Help talk:Images

External Images
Is it possible to embed external image into the page? I can not find a way to do that. Is there a reason why this is not implemented? --unattributed


 * Sure, just use single brackets around the URL of the image -- e.g. .  If the $wgAllowExternalImages configuration setting is "true" on the server, external images will be pasted directly into the page.  You don't have access to image resizing or any of those goodies when using an external image, however -- the image is pasted verbatim.  Most MediaWikis (especially modern ones) have this feature set to "false" because phishers can use various schemes like HTTP referer links to gather your personal data and cookies. --Jtgibson 01:46, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Images linking to something else than the Image page?
Is it possible yet to have images link to something else than the Image: page? Guaka 21:15, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Not directly, but see template:click for a possible solution. --HappyDog 00:35, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

I'd also request this feature be added. Right now, the Pluto article uses the template w:en:Template:ImageMap Pluto Compared2.jpg in its text to display a clickable thumbnail of various moons. The "Enlarge" link in the caption needs to take the reader to an alternate (full-sized) template page (not created as I write this) instead of the contained image's page. Urhixidur 14:17, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Problem with uploading images.
When I try to upload an image, it first gives me a warning that the file is bigger than the reccomended size, so I click ignore. Then, when I see the image, about the bottom 3/5ths of the image are distorted. I have had similar results with different images, although there were different forms of distortion. Can anyone help me? --Fezir 01:04, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Incomplete GD library configuration
Also, when I make thumbnail pictures with working pictures, it says "Incomplete GD library configuration: missing function imagecreatefromjpeg" Can anyone help with that one, too? --Fezir 01:16, 28 October 2006 (UTC)


 * At my system (Fedora Core 6) a simple "yum install php-gd" helped to solve this problem. I think this is a image-creation library for php that was not installed.

Images with URL without proper suffix
I know that Mediawiki can link to external images by simply writing the URL in the text (if enabled by admin). The image is detected by checking the suffix, I guess. But how do I embedd images without proper suffix? Example: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=233007

-- Daniel 84.58.158.124 16:24, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Images Code Broken by UseTidy enabled
I have enabled UseTidy in the LocalSettings.php and now the code generated for the images is broken. It appears that some of the open and closing brackets of the HTML code is translated incorrectly into the & gt; and & lt; codes. Full details can be found here: Manual_talk:$wgUseTidy --Dr DBW 23:39, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Resizing Images Caveat
At least in MediaWiki 1.6.7, you cannot include both a "frame" option and a "***px" option; the frame tag displays the full image and ignores resizing. Took me ages (and even a couple bad support tickets to my site administrators) before I found this out. --Jtgibson 01:40, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Number of Images in a row
Is there a way to limit it to three instead of four? 80.203.76.158 17:00, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Self Updating Gallery
Is there a way to create a Gallery, such as the one on my main page at Plant Photos Wiki, but instead of updating it by hand, have the gallery automatically insert the 4 most recently uploaded photos (thumbnails of, and link to image description)?

--PlantPhotos 17:16, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Resize gallery thumbs
Is there a way to set the thumb-size oft the pics in the gallery (like )?

Multiple Image Namespaces
Is there a way to have multiple namespaces for images so that images can be grouped and access controls can placed on them via group permissions? Currently as far as I can tell, pages in namespaces can have access controls put on them but since images are all in one common namespace, images in the pages cannot have access controls placed on them.


 * No. Currently only one image namespace is allowed. --HappyDog 16:00, 19 April 2007 (UTC)