# Giphy onebox for animated gifs

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/giphy-onebox-for-animated-gifs/41478>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [23.Март.2016 13:50:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/giphy-onebox-for-animated-gifs/41478 "2016-03-23T13:50:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [03.Октябрь.2017 22:44:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/giphy-onebox-for-animated-gifs/41478/6 "2017-10-03T22:44:17Z")

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Nope, that is new functionality. Any external image larger than (x) will be blocked as a bandwidth hog (for mobile, etc) unless you explicitly allow it in your site settings.

You will see a placeholder and have to click through on it to see the giant 40 megabyte plus image, rather than having it hotlinked live.

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