Mork image short URL
Mork is a growing link platform and a solid choice for sharing pictures online. Upload an image, get a short URL, and keep control over who can see it.
If you just need somewhere to keep a picture for a while — a forum post, a listing, a bug report — this is that: no account, and the location data is gone before the file leaves your device.
- 🖼️ Upload and share images Event photos, design drafts or important documents — upload them and share the short link.
- 🔎 Watermark protection Add a watermark automatically so your images are harder to reuse without permission.
- 🔒 Multiple security safeguards Limit how many times an image can be opened, or require a password, so only authorised people reach it.
- 📊 Audience statistics See which countries, browsers and devices your viewers come from, and understand your audience better.
- 🛡 Advanced defence Multiple layers block unauthorised access to your images.
- 💡 Expiry control Give the link a lifetime so the image is only available while you need it to be.
- 🕵️ Member-only sharing Restrict a link to signed-in members so strangers cannot open it even if the URL leaks.
Mork turns a picture into a short link in seconds, with timed access, view limits and password protection built in — so every image stays in your hands.
What happens to your photo before it is uploaded
Photos from a phone or camera usually carry EXIF metadata, which can include the GPS coordinates of where the shot was taken, the device make and model, and the time. Mork strips all of it in your browser, so the original file never leaves your computer. JPEG and PNG are re-encoded, taking EXIF, GPS and XMP with them; GIF instead has its non-picture blocks removed one at a time, so the animation, the per-frame delays and the loop count survive intact.
SVG is always refused, because it is XML underneath and can carry a script. The in-browser editor can crop, rotate, filter and annotate before upload, and when you redact something those pixels are destroyed before the file is written — not covered by a layer that someone could peel off.
When people reach for an image link
- Somewhere to host a picture for a while. A forum post, a support ticket, a listing — anywhere that wants an image address rather than a file, without opening an account for it.
- Sending a screenshot. Drop it in and get a link back, instead of saving it, attaching it and hoping the other side can open the format.
- A photo that removes itself. Give it a deadline, or a view limit of one, and it is gone afterwards without you having to go back and delete it — useful for a portfolio or a document you only meant one person to see.
Will an uploaded photo give away where it was taken?
No. GPS coordinates and the rest of the EXIF data are stripped in your browser, before the file is sent, so the original never reaches the server. JPEG and PNG are re-encoded; GIF has its non-picture blocks removed one at a time, so the animation survives. If you also mosaic something out in the editor, those pixels are destroyed rather than covered.
How Mork compares with other image hosts
Most image hosts take the file exactly as the camera saved it. What differs below is how large a picture can be, and what gets stripped out of it before it ever leaves your device.
| What you can do | Mork | Other media shorteners |
|---|---|---|
| Sign-up needed? | ✅No, works anonymously | ✅Usually not either |
| Image size limit | ✅15 MB per file | ⚠️Generally lower |
| Several files in one go | ✅Up to 10 images at once | ⚠️Often one at a time |
| Password protection | ✅Supported | ✅Commonly supported |
| Expiry date | ✅One minute to 30 days, or forever once signed in | ✅Commonly supported |
| View limit | ✅Up to 1,000, counted per person | ⚠️No reliable way to know how many people actually saw it |
| Traffic figures | ✅Views, referrers, countries and devices | ⚠️Usually only a view count |
| Does sharing a photo reveal where you took it? | ✅Removed automatically before upload — no GPS or EXIF data is left in the photo | ⚠️Usually not handled, so the coordinates travel with the photo |
| Edit before uploading | ✅Crop, trim and redact — redacted pixels are destroyed, not covered | ⚠️Some offer basic editing |
Read the image link guide, or share other media with short links, video links and audio links.