# Watched Words to serve as shortcut command to insert links

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-to-serve-as-shortcut-command-to-insert-links/242695
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** watched-words
**Created:** [October 23, 2022, 6:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-to-serve-as-shortcut-command-to-insert-links/242695 "2022-10-23T06:26:12Z")
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### Author: ![renato](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/renato/32/383632_2.png) [@renato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renato)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/watched-words-to-serve-as-shortcut-command-to-insert-links/242695/5 "2022-10-25T17:52:56Z")

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> [@Danielabc](#):
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> So, they told me about this ReplyGif thing, which is the same, but I couldn’t use it.

Far from being the same thing, but are you already using the theme component that allows you to search for GIFs and insert them when composing a post?

> [@Discourse Gifs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-gifs/158738):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse Gifs adds a button to the composer that allows you to search for gifs and easily add the best one to your post.hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-gifs](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-gifs)open_bookNew to Discourse Themes? [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) Install this theme component Features After searching you get an infinite scrolling wall of related gifs: [recording] Clicking one one inserts it on your current…

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/a/caaa41374093f847ad312d635a864900d54ba8d3.webp)

From what I understood about Pandlr’s “GIF Pocket,” it allows for a list of favorite GIFs **per user** , is that right?

I ask because with a solution similar to Watched Words, only admins could define automatic replacement terms, it wouldn’t be a per-user repository.

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