# Manipulate URLs for HTTPS sites? **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Created:** [July 26, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manipulate-urls-for-https-sites/31451 "2015-07-26T23:01:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manipulate-urls-for-https-sites/31451/1 "2015-07-26T23:01:13Z")
Some of our readers have attempted to share imgur links in posts, only to find that as our Discourse site is HTTPS-only the image won’t embed correctly. Is there any scope add a whitelist for sites which are known to offer SSL and automatically convert URLs from HTTP to HTTPS? ---
**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manipulate-urls-for-https-sites/31451/2 "2015-07-27T18:44:49Z")
When an image is oneboxed, this already happens: ``` https://i.imgur.com/uSgz83b.jpg ``` generates a link to [I work on Wall St. This ad was just posted. - Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/uSgz83b.jpg), as seen here: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/a/2/0a2e2a8a73d85c8f3e4518785a804456711f0bab.png) (replaced with a smaller image) ---
**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manipulate-urls-for-https-sites/31451/3 "2015-07-27T18:59:09Z")
That’s the other part of the problem, new users posting imgur links in this format: ``` https://imgur.com/uSgz83b ``` ---
**Author:** ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manipulate-urls-for-https-sites/31451/4 "2025-12-04T11:36:51Z")