# Make media review skip only for uploads, not URLs?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-media-review-skip-only-for-uploads-not-urls/363271
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 24, 2025, 10:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-media-review-skip-only-for-uploads-not-urls/363271 "2025-04-24T10:12:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@copymonopoly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/copymonopoly)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2025, 10:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-media-review-skip-only-for-uploads-not-urls/363271/1 "2025-04-24T10:12:19Z")
Is there a way to make “Skip review media groups” apply **only** when users upload images or files, but not when they use external image links?
Right now, even when users insert images via URL, the post still gets reviewed. I would like this feature to only trigger when users upload media directly (images or files).
If this isn’t currently possible, I’d love to know if there’s a workaround or if it could be considered as a feature request.
---
### Author:  [@SaraDev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SaraDev)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-media-review-skip-only-for-uploads-not-urls/363271/3 "2025-05-06T20:13:32Z")
The `Skip review media groups` setting applies to any post containing embedded media, regardless of whether the media is uploaded directly to Discourse or linked externally via a URL.
There currently isn’t another setting to differentiate between uploads and external links with that setting when deciding whether to skip review for specific user groups, or a workaround to only trigger review upon directly uploaded media.
With that in mind, if this is a feature you’re interested in, I would encourage you to create a #Contribute > Feature topic in our Meta community. The more people who show interest in a feature, the more likely it is to make it into Discourse. This sounds like a neat idea and we’d love to know more about what you are looking for. 🙂
---
### Author:  [@copymonopoly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/copymonopoly)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-media-review-skip-only-for-uploads-not-urls/363271/4 "2025-05-08T02:46:01Z")
Currently, `Embedded media post allowed groups` distinguishes between uploads and external links. I was wondering if there’s a way to make the `Skip review media groups` setting leverage the mechanism used in `Embedded media post allowed groups`. Is there any setting or method that could make this possible?
---
### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-media-review-skip-only-for-uploads-not-urls/363271/5 "2025-06-07T02:46:39Z")
This topic was automatically closed 30 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.