How to add a link preview in mattermost?

Question

How to add a link preview feature in mattermost ?

When a post containing a link is added, i'd like mattermost to automatically add a preview of the link content

Answer 1

From the documentation:

This feature’s config.json setting is "EnableLinkPreviews": false with options true and false

See below for details

Enable Link Previews

True: Enables users to display a preview of website content below the message, if available. When true, website previews can be enabled from Account Settings > Display > Website Link Previews.

False: Website link previews are disabled.

Answer 2

Can be enabled with https://docs.mattermost.com/administration/config-settings.html#enable-link-previews

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Not possible.

Feature request is here: https://mattermost.atlassian.net/browse/PLT-1835