Works for me.

Yeah, animated gifs work for me too... You might want to check the integrity your original gif files... Also make sure that .gif is listed under file upload permissions.

Have you tried other gif files from around the internet just as a test?

Thanks for the input. I'm glad others don't have the same issues.

But I am mystified. I have no problems uploading and using animated gifs in an old install of 5.6 but have no luck with 5.7. With 5.6, one could add a Content block and then drag and drop an animated gif file directly from one's desktop into the block without even first loading it into File Manager and it would work great! Nothing seems to work with 5.7.

Yes, I have gif listed in upload permissions.

ADDENDUM: I am having success with an old install of 5.7.4. I suspect that the problem lies with 5.7.5. Must be a bug with 5.7.5.

One workaround, of course, is to ftp the gif into application/files and then to load it from there into a Content block. But it shouldn't be necessary.

See if this attachment works, if I can upload it?

Many thanks. I tried it, and once again it was stripped down to the first frame only.

But then I had a Eureka moment! I remember that I had recently checked a box (in accordance with advice on some video) in the Dashboard that had something to do with limiting the size of uploadable images. It's in the dashboard:

System and Settings/Files/Image Uploading/Image Resizing.

I unchecked that box, and now all is well.

Thanks for your patience.

Hi Dashuka, do you know if they've moved 'Image Uploading' etc. I'm looking in the dashboard and can't seem to find this. I'm also trying to upload a gif as a hero image and only the first frame loads, but there don't seem to be any options to do with image uploading that I can find. I've wasted so much time looking for it. So frustrating!

@jimfollett

This feature is available in version 5.7.5.4 or newer.
Dashboard > System & Settings > Files > Image Uploading > uncheck Automatically resize uploaded images