Title: Link validator – user submission
Last modified: April 2, 2018

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# Link validator – user submission

 *  [grizgza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grizgza/)
 * (@grizgza)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-validator-user-submission/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m wondering what type of link validation is used for user submission of links.
   I searched and couldn’t find any details about what file types are allowed or
   if there is anyway to modify rules, etc. I’ve noticed that .PDF links return 
   an error on submission.
 * Thanks

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 *  Plugin Author [Yannick Lefebvre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackdewey/)
 * (@jackdewey)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-validator-user-submission/#post-10138591)
 * What type of error are you getting on submission? To be sure, when you say that
   this is a pdf link, you mean something like this?
 * [https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/cra-arc/formspubs/pub/5000-g/5000g-17e.pdf](https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/cra-arc/formspubs/pub/5000-g/5000g-17e.pdf)
 * Or are you trying to submit a link with a protocol other than http or https? 
   If you are trying to submit a link with a different protocol, you need to have
   added the additional protocols in the plugin’s general options.
 * Let me know if this helps and please consider donating to support this plugin’s
   development.
 *  Thread Starter [grizgza](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grizgza/)
 * (@grizgza)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-validator-user-submission/#post-10138629)
 * Actually, I tested again and it seems I’m getting the error no matter what type
   of link it is.
 * “Link submission error”
 * Any thoughts?
 *  Plugin Author [Yannick Lefebvre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackdewey/)
 * (@jackdewey)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-validator-user-submission/#post-10138710)
 * Link submission error means that Akismet identified the link as spam. The first
   thing to check here would be to deactivate the option “Validate links with Akismet”
   under the User Submission tab of library configuration.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-validator-user-submission/#post-10138710)
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