Images, Media, and the Media Library

Whether you are building a brand website, running a blog, or selling online courses, e-books, and digital templates, photos, videos, audio, and documents are essential assets for building trust with your visitors.

At Kanorio, every file you upload is stored in your website's dedicated "Media Library." You don't need to worry about image compression, video transcoding, or cloud permission settings. The system automatically optimizes image quality based on the visitor's device and protects your work and paid content with built-in players, readers, and security mechanisms.

What can you achieve with this category?

We have organized the features into five sections, following the typical workflow of a site owner or creator—from "adding your first asset" to "long-term asset management and protection":

1. Upload images, set focal points, and use free stock photos: Preserve original file quality, lock in facial or product focal points with a single click on fixed-ratio layouts, and search Pexels and Pixabay free commercial stock libraries directly within the editor.
2. Embed videos, audio, PDFs, and downloadable files: Use our built-in ad-free video player, full-screen PDF reader, and file download cards.
3. Reuse media across pages, track usage, and update files in one click: See where files are used across your site. When updating a logo or catalog, use "Upload New Version" to update all instances simultaneously, and recover accidentally deleted files from the trash within 30 days.
4. Protect public images and prevent digital content leakage: Set download toggles, disable right-click saving, and add brand watermarks to your images. For digital products, we provide private storage isolation, streaming-only access, and short-lived encrypted signature links.
5. Monitor storage usage, clean up unused files, and purchase extra space: Track file usage with color-coded progress bars and purchase extra space in 5 GB increments or enable auto-purchase when you run low.

Identify what you want to do

How is this different from other categories?

To keep each article focused, related topics are covered in other categories:

• Adding pages, layout, and editing 40+ modules: For information on adding hero sections, image-text layouts, carousels, or multimedia modules, as well as embedding content from YouTube, Spotify, Instagram, etc., see and .
• Creating digital or physical products, setting pricing, and managing orders: For information on listing products, setting variants, and processing orders under "Store › Products," see and .
• Site-wide SEO health check and search appearance: For information on using "SEO › Health Check" to batch-generate missing image ALT descriptions with AI or managing social sharing preview images (OG images), see and .
• Billing timing and consolidated invoices for extra storage: For information on how storage add-ons are billed alongside your website plan or sending quotas, see .

Quick tips before you start

• Uploads preserve original quality: The system saves your original files exactly as uploaded and automatically serves the most appropriate size based on the visitor's screen. You can always retrieve your original files from the Media Library.
• Removing images from pages does not delete them from the Media Library: When you swap a photo or delete a block in the editor, the file remains in your Media Library marked as "Unused," making it easy to reuse later.
• Each website has its own independent Media Library and storage: If you manage multiple websites under one account, files and storage capacity are not shared between them.

Articles in this category

• - Image upload sources, original file preservation, 40 MB format rules, focal point settings, image lightboxes, ALT descriptions, and Pexels/Pixabay free commercial stock libraries.
• - Direct upload vs. external embedding, built-in media players (playback speed, progress memory, picture-in-picture), full-screen PDF reader, file download cards, and format limits.
• - Batch uploading and filtering, cross-page reuse, tracking usage locations, downloading originals, using "Upload New Version" for site-wide updates, and 30-day trash recovery.
• - Setting download toggles, copyright fields, disabling right-click saving, brand watermarks, and understanding private isolation and short-lived signature protection for digital products.
• - Understanding what counts towards your quota (system-generated thumbnails and streaming bandwidth are excluded), plan capacities, and rules for 5 GB add-ons and auto-purchase.

Recommended reading order

1. Building your site layout and content: Start with to get your brand visuals right. If your pages include brand videos, audio, or catalogs, continue with .
2. Accumulating assets or needing maintenance: Read to learn how to reuse assets across pages and use "Upload New Version" to update files site-wide when refreshing logos or brochures.
3. Protecting work or selling digital products: Read to set up image protection or check delivery permissions for digital materials, then finish with to master capacity management.