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Added to the wiki site via the [[Special: Upload]] function, the site [[owner]] may impose restrictions on both the maximum file size, and permitted file types.  Here on [[WikiIndex]], we have a maximum file upload size of 2&nbsp;{{W|Megabyte|megabytes (MB)}}; our permitted file types are restricted to <tt>{{W|Portable Network Graphics|png}}</tt>, <tt>{{W|JPEG|jpg}}</tt>, <tt>{{W|JPEG|jpeg}}</tt>, <tt>{{W|Ogg|ogg}}</tt>, <tt>{{W|Scalable Vector Graphics|svg}}</tt>, <tt>{{W|MP3|mp3}}</tt>, <tt>{{W|PDF|pdf}}</tt>, and <tt>{{W|GIF|gif}}</tt>.

The most common types of files uploaded are static {{tag|Images|image}} files (<tt>png</tt>, <tt>jpg</tt>, <tt>jpeg</tt>, <tt>svg</tt>, and sometimes <tt>{{W|BMP file format|bmp}}</tt>).  Animated image files (<tt>gif</tt>) are also typically allowed.  Music and audio files (<tt>ogg</tt> and <tt>mp3</tt>) are also commonly allowed, as are non-[[edit]]able documents (<tt>pdf</tt>), and video files (<tt>{{W|MPEG-4 Part 14|mp4}}</tt> and <tt>ogg</tt>).  Plain text (<tt>{{W|Text file|txt}}</tt>) and rich text files (<tt>{{W|Rich Text Format|rtf}}</tt>) may also be supported.  Less commonly supported file uploads might include [[user]]-editable [[:Category:Documents|documents]] as generated by the various 'office' software package suites (or their standalone software packages), such as those generated by a word processor (<tt>{{W|Doc (computing)|doc}}</tt>), spreadsheet (<tt>{{W|Microsoft Excel#File formats|xls}}</tt>), database (<tt>{{W|.dbf|dbf}}</tt>), or presentation (<tt>{{W|Microsoft PowerPoint|ppt}}</tt>).

The [[Special: Log/upload]] shows a list of all the most recent file uploads by date and [[username]], displaying the newest first; [[Special: NewFiles]] displays a gallery of those files in the same order of newest first.  The [[Special: ListFiles]] function lists all files uploaded to the wiki site.  It is sorted by date, with the default being the newest (descending) uploads displayed first, though this may be manually reversed, with the oldest (ascending) displayed first; the very first file uploaded to WikiIndex was [[:file:AbbeNormalLogo.jpg]], the [[:Category:WikiLogo|wiki logo]] for the [[AbbeNormal]] wiki.  Sorting of the file list can also be restricted to one [[username]], with the default to display uploaded files from all [[user]]s.

Wikis powered by other [[:Category:Wiki Engine|wiki engines]] may or may not allow file uploads; those which do may differ in functionality to that detailed in this article.