Images
Images in Zola are ordinary Markdown links to files under static/ or to colocated assets.
Images in static/§
An image at static/images/foo.png can be linked directly:
[[/images/foo.png]]
This exports as an inline image:

To link a thumbnail to a larger image, use the image path in the link component and a file: description:
[[/images/foo.png][file:/images/foo-large.png]]Links and descriptions§
A normal link to an image uses the description as link text:
[[/images/foo.png][Open the full image]]
This is useful when the image should not be embedded inline.
Colocated assets§
For a Zola page bundle, put images next to the exported index.md and link them relatively:
[[file:diagram.png]]
The normal Markdown image link then resolves against the page bundle.
Figures§
Use Markdown or plain HTML for figures:
<figure>
<img src="/images/foo.png" alt="Description">
<figcaption>A caption</figcaption>
</figure>
Figure and table numbering are site-template concerns, not ox-zola front matter.