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  Laravel Media Library
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- [ Introduction ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/introduction)
- [ Support us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/support-us)
- [ Base installation ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/installation-setup)
- [ Questions and issues ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/questions-issues)
- [ Requirements ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/requirements)
- [ Upgrading ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/upgrading)
- [ Changelog ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/changelog)
- [ Troubleshooting ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/troubleshooting)
- [ About us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/about-us)

Basic usage
-----------

- [ Preparing your model ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/basic-usage/preparing-your-model)
- [ Associating files ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/basic-usage/associating-files)
- [ Retrieving media ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/basic-usage/retrieving-media)

Working with media collections
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- [ Simple media collections ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/working-with-media-collections/simple-media-collections)
- [ Defining media collections ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/working-with-media-collections/defining-media-collections)

Converting images
-----------------

- [ Defining conversions ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/converting-images/defining-conversions)
- [ Retrieving converted images ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/converting-images/retrieving-converted-images)
- [ Optimizing converted images ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/converting-images/optimizing-converted-images)
- [ Regenerating images ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/converting-images/regenerating-images)

Responsive images
-----------------

- [ Getting started with responsive images ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/responsive-images/getting-started-with-responsive-images)
- [ Using your own width calculator ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/responsive-images/using-your-own-width-calculator)
- [ Customizing the rendered HTML ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/responsive-images/customizing-the-rendered-html)
- [ Generating your own tiny placeholder ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/responsive-images/generating-your-own-tiny-placeholder)
- [ Responsive images demo ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/responsive-images/demo)

Converting other file types
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- [ Using image generators ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/converting-other-file-types/using-image-generators)
- [ Creating a custom image generator ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/converting-other-file-types/creating-a-custom-image-generator)

Downloading media
-----------------

- [ Downloading a single file ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/downloading-media/downloading-a-single-file)
- [ Downloading multiple files ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/downloading-media/downloading-multiple-files)

Advanced usage
--------------

- [ Working with multiple filesystems ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/working-with-multiple-filesystems)
- [ Using custom properties ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/using-custom-properties)
- [ Storing media specific manipulations ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/storing-media-specific-manipulations)
- [ Using your own model ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/using-your-own-model)
- [ Outputting media ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/outputting-media)
- [ Rendering media ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/rendering-media)
- [ Using a custom directory structure ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/using-a-custom-directory-structure)
- [ Using a custom file removal strategy ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/using-a-custom-file-removal-strategy)
- [ Ordering media ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/ordering-media)
- [ Using a custom media downloader ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/using-a-custom-media-downloader)
- [ Moving media ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/moving-media)
- [ Consuming events ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/consuming-events)
- [ Attaching media in mails ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/attaching-media-in-mails)
- [ Generating custom URLs ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/generating-custom-urls)
- [ Overriding default filesystem behavior ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/overriding-the-default-filesystem-behaviour)
- [ Naming generated files ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/naming-files)
- [ Disable CDN ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/disable-cdn)
- [ Customising Database Connections ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/advanced-usage/customising-database-connections)

API
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- [ Adding files ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/api/adding-files)
- [ Defining conversions ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v11/api/defining-conversions)

 Ordering media
==============

This package has a built-in feature to help you order the media in your project. By default, all inserted media items are arranged in order by their time of creation (from the oldest to the newest) using the `order_column` column of the `media` table.

You can easily reorder a list of media by calling ̀Media::setNewOrder`:

```
 /**
  * This function reorders the records: the record with the first id in the array
  * will get the starting order (defaults to 1), the record with the second id
  * will get the starting order + 1, and so on.
  *
  * A starting order number can be optionally supplied.
  *
  * @param array $ids
  * @param int $startOrder
  */
Media::setNewOrder([11, 2, 26]);
```

Of course, you can also manually change the value of the `order_column`.

```
$media->order_column = 10;

$media->save();
```