Title: media_upload_{$tab}
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# do_action( “media_upload_{$tab}” )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/media_upload_tab/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/media_upload_tab/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/media_upload_tab/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Fires inside limited and specific upload-tab views in the legacy (pre-3.5.0) media
popup.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/media_upload_tab/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$tab`, refers to the specific media upload
tab. Possible values include ‘library’ (Media Library), or any custom tab registered
via the [‘media_upload_tabs’](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/media_upload_tabs/)
filter.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/media_upload_tab/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    do_action( "media_upload_{$tab}" );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/media-upload.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/media-upload.php#L117)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/media-upload.php#L117-L117)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/media_upload_tab/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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