# CMS not registering image in Markdown, showing broken link

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-not-registering-image-in-markdown-showing-broken-link/57388>\
**Category:** Elements CMS\
**Tags:** cms, elements\
**Created:** [August 19, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-not-registering-image-in-markdown-showing-broken-link/57388 "2026-08-19T13:47:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![meonmac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/meonmac/32/36720_2.png) [@meonmac](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/meonmac)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-not-registering-image-in-markdown-showing-broken-link/57388/1 "2026-08-19T13:47:49Z")

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Hi everyone,  
I’m having trouble getting a second image field (`author_image`) from my Markdown frontmatter to display in Elements CMS. My main post thumbnail works fine, but the author image shows a blue question mark.

## Markdown Frontmatter:

## image: “resources/auto-b.png” author\_image: “resources/author\_1.png”

Inspector Settings:

- Main Image (Working): Type: `CMS` | Field: `{{item.image.src}}`
- Author Image (Broken): Type: `CMS` | Field: `{{item.author_image}}` (also tried {{item.author\_image.src}} and author\_image)

Even if I swap `author_image` to point to the working `auto-b.png` file, it still fails.  
Is there something specific required to map custom secondary image keys in Elements CMS? Thanks for any help!

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-not-registering-image-in-markdown-showing-broken-link/57388/2 "2026-08-19T14:54:47Z")

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Custom image fields need to use the same nested image structure as the main image. Could you try:

```auto
author_image:
  src: resources/author_1.png
  alt: Author portrait

```

Then use `{{item.author_image.src}}` for the Image component’s CMS field.

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**Author:** ![meonmac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/meonmac/32/36720_2.png) [@meonmac](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/meonmac)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cms-not-registering-image-in-markdown-showing-broken-link/57388/3 "2026-08-20T08:50:16Z")

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Thank you Dan, that was IT. 🙏🏻