Thread:Project:Support desk/how the download image files link to the local wikipedia?/reply

I'm not sure if i understand your question - but maybe manual:ImportImages.php might help you. It takes images from a local directory and makes it so a local mediawiki install can use them.

(Also note that zhwikipedia uses images from Commons in addition to the local images. You can also check out manual:$wgForeignFileRepos for info on how to make mediawiki dynamically use images from another wiki without downloading all of them all at once).