# Links not expanding
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-not-expanding/202052
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 29, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-not-expanding/202052 "2021-08-29T17:41:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@OverseersMight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OverseersMight)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-not-expanding/202052/1 "2021-08-29T17:41:12Z")
Links do not expand at all on my website, except internal links. I tested it on [https://try.discourse.org](https://try.discourse.org) and all links I had on my website that didn’t expand expanded on there.
Is there a setting I should change?
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### Author:  [@OverseersMight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OverseersMight)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-not-expanding/202052/2 "2021-08-29T23:54:38Z")
Anyone have a solution? i’ve really been confused and this is the last step to launching.
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### Author:  [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-not-expanding/202052/3 "2021-08-30T01:28:08Z")
Hi there,
Did you try to configure the `/admin/site_settings/category/onebox` site settings? Probably there is some restriction on your site.
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### Author:  [@OverseersMight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OverseersMight)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-not-expanding/202052/4 "2021-09-03T21:42:27Z")
Looked at that, couldn’t find anything.
Also sorry for the late response.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-not-expanding/202052/5 "2021-09-03T22:02:36Z")
There’s this from the Onebox guide:
> [@Creating rich link previews with Onebox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-rich-link-previews-with-onebox/98088/1):
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> ### Troubleshooting
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> If Onebox is not working as expected, please check the following:
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> - Test your site by pasting the link into [iFramely](https://iframely.com/embed); check that the target is using correct OpenGraph or oEmbed meta tags for content. And remember the description text is _required_ in Discourse!
> - Verify that the onebox request to the target website has not been blocked by `user-agent` . Some WordPress hosts frequently block “unknown” user agents.
There may be a couple of other bits in there that might provide some inspiration too? I hope you figure it out. 🤞
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### Author:  [@Jian\_Jiao](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jian_Jiao)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2021, 10:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-not-expanding/202052/6 "2021-09-04T10:17:04Z")
I figured out if you use the ‘Link’ button on the tool bar, the link will not expand, if you just paste the link in the text area , it works fine.
