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This module enhances how media is linked and displayed on your site. It allows you to control media links to point directly to source files or remote URLs, and can add file type and size information to links for accessibility. The module also offers an administrative interface to manage these features.

The Media Link Enhancements module gives site owners much needed control over how media is linked and displayed. The module extends core classes to alter media URL and link generation and expands how media is rendered at its canonical URL.

Features

  • Alters media links so that they point directly to the source file or remote URL
  • Provides a download="filename" attribute for media links
  • Alters links site-wide, including; menus, link fields and WYSIWYG body fields
  • Appends file type and size to media link text for 508 accessibility compliance
  • Redirects standard media links directly to files and remote URLs
  • Provides a binary response for direct download of files at media URLs
  • Provides a robust admin UI for maintaining module features and their settings
  • Each feature allows bundle and extension filtering
  • Integrates with Linkit

Dependencies

  1. Core's media module
  2. Media setting Standalone media URL must be enabled

Activity

Total releases
2
First release
Nov 2025
Latest release
5 months ago
Releases (12 mo)
2 ▲ from 0
Maintenance
Active

Releases

Version Type Release date
2.0.0-alpha1 Pre-release Jan 20, 2026
2.0.x-dev Dev Nov 26, 2025