MediaWiki extensions manual

AVIF Release status: betaCategory:Beta status extensions
Implementation	MediaCategory:Media handling extensions
Description	Automatic generation of AVIF versions of images and thumbnails
Author(s)	tesinormed (SomeContributorOnEarthtalk)
Latest version	0.4.0 (2024-11-29)
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.Category:Extensions with release branches compatibility policy
MediaWiki	>= 1.42Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
PHP	>= 8.1
Database changes	No
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 . Category:Extensions in GitHub version control
Example	Amaranth Legacy
Parameters $wgAVIFExecutablePath
Hooks used UploadComplete Category:UploadComplete extensions PageMoveComplete Category:PageMoveComplete extensions FileDeleteComplete Category:FileDeleteComplete extensions FileUndeleteComplete Category:FileUndeleteComplete extensions BitmapHandlerTransform Category:BitmapHandlerTransform extensions

The AVIF extension automatically generates AVIF versions of images. It does not generate AVIF thumbnails.

Currently, only image/png and image/jpeg are supported for transformation.

Installation

• Install the imagick PHP extension.
• Install libavif.
• Set up the job queue.
• Install the PictureHtmlSupport extension.
• Download, extract and place the file(s) in a directory called AVIF in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'AVIF' );
  

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

Configuration parameters

Maintenance scripts

See also

• Extension:WebP
• Extension:Thumbro