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title: "Enabling the image field for content types in Drupal 8"
description: "By default, only the Article content type has the image field enabled. You may enable this for other content types if desired. Note that this is not an image within the body field, but the Image..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/drupal/enable-image-field/
date: 2013-11-25
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["Drupal"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Enabling the image field for content types in Drupal 8

By default, only the *Article* content type has the image field enabled. You may enable this for other content types if desired. Note that this is not an image within the body field, but the *Image* field in particular. Follow the instructions below as we enable the image field for the other default content type in Drupal 8, the *Basic Page*.

## How to enable the image field for content types

1. [Log into your Drupal 8 administration dashboard](/support/edu/drupal/how-to-log-into-the-drupal-admin-dashboard/).
2. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-menu.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-menu.png) From the top menu bar, click on the **Menu** option.
3. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-structure.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-structure.png) After the next menu bar appears, click on the **Structure** tab.
4. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-content-type.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-content-type.png) From the *Structure* list, click on the **Content Types** option.
5. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_108_enable-image-field_1-click-manage-fields.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_108_enable-image-field_1-click-manage-fields.png) This leads you to a page with all the currently available content types. Find the one you want to work with and click on the **Manage Fields** link in the dropdown to the far right of the row. In this example, we chose the *Basic Page* content type.
6. [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_108_enable-image-field_2-enter-data.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_108_enable-image-field_2-enter-data.png) You are now on the the *Basic Page* settings page where we will add the new field. Since the image field is a pre-exiting field, we will add it in the area that is labeled *Re-use existing field*. Go ahead and name it here. We named it **Image**. Also, select the *Image: field_image (Image)* option from the dropdown.
7. Once you have done that, click on the **Save** button at the bottom of the page. This will enable the Image field for your selected content type. Look below to see the before and after shots of our *Basic Page* as our example. Before After [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_108_enable-image-field_before.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_108_enable-image-field_before.png) [![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_108_enable-image-field_after.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/edu_Drupal-8_108_enable-image-field_after.png)