MediaWiki User Guide/Images

Mediawiki supports the use of images in various formats. In order to be used in a wiki, image first needs to be uploaded, to which we come later.

Placing images[edit | edit source]

The following is an overview of placing images into pages, such images that have already been uploaded.

Placing of images
Task	Markup	Default Frame	Note
Image	[[Image:image_name.png]]	No	The image is shown in its full size as found in the file.
Image with thumb	[[Image:image_name.png\|thumb\|A caption text of the image.]]	Yes	Thumbs are always scaled down so as not to exceed an upper limit on the size.
Image without thumb, with restricted size	[[Image:image_name.png\|150px]]	No

Location:

Images can be put into a gallery as follows. Notice the absent "[[" and "]]" around the names of the image files.

<gallery>
Image:name_1.png
Image:name_2.jpeg
</gallery>

Images in galleries can be given captions, as follows.

<gallery>
Image:name_1.png | Caption 1.
Image:name_2.jpeg | Caption 2.
</gallery>

To do:
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