# Strategies to Overcome High Request Blocks on Imgur

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** uploads\
**Created:** [April 28, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strategies-to-overcome-high-request-blocks-on-imgur/305781 "2024-04-28T15:34:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![piffy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/piffy/32/254198_2.png) [@piffy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/piffy)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strategies-to-overcome-high-request-blocks-on-imgur/305781/1 "2024-04-28T15:34:19Z")

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As I slowly realize the value that images have to seo, I’ve noticed that many of my images are still being hotlinked from Imgur. That is, my old forum didn’t have any upload function so people would use Imgur to share an image. Since moving to Discourse almost 2 years ago it seems that most of the images are still undownloaded and are being hosted by Imgur (despite having the setting to download remote images checked ✔)

I’ve come to realize this is because the number of requests to Imgur from my server IP is too high and it gets (temporarily?) blocked. Any tips on how to work around this limit?

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