Extension Configuration 

All settings below are read from the instance-wide Extension Configuration. The external-provider keys (processor*) are shared by every offloaded processor and documented with the processors.

Settings 

processor

processor
Type
string
Default
local:async

Image processor: local:async (signed endpoint middleware), local:sync (static srcset, no middleware), imgproxy or imagor (offloaded). See Processors.

maxDimension

maxDimension
Type
integer
Default
3840

Largest image dimension in pixels. The width ladder is capped to this value.

fixedHeightDprCap

fixedHeightDprCap
Type
integer
Default
3

Highest device pixel ratio a fixed-height tier ships a min-resolution <source> for. 3 emits 1×/2×/3× tiers; 2 drops the 3× tier; 1 disables per-DPR sources (single 1× height).

ladder

ladder
Type
string
Default
320,420,560,740,980,1300,1720,2000,2560,3200,3840

Width-ladder rungs (comma-separated px). An arbitrary requested width is quantized up to the nearest rung, which bounds the number of processed files and the set of signable URLs. The default ladder covers everything from small phones up to 4K (UHD) displays.

breakpoints

breakpoints
Type
string
Default
xs:0,sm:576,md:768,lg:992,xl:1200

Design-system breakpoints (alias:min-width px) used to resolve a per-breakpoint aspect-ratio map. xs:0 is the base ratio.

format

format
Type
string
Default
avif

The output format (avif or webp) applied uniformly to the <img> and every <source>.

quality.avif

quality.avif
Type
integer
Default
50

AVIF quality. AVIF's scale sits lower than JPEG / WebP for the same perceived quality.

quality.webp

quality.webp
Type
integer
Default
72

WebP quality.

lqip

lqip
Type
string
Default
thumbhash

Low-quality image placeholder. One of thumbhash, dominant-color or none. See Content Security Policy.

excludeExtensions

excludeExtensions
Type
string
Default
svg,ai,eps,gif

File extensions served verbatim as a plain <img>, never processed (vector / animated formats that carry no meaningful width ladder).

processorBaseUrl

processorBaseUrl
Type
string
Default
(empty)

External providers only: base URL of the provider endpoint (e.g. https://imgproxy.example). See Offloaded processing with imgproxy and Offloaded processing with imagor.

processorSignKey

processorSignKey
Type
string
Default
(empty)

External providers only: HMAC key. Encoding is provider-specific — imgproxy expects a hex-encoded key, imagor the plain IMAGOR_SECRET string. Empty → unsigned URLs (insecure / unsafe, dev only).

processorSalt

processorSalt
Type
string
Default
(empty)

imgproxy only: HMAC salt (hex). imagor's scheme has no salt — leave empty there.

processorSourceBaseUrl

processorSourceBaseUrl
Type
string
Default
(empty)

External providers only: origin prefix prepended to the source path. Leave empty when the provider resolves relative paths itself (imgproxy: IMGPROXY_BASE_URL; imagor: HTTP_LOADER_BASE_URL / HTTP_LOADER_DEFAULT_SCHEME + allowed sources).

processorOptions

processorOptions
Type
array of string
Default
(empty)

Provider-specific extras passed through to the URL builder (e.g. a Cloudflare account hash). Not in the backend form — set it in config/system/settings.php under $GLOBALS['TYPO3_CONF_VARS']['EXTENSIONS']['imaginator']['processorOptions']. Builders consume what they need and ignore the rest; see Custom Processor.

This map only feeds builders registered without extensionKey. A provider shipped as its own extension declares #[AsImaginatorProcessor('my-cdn', extensionKey: 'my_cdn')] and keeps its options in its own Extension Configuration namespace instead — with its own ext_conf_template.txt and backend form.

Signing 

The signing secret is derived from the global encryptionKey. When the encryption key changes, flush the frontend caches. Re-rendered HTML then carries URLs signed with the new key.