Storage & Media
Plugins that decide where Payload keeps uploaded files and how images, video and other media are processed and delivered.
41 plugins, ranked by health score, then weekly downloads.
cloud storage
Official Payload plugin for storing uploads in third-party cloud storage through a pluggable adapter interface
100426.0k/wk45.4kv3
mux video
Upload and manage Mux videos from the Payload admin with public or signed playback
872.7k/wk83v3
payload storage bunny
Storage adapter that keeps Payload uploads and video in Storage and Stream
821.6k/wk60v4
image search
Search and import images from Unsplash, Pexels and Pixabay without leaving the Payload admin
78533/wk114v3
payload plugin aspect preview
Crop and focal point editing with live multi-aspect-ratio previews for Payload upload collections
7534/wk6v3
payload plugin media preview
Preview images, video, audio, code, CSV and Office files in the Payload admin list and edit views
7294/wk13v4
blur data urls
Generates blur placeholder data URLs for images uploaded to Payload media collections
6966/wk83v3
payload media
Search Unsplash, Pexels and Pixabay stock images and videos from Payload upload collections
680/wk8v4
mux video
Mux video upload and playback for Atomic Payload, wrapping the Oversight Studio mux-video plugin
610/wk37v3
images
On-demand Sharp image transforms with focal points, built-in blur placeholders and a favicons collection
570/wk37v3
payload fonts
Upload custom fonts to Payload, subset them to WOFF2 and export them for next/font/local
560/wk18v3
payload icons
SVG icon upload collection with automatic optimization and a server component to render icons inline
560/wk18v3
payload mux
Videos collection for Payload that uploads directly to Mux with public or signed playback
560/wk18v3
payload images
On-demand Sharp image transforms with focal-point cropping, placeholders and a responsive image component
550/wk18v3
payload storage cloudinary
Cloudinary storage adapter that moves Payload uploads to Cloudinary with transformations, folders and private files
550/wk7v3
fonts
Font upload collection and download script for using custom Payload fonts with next/font/local
540/wk37v3
payload webp
Automatically convert uploaded images to WebP using sharp, including generated image sizes
50247/wk90v1
plugin adaptive bitrate videos
Automatic HLS adaptive bitrate transcoding for videos uploaded to Payload collections
500/wk21v3
payload blurhash
Generates a base64 WebP blur placeholder automatically for image uploads in Payload
480/wk1v3
payloadcms plugin image optimizer
Client-side pre-resize, ThumbHash blur placeholders, filename strategies and bulk regeneration for Payload image uploads
480/wk27v3
payload storage file explorer
Browse and manage S3-compatible bucket files from an admin view in Payload
460/wk12v3
payload video stream
Send video uploads from Payload collections to Cloudflare Stream and track their processing status
420/wk8v3
payload cloudinary plugin
Upload Payload media files to Cloudinary
390/wk77v2
payload nextcloud
Nextcloud storage adapter for Payload uploads over WebDAV with optional public share links
390/wk2v3
payload hash upload
Append a content hash to upload filenames to improve CDN caching
370/wk23v?
payload s3 upload
Store Payload CMS uploads and resized images in Amazon S3 with per-collection configuration
360/wk70v1
payload blurhash plugin
Automatically compute Blurhash or Thumbhash placeholders for images uploaded to Payload collections
350/wk94v?
payload files proxy
Fetch missing media files from a production origin on demand during local development
350/wk1v3
payload storage github
Store Payload uploads in a GitHub repository through the GitHub REST API
350/wk9v3
payload media gallery
Grid, justified, masonry and lightbox views for the Payload media collection list
340/wk26v3
payload blurhash plugin
Automatically generates BlurHash placeholders for images uploaded to selected Payload upload collections
336/wk8v1 v2
video plugin
Queued FFmpeg video variant generation with an admin panel and optional cropping for Payload upload collections
310/wk1v3
payload base64 plugin
Generate base64 image placeholders automatically for upload collections
300/wk17v1
payload imagekit
Sync Payload media uploads to ImageKit instead of storing them on local disk
290/wk24v3
payloadcms sftp storage
SFTP storage adapter for Payload's cloud-storage plugin to keep uploads on a remote server
270/wk2v?
payloadcms ftp storage
FTP storage adapter for Payload's cloud-storage plugin to keep uploads on a remote FTP server
250/wk1v?
sirv payload
Use Sirv as a media source in the Payload admin and render assets on the frontend with @sirv/react
250v?
payload custom path local storage
Customize file paths for Payload's built-in local storage, including nested subdirectories
84v3
payload exif
Extracts EXIF metadata from uploaded images and stores it in your upload collections
015/wk3v3
payload images
Search Unsplash, Pexels and Pixabay stock images from the Payload admin and import them into your media library
04/wk7v3
plugin cloud
Official plugin connecting Payload to Payload Cloud file storage, email delivery and upload caching
05v1 v2