diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index 18118bcd96..0a8dc472d7 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ function photos_post(App $a)
 			$arr['visible']       = 0;
 			$arr['origin']        = 1;
 
-			$arr['body']          = Images::getImageUrl($photo['resource-id'], $user['nickname'], $photo['scale'], $ext, '');
+			$arr['body']          = Images::getBBCodeByResource($photo['resource-id'], $user['nickname'], $photo['scale'], $ext);
 
 			$item_id = Item::insert($arr);
 		}
diff --git a/src/Model/Post/Media.php b/src/Model/Post/Media.php
index 5e867d26cf..e040f2b113 100644
--- a/src/Model/Post/Media.php
+++ b/src/Model/Post/Media.php
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ class Media
 		if (preg_match_all("#\[url=([^\]]+?)\]\s*\[img=([^\[\]]*)\]([^\[\]]*)\[\/img\]\s*\[/url\]#ism", $body, $pictures, PREG_SET_ORDER)) {
 			foreach ($pictures as $picture) {
 				if (self::isLinkToImagePage($picture[1], $picture[2])) {
-					$body = str_replace($picture[0], Images::getPictureUrl(str_replace(['-1.', '-2.'], '-0.', $picture[2]), $picture[2], $picture[3]), $body);
+					$body = str_replace($picture[0], Images::getBBCodeByUrl(str_replace(['-1.', '-2.'], '-0.', $picture[2]), $picture[2], $picture[3]), $body);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ class Media
 		if (preg_match_all("#\[url=([^\]]+?)\]\s*\[img\]([^\[]+?)\[/img\]\s*\[/url\]#ism", $body, $pictures, PREG_SET_ORDER)) {
 			foreach ($pictures as $picture) {
 				if (self::isLinkToImagePage($picture[1], $picture[2])) {
-					$body = str_replace($picture[0], Images::getPictureUrl(str_replace(['-1.', '-2.'], '-0.', $picture[2]), $picture[2], ''), $body);
+					$body = str_replace($picture[0], Images::getBBCodeByUrl(str_replace(['-1.', '-2.'], '-0.', $picture[2]), $picture[2]), $body);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -1004,15 +1004,7 @@ class Media
 			}
 
 			if ($media['type'] == self::IMAGE) {
-				if (!empty($media['preview'])) {
-					$body .= "\n" . Images::getPictureUrl($media['url'], $media['preview'], $media['description']);
-				} else {
-					if (!empty($media['description'])) {
-						$body .= "\n[img=" . $media['url'] . ']' . $media['description'] . '[/img]';
-					} else {
-						$body .= "\n[img]" . $media['url'] . '[/img]';
-					}
-				}
+				$body .= "\n" . Images::getBBCodeByUrl($media['url'], $media['preview'], $media['description']);
 			} elseif ($media['type'] == self::AUDIO) {
 				$body .= "\n[audio]" . $media['url'] . "[/audio]\n";
 			} elseif ($media['type'] == self::VIDEO) {
diff --git a/src/Module/Media/Photo/Upload.php b/src/Module/Media/Photo/Upload.php
index 8ea079c6cf..e53ca35b86 100644
--- a/src/Module/Media/Photo/Upload.php
+++ b/src/Module/Media/Photo/Upload.php
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ use Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException;
 use Friendica\Object\Image;
 use Friendica\Util\Images;
 use Friendica\Util\Profiler;
-use Friendica\Util\Strings;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ class Upload extends \Friendica\BaseModule
 		}
 
 		$this->logger->info('upload done');
-		$this->return(200, "\n\n" . Images::getImageUrl($resource_id, $owner['nickname'], $preview, $image->getExt(), '') . "\n\n");
+		$this->return(200, "\n\n" . Images::getBBCodeByResource($resource_id, $owner['nickname'], $preview, $image->getExt()) . "\n\n");
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Module/Profile/Photos.php b/src/Module/Profile/Photos.php
index 720efa060b..9d8b27592c 100644
--- a/src/Module/Profile/Photos.php
+++ b/src/Module/Profile/Photos.php
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class Photos extends \Friendica\Module\BaseProfile
 		$arr['visible']       = $visible;
 		$arr['origin']        = 1;
 
-		$arr['body']          = Images::getImageUrl($resource_id, $this->owner['nickname'], $preview, $image->getExt(), '');
+		$arr['body']          = Images::getBBCodeByResource($resource_id, $this->owner['nickname'], $preview, $image->getExt());
 
 		$item_id = Item::insert($arr);
 		// Update the photo albums cache
diff --git a/src/Util/Images.php b/src/Util/Images.php
index 08553a1a9c..90c2aae9db 100644
--- a/src/Util/Images.php
+++ b/src/Util/Images.php
@@ -318,30 +318,36 @@ class Images
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Get a link to a an image link with a preview
+	 * Get a BBCode tag for an local photo page URL with a preview thumbnail and an image description
 	 *
 	 * @param string $resource_id
-	 * @param string $nickname
-	 * @param integer $preview
-	 * @param string $ext
+	 * @param string $nickname The local user owner of the resource
+	 * @param int    $preview Preview image size identifier, either 0, 1 or 2 in decreasing order of size
+	 * @param string $ext Image file extension
 	 * @param string $description
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public static function getImageUrl(string $resource_id, string $nickname, int $preview, string $ext, string $description): string
+	public static function getBBCodeByResource(string $resource_id, string $nickname, int $preview, string $ext, string $description = ''): string
 	{
-		return '[url=' . DI::baseUrl() . '/photos/' . $nickname . '/image/' . $resource_id . '][img=' . DI::baseUrl() . '/photo/' . $resource_id . '-' . $preview. '.' . $ext . ']' . $description . '[/img][/url]';
+		return self::getBBCodeByUrl(
+			DI::baseUrl() . '/photos/' . $nickname . '/image/' . $resource_id,
+			DI::baseUrl() . '/photo/' . $resource_id . '-' . $preview. '.' . $ext,
+			$description
+		);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Get a link to a picture with a preview
+	 * Get a BBCode tag for an image URL with a preview thumbnail and an image description
 	 *
-	 * @param string $photo
-	 * @param string $preview
+	 * @param string $photo Full image URL
+	 * @param string $preview Preview image URL
 	 * @param string $description
 	 * @return string
-	 */
-	public static function getPictureUrl(string $photo, string $preview, string $description): string
+	 */	public static function getBBCodeByUrl(string $photo, string $preview = null, string $description = ''): string
 	{
-		return '[url=' . $photo . '][img=' . $preview . ']' . $description . '[/img][/url]';
+		if (!empty($preview)) {
+			return '[url=' . $photo . '][img=' . $preview . ']' . $description . '[/img][/url]';
+		}
+		return '[img=' . $photo . ']' . $description . '[/img]';
 	}
 }