This is the documentation for v5 but the latest version is v10 . You can switch versions in the menu on the left/at the top. Check your current version with the following command:


                                composer show spatie/laravel-medialibrary

Using your own model

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A custom model allows you to add your own methods, add relationships and so on.

The easiest way to use your own custom model would be to extend the default Spatie\MediaLibrary\Media-class. Here's an example:

namespace App\Models;
use Spatie\MediaLibrary\Media as BaseMedia;

class Media extends BaseMedia 
{
...

In the config file of the package you must specify the name of your custom class:

// config/medialibrary.php
...
   'media_model' => App\Models\CustomMedia::class
...