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Add photos and videos to your petition

The petition text is written in a real editor, not a plain box. You can place photos and videos inside the text, add links, make lists and emphasize the words that matter. Many petition platforms let you add only a single image and no video.

What the editor can do

The toolbar above the Petition text field holds the tools you need and nothing you do not:

  • Insert an image, anywhere in the text.
  • Insert a video by its web address.
  • Bold, italic and underline.
  • Links, added or removed.
  • Bulleted and numbered lists.
  • Left, center and right alignment, and paste as plain text so a copied paragraph does not drag another site's formatting along.

On a phone the toolbar is shorter: image, video, bold, italic, underline and the two list types.

How to add a photo

  1. Put the cursor where the photo should go in the Petition text field.
  2. Press the image button in the toolbar. The dialog opens on its upload tab.
  3. Choose a file from your computer or phone.

JPEG, PNG, GIF and WebP files are accepted, up to 10 MB each. A large photo is scaled down to at most 1600 by 2000 pixels and saved as WebP, so the petition page stays fast. Photos taken with a phone keep the right way up. Every upload is checked automatically against our content guidelines before it is saved.

How to add a video

Press the video button in the toolbar and paste the address of the video. A YouTube video does not load with the page. Visitors first see a short notice that the content is hosted by YouTube and what that means for their data, with a Show the video button. The video loads only after they press it.

A Vimeo embed is turned into a plain link to the video instead.

Who it helps

A photo often says in one glance what a paragraph has to argue. A parents' group fighting a school closure can show the building and the classroom. A residents' association can show the tree that is about to be felled, the crossing without a light, the river after the spill. A campaign that already has press coverage can place the clip right next to the ask. People share what they can see.

Good to know

  • Uploaded images are stored on our own storage and served from our own address. They do not disappear because someone else deleted them.
  • An image that is only linked from another website is shown as a link, not as a picture.
  • The petition text must contain at least 50 characters of visible text. An image on its own does not count.
  • You can change the text, photos and videos later: choose Edit in the petition menu.

Questions and answers

Which image formats can I upload?

JPEG, PNG, GIF and WebP, up to 10 MB per image.

Can I use a photo that is on another website?

Only by uploading it. An image linked from another website is shown as a link on the petition page, not as a picture, because the other site can remove or change it at any time.

Does the video start playing by itself?

No. A YouTube video is shown as a box with a "Show the video" button. Nothing is loaded from YouTube until a visitor presses it.

Can I add photos after the petition is published?

Yes. Choose "Edit" in the petition menu and add them to the petition text.

Is an image alone enough for a petition?

No. The petition text needs at least 50 characters of actual words, so a picture cannot replace the text people are signing.

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