This template creates a box containing between two and ten images, arranged either vertically or horizontally and with captions for the entire box or per image.
With the appropriate choice of parameters, the template can automatically resize images to a given total width with each image having the same height.
Be aware that this template does not respect users' default image size preferences. (Wikipedia:Image use policy states: "Except with very good reason, do not use
MOS:IMGSIZE states that a fixed width in pixels may only be specified, px"... "which forces a fixed image width.""Where absolutely necessary."
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If image size parameters are omitted, this template sets all images at 200px wide, regardless of whether the reader has set a preference for some other default image width. This causes multiple images to look out of scale to the other images in an article.
Provide |height[n]= and |total_width= parameters to obtain automatic resizing.
Note the different meanings of the |width[n]= parameters with vs. without automatic resizing.
Please also note the option to set a |total_width= parameter at the beginning of the {{multiple image}} template.
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{{Multiple image|total_width = 600<!-- Layout parameters -->| align = <!-- right (default), left, center, none --> | direction = <!-- horizontal (default), vertical -->| background color = <!-- box background as a 'hex triplet' web color prefixed by # e.g. #33CC00 -->| width = <!-- displayed width of each image in pixels (an integer, omit "px" suffix); overrides "width[n]"s below -->| caption_align = <!-- left (default), center, right --> | image_style = <!-- border:1; (default) -->| image_gap = <!-- 5 (default)--><!-- Header -->| header_background = <!-- header background as a 'hex triplet' web color prefixed by # e.g. #33CC00 -->| header_align = <!-- center (default), left, right -->| header = <!-- header text --><!--image 1-->| image1 = <!-- filename only, i.e. without "File:" or "Image:" prefix -->| width1 = <!-- displayed width of image; overridden by "width" above -->| alt1 = | link1 = | thumbtime1 =| caption1 = <!--image 2-->| image2 = <!-- filename only, i.e. without "File:" or "Image:" prefix -->| width2 = <!-- displayed width of image; overridden by "width" above -->| alt2 = | link2 = | thumbtime2 =| caption2 = <!-- and so on --><!-- Footer -->| footer_background = <!-- footer background as a 'hex triplet' web color prefixed by # e.g. #33CC00 -->| footer_align = <!-- left (default), center, right -->| footer = <!-- footer text -->}}{{multiple image<!-- Layout parameters --> | align = <!-- right (default), left, center, none --> | direction = <!-- horizontal (default), vertical --> | background color = <!-- box background --> | total_width = <!-- total width of all the displayed images in pixels (an integer, omit "px" suffix) --> | caption_align = <!-- left (default), center, right --> <!-- Header --> | header_background = | header_align = <!-- center (default), left, right --> | header = <!--image 1--> | image1 = <!-- filename only, i.e. without "File:" or "Image:" prefix --> | alt1 = | link1 = | thumbtime1 = | caption1 = <!--image 2--> | image2 = <!-- filename only, i.e. without "File:" or "Image:" prefix --> | alt2 = | link2 = | thumbtime2 = | caption2 = <!-- and so on --><!-- Footer --> | footer_background = | footer_align = <!-- left (default), center, right --> | footer = }}{{multiple image | width = 60 | image1 = Yellow card.svg | alt1 = Yellow cartouche | image2 = Red card.svg | alt2 = Red cartouche | footer = Players are cautioned with a yellow card and sent off with a red card.}}{{multiple image | align = left | direction = vertical | width = 200 | header = [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]] transparency demonstration | image1 = PNG transparency demonstration 1.png | alt1 = Colored dice with white background | caption1 = A PNG image with an 8-bit transparency layer... | image2 = PNG transparency demonstration 2.png | alt2 = Colored dice with checkered background | caption2 = ...here overlaying a checkered background.}}{{multiple image | width = 60 | image1=Ribbon numeral 2.png | alt1=2 | image2=Ribbon numeral 3.png | alt2=3 | image3=Ribbon numeral 4.png | alt3=4 | footer = When a user has many of one type of [[WP:BARN|barnstar]], they can represent them with [[WP:RIBBON|ribbons]] and these numerals to indicate the count.}}{{multiple image | align = left | background color = #BBDD99 | width = 160 | image1 = Adoxa_moschatellina_210406.jpg | alt1 = Green herb with a few tiny yellow-white flowers | image2 = Adoxa_moschatellina_210406a.jpg | alt2 = Three small white and yellow flowers before green-leaf background | image3 = adoxa_moschatellina_blatt.jpeg | alt3 = Leaves of a plant, in groups of three each with three lobes | footer_background = #33CC00 | footer_align = center | footer = ''[[Adoxa]]'' (''Adoxa moschatellina'')}}If the images have a clear background, this will by default be changed to white. To make the background color of the images match, set them with |image_style=background-color:. You might want to also remove the border.
