Form
{
    return $form
        ->schema([
            // Single file selection with specific names (requires InteractsWithMediaFiles in Model)
            MediaPicker::make('avatar_id')
                ->relationship('avatar')
                ->label('User Avatar')
                ->required(),

            MediaPicker::make('cv_id')
                ->relationship('cv')
                ->label('User CV'),

            // Multiple file selection (requires MorphToMany relationship in Model)
            MediaPicker::make('documents')
                ->relationship('documents')
                ->multiple()
                ->label('User Documents'),
        ]);
}

Media Column

Display media in your Filament tables using the MediaColumn:

use Slimani\MediaManager\Tables\Columns\MediaColumn;

MediaColumn::make('avatar')
    ->circular()
    ->stacked()

Media Infolist Entries

The package provides two types of infolist entries: MediaImageEntry for image-specific features and MediaFileEntry for general file types with preview actions.

Media Image Entry

Use MediaImageEntry when you want to display image thumbnails with native Filament ImageEntry features (circular, stacked, etc.) and media manager conversion support.

use Slimani\MediaManager\Infolists\Components\MediaImageEntry;

MediaImageEntry::make('avatar')
    ->label('User Avatar')
    ->conversion('thumb') // Optional, defaults to 'thumb'
    ->circular() // Native Filament feature
    ->width(100)

Media File Entry

Use MediaFileEntry for a generic media display that includes an automatic "Open Preview" action, ideal for documents, videos, and mixed media.

use Slimani\MediaManager\Infolists\Components\MediaFileEntry;

MediaFileEntry::make('cv')
    ->label('User CV')

Both components support the media preview action that opens files in a slide-over.

Rich Text Editor Integration

The Media Manager integrates deeply with Filament's RichEditor, allowing you to insert images directly from your media library and ensuring that images always use fresh, valid URLs (supporting signed/temporary URLs).

1. Prepare your Model

Implement the HasRichContent interface and use the InteractsWithRichContent trait. Then, use setUpRichContent to register the media manager configuration for your field.

use Filament\Forms\Components\RichEditor\Models\Concerns\InteractsWithRichContent;
use Filament\Forms\Components\RichEditor\Models\Contracts\HasRichContent;
use Slimani\MediaManager\Form\RichEditor\MediaManagerRichContentPlugin;

class User extends Authenticatable implements HasRichContent
{
    use InteractsWithRichContent;

    public function setUpRichContent(): void
    {
        $this->registerRichContent('resume')
            ->plugins([
                MediaManagerRichContentPlugin::make()
                    ->collection('preview')
                    ->directory('User/Resumes'),
            ]);
    }
}

Note: Implementing HasFileAttachmentProvider in the plugin means that Filament automatically resolves the correct provider. You no longer need to call fileAttachmentProvider() manually on the attribute or renderer.

2. Use in Forms

Add the MediaManagerRichContentPlugin to your RichEditor component. This adds a "Media Library" button to the toolbar.

use Filament\Forms\Components\RichEditor;
use Slimani\MediaManager\Form\RichEditor\MediaManagerRichContentPlugin;

RichEditor::make('resume')
    ->plugins([
        MediaManagerRichContentPlugin::make()
            ->acceptedFileTypes(["image/*"]), // Optional: Limit to images only
    ])

3. Use in Infolists (Dynamic Rendering)

To ensure that images in your rich text always use fresh URLs (especially important if using temporary or signed URLs), use the renderRichContent method in your Infolist.

use Filament\Infolists\Components\TextEntry;

TextEntry::make('resume')
    ->html()
    ->state(fn ($record) => $record->renderRichContent('resume'))

This method parses the stored HTML and resolves each image ID into a fresh URL on the fly, solving the "expired link" problem entirely.

Plugin Customization

You can customize the Media Manager directly in your Panel Provider:

use Slimani\MediaManager\MediaManagerPlugin;

MediaManagerPlugin::make()
    ->navigationGroup('System')
    ->navigationLabel('Assets')
    ->navigationIcon('heroicon-o-folder')
    ->navigationSort(5)
    ->shouldRegisterNavigation(fn () => auth()->user()->isAdmin())
    ->headerWidgets([
        MyCustomWidget::class,
    ])
    ->footerWidgets([
        AnotherWidget::class,
    ])
    ->header(view('custom.header'))
    ->footer(view('custom.footer'))
    ->withVideoThumbnails() // Optional: Enable video thumbnails (requires FFMPEG)

Video Thumbnails

Thumbnail generation for videos is handled natively by the underlying Spatie MediaLibrary when FFMPEG and FFProbe are installed on your server.

To use this feature, you must install the FFMPEG PHP dependency:

composer require php-ffmpeg/php-ffmpeg

For more information on video processing requirements, please refer to the Spatie MediaLibrary Documentation.

Media Library Conversions

You can customize or add media conversions from your application's AppServiceProvider or a dedicated Service Provider. Default conversions (thumb and preview) are registered first, and your callback can override them or add new ones.

use Slimani\MediaManager\Models\File;
use Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\Models\Media;

public function boot(): void
{
    File::registerMediaConversionsUsing(function (File $file, ?Media $media = null) {
        // Override default 'thumb' (300x300)
        $file->addMediaConversion('thumb')
            ->width(150)
            ->height(150)
            ->nonQueued();

        // Add a new custom conversion
        $file->addMediaConversion('square')
            ->width(500)
            ->height(500)
            ->nonQueued();
        
        // Default 'preview' (800x800) is kept if not overridden
    });
}

Using Conversions in Components

After defining your conversions, you can specify which one to use in your components using the conversion() method. This controls which conversion is used for the table thumbnail, infolist image, or form picker preview.

use Slimani\MediaManager\Tables\Columns\MediaColumn;
use Slimani\MediaManager\Infolists\Components\MediaImageEntry;
use Slimani\MediaManager\Form\MediaPicker;

// In Tables
MediaColumn::make('avatar')
    ->conversion('thumb')

// In Infolists
MediaImageEntry::make('avatar')
    ->conversion('preview')

MediaFileEntry::make('cv')
    ->conversion('thumb')

// In Forms (controls the picker's file preview)
MediaPicker::make('avatar_id')
    ->conversion('thumb')

All components default to the thumb conversion if none is specified.

Testing & Support

Seeders Example

To populate your media manager with initial data, you can use a seeder. Here is an example of how to set up folders and files:

use Slimani\MediaManager\Models\Folder;
use Slimani\MediaManager\Models\File;

public function run(): void
{
    $images = Folder::create(['name' => 'Project Images']);
    $docs = Folder::create(['name' => 'Documents']);

    // here should be the code if you have real files
    // for now we will use dummy data

    $banner = File::create([
        'name' => 'Main Banner',
        'folder_id' => $images->id,
        'size' => 1024,
        'extension' => 'jpg',
        'mime_type' => 'image/jpeg',
        'uploaded_by_user_id' => 1,
    ]);

    // Attach actual media using Spatie MediaLibrary
    $banner->addMediaFromUrl('https://picsum.photos/1200/800')
        ->toMediaCollection('default');
}

Running Tests

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security Vulnerabilities

Please review our security policy on how to report security vulnerabilities.

Credits

• CodeWithDennis - Select Tree
• HugoMyb - Media Action
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.