Supported file types for upload

by Nikolaenko Maxim · Published February 16, 2013 · Updated August 27, 2020

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This code will add a new tab, which will display all supported file types. The list of supported types can be easily modified by adding a special filter.

Sample code for forming a tab:

function mime_type_tab($tabs) {
        /* name of custom tab */
        $new_tab = array('mimeframe' => __('Mime Types', 'mimetype'));
        return array_merge($tabs, $new_tab);
}
add_filter('media_upload_tabs', 'mime_type_tab');
function create_mime_type_page() {
        media_upload_header();
        wp_enqueue_style( 'media' );
        /* add custom code to display bellow this line */
        /* display mime types */
        $mimes = get_allowed_mime_types();
        $types = array();
        echo '<div class="type-outer">';
        echo '<h3 class="media-title">Supported file types</h3>';
        echo '<hr />';
        foreach ($mimes as $ext => $mime) {
                 $types[] = '<li>' . str_replace('|', ', ', $ext) . '</li>';
        }
        echo '<ul class="mime-types">' . implode('', $types) . '</ul>';
        echo '</div>';
       /* end custom code */
}
function insert_mime_type_iframe() {
    return wp_iframe( 'create_mime_type_page');
}
add_action('media_upload_mimeframe', 'insert_mime_type_iframe');
        add_action( 'admin_head', 'mime_frame_css' );
        function mime_frame_css() {
                echo '<style type="text/css">
                .type-outer{margin:20px;}
                .type-outer hr{
                        border:solid #ccc;
                        border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px;
                        margin:0px 0px 20px 0px;
                        }
                .mime-types li{
                        font-size:10px;
                        float:left;
                        width:24%;
                        padding:1px;
                        }
                        </style>';
        }

function mime_type_tab($tabs) {

/* name of custom tab */

$new_tab = array('mimeframe' => __('Mime Types', 'mimetype'));

return array_merge($tabs, $new_tab);

}

add_filter('media_upload_tabs', 'mime_type_tab');

function create_mime_type_page() {

media_upload_header();

wp_enqueue_style( 'media' );

/* add custom code to display bellow this line */

/* display mime types */

$mimes = get_allowed_mime_types();

$types = array();

echo '<div class="type-outer">';

echo '<h3 class="media-title">Supported file types</h3>';

echo '<hr />';

foreach ($mimes as $ext => $mime) {

$types[] = '<li>' . str_replace('|', ', ', $ext) . '</li>';

}

echo '<ul class="mime-types">' . implode('', $types) . '</ul>';

echo '</div>';

/* end custom code */

}

function insert_mime_type_iframe() {

return wp_iframe( 'create_mime_type_page');

}

add_action('media_upload_mimeframe', 'insert_mime_type_iframe');

add_action( 'admin_head', 'mime_frame_css' );

function mime_frame_css() {

echo '<style type="text/css">

.type-outer{margin:20px;}

.type-outer hr{

border:solid #ccc;

border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px;

margin:0px 0px 20px 0px;

}

.mime-types li{

font-size:10px;

float:left;

width:24%;

padding:1px;

}

</style>';

}

Snapshot of the resulting tab

Another Useful WordPress Code Snippet

Among other things, I found another useful code, which can in the settings of the plugin you create, withdraw which types are supported by WordPress at the moment to download files.

Code Example:

     $mimes = get_allowed_mime_types();
     $types = array();
foreach ($mimes as $ext => $mime) {
     $types[] = '<li>' . str_replace('|', ', ', $ext) . '</li>';
}
     echo '<ul>' . implode('', $types) . '</ul>';

$mimes = get_allowed_mime_types();

$types = array();

foreach ($mimes as $ext => $mime) {

$types[] = '<li>' . str_replace('|', ', ', $ext) . '</li>';

}

echo '<ul>' . implode('', $types) . '</ul>';

I checked everything and everything works. Good luck with development!

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