Extension:Thumbro

MediaWiki extensions manual

Thumbro Release status: experimental
Implementation	Media
Description	Improve and expand thumbnailing in MediaWiki
Author(s)	alistair3149, Bryan Tong Minh
Compatibility policy	Master maintains backward compatibility.
MediaWiki	1.39.4+
Composer	starcitizentools/thumbro
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net . Readme
Hooks used BitmapHandlerTransform BitmapHandlerCheckImageArea SoftwareInfo
Hooks provided ThumbroBeforeProduceHtml

The Thumbro extension improves and expands thumbnailing in MediaWiki. It is a forked and rewritten version of Extension:VipsScaler.

Features

• Use libvips to render thumbnails instead of ImageMagick and GD
• Allow custom output options for libvips
• Render WebP thumbnails by default for gif (animated too!), jpeg, png, webp
• Allow adding <source> element to the image using the ThumbroBeforeProduceHtml hook
• Add a hidden anchor element to allow web crawler to crawl the original resolution image (T54647)

Installation

• Install libvips
• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called Thumbro in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'Thumbro' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

See also

• Extension:VipsScaler - original version of this extension