Forum:How can I enable i.imgur links to show pictures instead of external links

Hi there, I was wondering how I could enable links such as thisto come up as the same picture on wiki pages (on my wiki). I want to enable this function for all i.imgur links to do this on my wiki, thanks!


 * MediaWiki only supports pulling images from other specific (Staff chosen) wikis running compatible software (so, just MediaWiki AFAIK) or the server's harddrive. It should be possible to connect to imgur since the framework that does this is extensible, but that would require Wikia's engineers to write new code on the servers specifically to enable it. You may be able to write a script to substitute links to imgur into the page automatically but that's probably it. I'm rather doubtful that this is a good idea though, is there a particular reason you can't just upload the images normally? Lunarity 01:49, November 10, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hi. Some Wikis have policies against uploading certain images to the Wiki. So, using a link to an image enables the image to be displayed, but doesn't involve uploading the file to the Wiki. This may be what Ozank is referring to - I don't know. Hope that helps! :) -- Bob Talk 20:29, November 10, 2012 (UTC)
 * Found a solution to my request; I was looking for the MediaWiki page, which can be found here. Thanks for the help anyway! Ozank (Wall) 18:04, November 16, 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for returning to post the solution, I didn't know about this. -452 23:03, November 16, 2012 (UTC)