Title: flash files
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# flash files

 *  [angie_s](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angie_s/)
 * (@angie_s)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/flash-files/)
 * hello! i would like to upload a flash (.swf) file in the media library but i 
   can’t. i have a message about safety
 * any ideas?

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 *  [Will Schmierer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/officialwill/)
 * (@officialwill)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/flash-files/#post-5508963)
 * There are some concerns for security reasons, but if you want to add additional
   file types to your media library and feel reasonably comfortable with code, you
   can check out this tutorial to allow for additional files types to be uploaded
   to your site.
 * [http://code.tutsplus.com/articles/quick-tip-add-extra-media-type-filters-to-the-wordpress-media-manager–wp-25998](http://code.tutsplus.com/articles/quick-tip-add-extra-media-type-filters-to-the-wordpress-media-manager--wp-25998)
 *  [Will Schmierer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/officialwill/)
 * (@officialwill)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/flash-files/#post-5508964)
 * Sorry for the duplicate posts. Something got stuck when I posted originally.
 *  [Will Schmierer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/officialwill/)
 * (@officialwill)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/flash-files/#post-5508965)
 *  Thread Starter [angie_s](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angie_s/)
 * (@angie_s)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/flash-files/#post-5509041)
 * thank you! i’ll try it!
 *  Thread Starter [angie_s](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angie_s/)
 * (@angie_s)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/flash-files/#post-5509100)
 * sorry nothinh happend….. any plugins maybe?

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 * [media](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/media/)

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 * Last reply from: [angie_s](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angie_s/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/flash-files/#post-5509100)
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