Title: Shared media plugin needed
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Shared media plugin needed

 *  [rocknets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rocknets/)
 * (@rocknets)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shared-media-plugin-needed/)
 * I’m looking for a plugin that lets the super admin share images across the whole
   multisite network. I’ve tried the ‘Network Shared Media’ plugin but this enforces
   a site wide sharing of everyone’s images. I just want the one shared folder to
   be shared. I would still want blogs in the mutlisite to be able to upload their
   own images as normal to their own directory.
 * I have looked everywhere for this type of plugin but can’t find anything. It 
   seems such an obvious feature for a multisite I can’t understand why one hasn’t
   been made. It would be great.
 * Steve

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shared-media-plugin-needed/#post-3903373)
 * > It seems such an obvious feature for a multisite I can’t understand why one
   > hasn’t been made.
 * Because sites are meant to be separate data-silos, as it were. Separate sites
   as much as possible.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/network-shared-media/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/network-shared-media/)
 * That’s the only one I’m really aware of right now.
 *  Thread Starter [rocknets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rocknets/)
 * (@rocknets)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shared-media-plugin-needed/#post-3903450)
 * Hello Mika E,
    Thank you for your quick reply and helpful comments. For our purpose,
   it would be useful to have a single shared media folder that is managed by the
   super admin.
 * We would use it to make common images and files available to other sites on the
   wordpress network. This could include things like our own logos and pdf documents
   that some of the sites might find useful.
 * I have seen other people searching for this type of wordpress functionality too.
   It would really enhance our site.
    Maybe someone will see this opost and attempt
   to make such a plugin.
 * Steve
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shared-media-plugin-needed/#post-3903518)
 * Sure but your purpose and the intent of WP Multisite aren’t in sync 🙂 Which 
   is the problem.
 * Are you 100% sure you need separate SITES for this? Would CPTs work?
 *  Thread Starter [rocknets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rocknets/)
 * (@rocknets)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shared-media-plugin-needed/#post-3903526)
 * Hi Mika E. Maybe if I explain the scenario it might help.
 * Imagine a multisite for a chain of pubs (bars). Each bar manager looks after 
   their own website and can add their own pictures etc.
    The head office (super
   admin) has a collection of pictures that it would like to make available to others
   on the multisite so that each bar manager can use the images if they wish on 
   thie own site.
 * This is what I have in mind. Does this explain my reasoning?
 * Steve
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shared-media-plugin-needed/#post-3903576)
 * Yeah, and it’s one of the cases where Multisite is probably right :/ Bummer. 
   Sorry to say it doesn’t exist hey.

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## Tags

 * [images](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/images/)
 * [media](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/media/)
 * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/)
 * [shared](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shared/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shared-media-plugin-needed/#post-3903576)
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