MediaWiki Uploads And Images

   MediaWiki Uploads and Images

This page contains a guide to Uploading Images and other files to a MediaWiki.

Guide to Uploading Files including Images and such.

Upload Special Pages

 * Upload file : Special:Upload — Upload a file to the wiki.
 * Files : Special:Imagelist — List of images and other files uploaded that can be sorted by size or date.
 * Gallery of new files : Special:Newimages — lists new images.
 * Most linked-to images : Special:Mostimages — lists images from whose number of pages linked is largest.
 * Unused files : Special:Unusedimages — list of unused images.


 * See meta.wikimedia.org Uploading Files — guide to all the settings.

How to Upload Non Image Files
To upload non image files like Excel spreadsheets (*.xls), Word documents (*.doc), etc., add the following to : $wgFileExtensions = array('gif','png','jpg','jpeg','svg','xls','doc');

The PHP server takes the last standing line as the relevant one, so be sure that there is line contraddicting what you are inputing. Check if there isn't a second '$wgFileExtensions' in the DefaultSettings.php.


 * See mediawiki.org Manual: File Extensions
 * See mediawiki.org Manual: Mime Detection

Showing links to files with appropriate icons
For a template to enable files to be shown as links with relevant icons, as well as a link to the file's wiki page.


 * See meta.wikimedia.org Template for document links showing file icons.

Sources for Images
Where to find Open Source images which you can use to make your Wiki shine.
 * commons.wikimedia.org Nuvula Icons — open source icons and logos.