Media & images

Image optimisation, focal points, alt text, video handling, galleries and media library improvements for the Payload admin.

29 plugins, ranked by health score, then weekly downloads.

mux video

Upload and manage Mux videos from the Payload admin with public or signed playback

872.7k/wk83v3

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

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 video stream

Send video uploads from Payload collections to Cloudflare Stream and track their processing status

420/wk8v3

payload hash upload

Append a content hash to upload filenames to improve CDN caching

370/wk23v?

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 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

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