Fix the Pictures Not Showing Problem on Wiki

Cleo Hall

1 year ago

How to Fix the Pictures Not Showing on Wiki. Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. Individual contributors, also called editors, are known as Wikipedians.

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How to Fix the Pictures Not Showing on Wiki

Sometimes, when we try to read something, pictures don’t come, while Wikipedia explains everything with pictures. Instead of that, it shows me a border with the white background and the picture’s name.

Today in this article, we are telling you about this thing only. If you are also facing the same problem, you are reading the right article. To know about that and fix this problem, kindly read our article until the end.

Fixing “pictures Not Showing” Problem on Wikipedia

On google chrome, we can show or hide images. There is an option for this too. We want to show pictures; then we have to follow the below-written steps.

First of all, click the top-right icon on the Google Chrome browser; after that, click on “Settings.”
After that, there will be an option – Click “Show advanced settings” below, scroll to the Privacy column, then click on “Content settings.”
There, you will see images. On Images, either “Show all images” and click “Manage exceptions,” then key in Wikipedia. Choose an option according to you.

The same thing, we can do in the UC browser also. If you are on that, then follow the below written steps:

First of all, click on the menu button just below the browser close button and go to the settings
Now, Click on the other, the last item on the settings list.
There will be an option under the “privacy” item; click on content settings.
Now scroll down to images, click on “Show Image,” and vice versa (if you want).

For Internet Explorer:

Internet Explorer is old, but people still use it as one of the best browsers. Steps for internet explorer areas:

First, click the “Tools” button and select “Internet Options.”
Now click on the “Advanced” tab.
Scroll down to “Multimedia” and uncheck “Show pictures.”

And For Safari:

Safari is an apple browser. You can follow the below written steps for that:

On Mac OSX, first of all, select the “Safari” menu.
Then click on “Preferences.”
After this, click on the “Appearance” button.
And then uncheck “Display images when the page opens.”

FAQs:

Q1 Why are Images Not Loading on Wikipedia?

Ans: Due to some security reasons, modern browsers are not showing images that have an origin different from the host.

Q2 Is Wikipedia Inappropriate?

Ans Wikipedia is not safe for unwary, unattended children because Wikipedia is the best encyclopedia of everything. We can’t leave kids unattended.

Q3. How Do I Download an Image in Wikipedia?

Ans To download the image existing on Wikipedia to another project, you will need to download the image to your computer.

Q4 Can I Add Images to a Wiki Page?

Ans Yes, we can add images in Wikipedia also. To do that, follow the following steps:

Go to Wiki. Select the Wiki tool from the Tool Menu of your site.
Click Edit.
Select the Image icon in the editor toolbar.
Preview content. (Optional) …
Click Save. Once you have finished editing the page, click Save.

Conclusion:

Wikipedia is one of the biggest and best sites for the encyclopedia. We can see and read from anything to everything there. But sometimes, due to some technical issue, our picture is not visible. We have to follow a few steps (according to the browser we are using) to see that. We have explained them earlier in this article.

We hope your problem is resolved now. There is a simple set of few steps to do it. You can follow them and can see all pictures.