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AControlImageLink Release status: betaCategory:Beta status extensions
Implementation	Hook Category:Hook extensions
Description	Can prevent inclusion of thumbnails on non-allowed pages
Author(s)	Edward Chernenko
Latest version	0.0.1
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.Category:Extensions with release branches compatibility policy
MediaWiki	1.34+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Browse repository (GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball Category:Extensions in Wikimedia version control
Parameters $wgAControlImageLinkRestrictedExtensions
Hooks used ImageBeforeProduceHTML Category:ImageBeforeProduceHTML extensions
Quarterly downloads	15 (Ranked 99th)
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With the AControlImageLink extension, you can configure some uploaded image to be includable (via [[File:Name.png|thumb]]) only into the pages where you allow this image to be.

Possible uses:

1. the image contains spoilers for the movie, and you want to show it only on pages that are marked as "Can contain spoilers" (and have Disclaimers/Warnings). If so, you can allow this image to be included only into these whitelisted pages.
2. in conjunction with Extension:AccessControl - for some permission tweaks.

How this works:

1. If File:Something.pdf has <accesscontrol>HasSpoilers</accesscontrol>, then articles without this exactly the same accesscontrol tag won't render [[File:Something.pdf]] syntax. (a link to image description page is shown instead of thumbnail)
2. Files without accesscontrol tag are not restricted.
3. Only files with extensions listed in $wgAControlImageLinkRestrictedExtensions array (default: empty) are restricted.

Sample configuration

wfLoadExtension( 'AControlImageLink' );
$wgAControlImageLinkRestrictedExtensions = [ 'pdf' ];

Installation

• Download and move the extracted AControlImageLink folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/AControlImageLink
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'AControlImageLink' );
  

• Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed. Category:Page specific user rights extensions