# Add EXIF data of the uploaded photo
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** pr-welcome
**Created:** [July 9, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927 "2015-07-09T14:15:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
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### Author:  [@AlexTemina](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexTemina)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/1 "2015-07-09T14:15:56Z")
Hey!
Is it possible to add the exif data of a picture after it, when uploading it, automatically after the picture?
If not, I think it would a great feature.
You think this can be done with a plugin? I could learn…
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/2 "2015-07-09T14:53:40Z")
We do a bunch of post processing steps for images. I don’t see why you couldn’t add in extra ones to add EXIF data if you wanted to.
You might need to request some extensibility points (or submit a PR for them) but I don’t think a plugin would be too hard.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/3 "2015-07-09T17:01:16Z")
We strip EXIF for security reasons. So this is intentional.
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### Author:  [@AlexTemina](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexTemina)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2015, 7:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/4 "2015-07-10T07:26:41Z")
no, what I mean is to make them appear on the post automatically after the picture, like
Camera model: NIKON D5300
f-stop: f/5
Exposure time: 1/640 sec.
ISO speed: ISO-100
focal length: 26mm
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> We strip EXIF for security reasons. So this is intentional.
I understand about location, but the rest of the data is really important for a photo club. Anyways, this could be done before the EXIF removal. Save the data and write after the picture.
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/5 "2015-07-10T16:15:53Z")
I’ve always thought the way DPReview handled EXIF data in images was pretty smart, fading in over the image on mouseover.
Discourse already has some image information on hover, maybe this would be a good place to add the EXIF?
Not sure if they’ve solved it now, but the one drawback of the implementation at DPReview was that mobile devices couldn’t see EXIF info at all.
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### Author:  [@AlexTemina](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexTemina)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/6 "2015-07-13T07:42:22Z")
This would be SO wonderful.
I use a chrome extensions called [Exif Viewer](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/exif-viewer/mmbhfeiddhndihdjeganjggkmjapkffm?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog) that is REALLY good, it shows histogram and all the data possible from the image:
Bad thing there is no exif when you upload a picture to discourse… and I would have to tell the people from my forum to install the extension.
But it would be really nice to do something similar, for example in the lightbox, or maybe throught a plugin.
Or at least remove just the location from a security perspective, but the rest is really important!
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2015, 7:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/7 "2015-07-13T07:45:01Z")
For some extra context, can you link us to your current forum?
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### Author:  [@AlexTemina](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexTemina)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2015, 8:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/8 "2015-07-13T08:11:39Z")
it’s not active yet and under development, but yeah you can visit it
[http://oslophotoclub.com](http://oslophotoclub.com)
If you mean the forum I visit regularly that has exif info, it is [http://www.dzoom.org.es/foros/](http://www.dzoom.org.es/foros/) (in Spanish)
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/9 "2015-07-13T12:57:33Z")
Check out DPReview too:
[http://www.dpreview.com/forums/1005](http://www.dpreview.com/forums/1005)
That subforum is dedicated to users sharing photos and showcases their EXIF support.
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### Author:  [@AlexTemina](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexTemina)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/10 "2015-09-30T20:38:27Z")
Any thoughts on this?
Someone working in something similar?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/11 "2015-09-30T22:24:33Z")
Nobody is working on this at the current time. If you’d like to sponsor its development, I suggest signing up for a hosting plan at [https://discourse.org/buy](https://discourse.org/buy) 😉
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### Author:  [@UltimateMoniker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/UltimateMoniker)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/12 "2016-10-28T15:20:53Z")
It’s been about a year, sorry for bumping this thread but I’m curious… are there any plans **at all** to implement such a feature?
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/13 "2016-10-28T15:38:43Z")
It’s something we want to do, but it’s low on our TODO list right now.
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### Author:  [@UltimateMoniker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/UltimateMoniker)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/14 "2016-10-28T15:45:43Z")
I know nothing… is it even possible to do assuming I paid someone to make me this plug-in?
The reason I ask is that Jeff suggested above the data was “stripped”, after Robin said a plugin would be possible.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/15 "2016-10-28T15:46:44Z")
Sure, doing it in a plugin is possible.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/16 "2016-10-28T15:48:28Z")
People were asking for a gallery plugin [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-working-image-gallery-plugin/52160) so maybe join efforts? Makes sense a galery plugin with exif.
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### Author:  [@samuelzeller](https://meta.discourse.org/u/samuelzeller)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/17 "2017-07-17T15:10:13Z")
I’d be very interested in such plugin… I’m running a community and online mag called Fujifeed and I’m currently in the process of opening a Discourse for it. I’d gladly help in paying a Dev to create this plugin.
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### Author:  [@ariznaf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ariznaf)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/18 "2019-10-08T19:47:09Z")
I think this would be a great addition.
May be a lightbox addition, with a button that shows/hides exif data.
Exif data is large, showing camera and lens model and ISO stop, speed and f number would be the basic photo info that should be showed.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-exif-data-of-the-uploaded-photo/30927/19 "2025-12-04T11:36:02Z")