{{multiple image | align = center | width = 64 | background color = black | image_style=background-color:black; border:none;| image1 = Aries symbol (planetary color).svg|link1=Aries (astrology)| image2 = Taurus symbol (planetary color).svg|link2=Taurus (astrology)| image3 = Gemini symbol (planetary color).svg|link3=Gemini (astrology)| image4 = Leo symbol (planetary color).svg|link4=Leo (astrology)}}{{multiple image | align = left | image1 = Mule (PSF).png | width1 = 143 | alt1 = A mule | link1 = Mule | caption1 = A mule | image2 = Donkey 1 arp 750px.jpg | width2 = 150 | alt2 = A donkey | link2 = | caption2 = A donkey | image3 = Rainbow_trout.png | width3 = 91 | alt3 = A trout | caption3 = A fish | footer = The image of the mule links to [[Mule]]; the image of the donkey does not link anywhere; the image of the trout links to a [[Image description page|standard image description page]].}}By default, the images the template presents are displayed horizontally, as a row (see left; equivalent to setting |direction=horizontal). To display them vertically, i.e. as a column, set |direction=vertical (see right).
On mobile devices some images may always be displayed vertically if the total width is larger than around 320.
320px|total_width={{multiple image | align = right | total_width = 320 | image1 = Donkey 1 arp 750px.jpg | alt1 = A donkey | caption1 = Rectangular image of a donkey, originally 536 pixels high. | image2 = Rainbow_trout.png | alt2 = A trout | caption2 = Square image of a trout, originally 300 pixels high. | footer = Both images have been rendered with the same height, and a total width of 320px}}Using the |width[n]= and |height[n]= parameters.
{{multiple image | align = right | total_width = 480 | image1 = Rainbow_trout.png | caption1 = Square image of a trout, originally 300 x 300 pixels. | image2 = Rainbow_trout.png | width2 = 900 | height2 = 900 | caption2 = <code>width2</code> x <code>height2</code> = 900 x 900. | image3 = Rainbow_trout.png | width3 = 100 | height3 = 200 | caption3 = <code>width3</code> x <code>height3</code> = 100 x 200. | image4 = Rainbow_trout.png | width4 = 200 | height4 = 100 | caption4 = <code>width4</code> x <code>height4</code> = 200 x 100. | footer = All images have been rendered with the same height except for image3, which is 100/200 = 1/2 the height of the other images. Image4 is 200/100 = 2 times the height of image1, so only its top half is visible. Total width set to 480px.}}The aspect ratio of each image is automatically retrieved from the File metadata. You can override the native width and height values by
|width1= |height1= |width2= |height2=To create an array of images, with multiple rows, use |perrow=. The value passed to |perrow= may be a single number, or a list of numbers delimited by /. This feature may also be combined with |total_width= for multiple rows of images with the same total width.
{{multiple image|perrow = 2|total_width=300| image1 = Kern_Theodolit_DKM2-A.jpg| image2 = Total-Robotic-Station.jpg| image3 = DumpyLevel.jpg| image4 = GPS_Survey_Equipment_at_Weir_Dyke_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_336908.jpg| footer = Surveying Equipment. Clockwise from upper left: Optical Theodolite, Robotic total station, [[Real-time kinematic|RTK]] GPS Base station, Optical level.}}The border around the images can be removed using |image_style=border:none.
{{multiple image | align = right | total_width = 320 | image_style = border:none; | image1 = Donkey 1 arp 750px.jpg | alt1 = A donkey | caption1 = Image of a donkey | image2 = Rainbow_trout.png | alt2 = A trout | caption2 = Image of a trout}}The gap between the images can be increased using |image_gap=N, where N is the number of pixels (must be non-negative).
{{multiple image | align = right | total_width = 320 | image_gap = 20 | image1 = Donkey 1 arp 750px.jpg | alt1 = A donkey | caption1 = Image of a donkey | image2 = Rainbow_trout.png | alt2 = A trout | caption2 = Image of a trout}}On large pages, multiple uses of this template can contribute to the page exceeding the maximum post-expand include size limit. To reduce the include size, Module:Multiple image can be invoked directly as follows (note the extra | character after the module name):
{{#invoke:multiple image| | width = 60 | image1 = OOjs UI icon wikiTemplate.svg | image2 = Cib-lua (CoreUI Icons v1.0.0).svg}}TemplateData for Multiple image
This template creates a box with two to ten images arranged vertically or horizontally with captions for the entire box and each image.