Posting an image in a forum is a two step job: host the image somewhere public, then paste its BBcode into your post. With MyIMGs.org you can do both in seconds, and you do not even need an account. Upload your picture (or paste its URL), copy the BBcode we generate, and paste it into any forum. This guide shows you exactly how, and explains the BBcode and HTML image tags so you can post with confidence anywhere.
Our free BBcode Image Generator does the whole job for you. Upload an image from your device or paste an image URL, and it instantly gives you the BBcode, HTML and Markdown, ready to copy and paste. No sign up, no expiration. Prefer to do it step by step? Here is the full process.
To show an image in a forum, it first needs a public web address. Upload it to MyIMGs.org for free:
Creating a free account is optional. It lets you manage, edit and organise your uploads, but it is not needed just to get BBcode for a forum.
Once your image is uploaded, MyIMGs.org shows a set of ready to paste codes. For forums you want the BBcode box, which looks like this:
[url=https://myimgs.org/][img]https://myimgs.org/storage/images/288/your-image.jpg[/img][/url]The [img] tag holds your image address, and the surrounding [url] makes the image a clickable link. Copy the whole box. If your forum uses HTML instead of BBcode, copy the HTML box:
<a href="https://myimgs.org/"><img src="https://myimgs.org/storage/images/288/your-image.jpg" alt="your image"></a>That is it. Your image now appears in the post for everyone to see.
BBcode (Bulletin Board Code) is a lightweight markup that most forum software uses in place of HTML, for safety and simplicity. The image tag is the one you will use most: [img]image-url[/img]. It tells the forum to display the image at that address.
Many forums scale large images to fit automatically. If yours lets you set a size, some BBcode versions accept width and height on the tag:
[img width=500 height=300]image-url[/img]Support varies by forum, so if the size tag does not work, resize the image before you upload it with our free Resize Image tool and then generate the BBcode.
The [img] BBcode works on phpBB, vBulletin, XenForo, MyBB, Simple Machines and most other forum software. A few communities do things differently: Reddit and Discourse use Markdown, and some modern boards let you drag images straight in. MyIMGs.org gives you BBcode, HTML and Markdown together, so you always have the format your community accepts.
[/img] tag.The BBcode for an image is [img]URL[/img], where URL is the public address of the image. Upload your image to MyIMGs.org to get a URL, then paste the finished BBcode into your forum post.
Forums do not usually host images for you, so you upload the image to a free host like MyIMGs.org, copy the BBcode it generates, and paste that into your forum post. The image then displays in the post.
No. You can upload an image to MyIMGs.org as a guest, with no account, and get the BBcode instantly. An account is optional and only needed to manage your uploads.
Some forums accept a size in the tag, such as [img width=500]URL[/img]. If yours does not, resize the image first with a free tool like the MyIMGs.org Resize Image tool, then generate the BBcode.
Use the MyIMGs.org BBcode Image Generator. Upload the image or paste its URL and it produces the BBcode, along with HTML and Markdown, ready to copy.
BBcode uses square bracket tags like [img]URL[/img] and is used by most forums, while HTML uses angle bracket tags like an img element and is used on websites and some forums. MyIMGs.org gives you both so you can paste whichever your forum accepts.
Posting images in forums is quick once you know the flow: host the image, copy the BBcode, paste it in. MyIMGs.org handles the hosting and the code for you, free and with no account, so your images show up in your posts and keep working for good. Try the BBcode Image Generator to get your code in seconds.