Title: Using default WP Image Upload
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Using default WP Image Upload

 *  [daniyal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daniyal/)
 * (@daniyal)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-default-wp-image-upload/)
 * **Introduction:**
    I’m trying to make a custom featured content plug-in, which
   will have an admin panel allowing the end-user to manage the featured box content
   via the Admin > Settings panel.
 * **The Problem:**
    In the Settings area of the plugin (admin panel), I want to
   use the default “Add Media” button/option of WP to manage image uploading, and
   save the uploaded images, along with all other info, to the database for easy
   retrieval later. I’m not sure how the default image upload mechanism works in
   WP (whether a reference to the location of image is saved in Database or the 
   whole image as BLOB) but I would prefer the image location reference to be saved
   in the Database.
 * _Extra Bits:_
    It’s my first time writing a plug-in, I’m fairly good with javascript
   and PHP/MySQL development. I’ve tried searching through forums and google but
   have had no luck. Any sort of help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

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## Tags

 * [add media](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/add-media/)
 * [custom plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/custom-plugin/)
 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)
 * [image](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/image/)
 * [media](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/media/)
 * [upload](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upload/)

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