Title: Upload whitelist?
Last modified: June 24, 2026

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# Upload whitelist?

 *  Resolved [alexandriatransit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexandriatransit/)
 * (@alexandriatransit)
 * [2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-whitelist/)
 * I have a custom plugin that helps non-technical (but still trusted) users manage
   different versions of one specific file; the plugin assures that the file is 
   uploaded to the correct location where crawlers can find it on a regular basis.
   For ease-of-use, I am bypassing the media library, because I don’t want my users
   to have to browse to a specific folder to upload the file properly, and I don’t
   really want them to have edit access anywhere else anyway.
 * The uploads are blocked by the Security plugin. Is there any way I can whitelist
   a specific file, folder, plugin, or user, or disable upload scanning in the first
   place? Only 3-5 trusted users have access to upload anything anyway, otherwise
   sign-up is not possible on our site.

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 *  Plugin Support [sergecleantalk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sergecleantalk/)
 * (@sergecleantalk)
 * [2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-whitelist/#post-18947330)
 * Hello,
 * You can try disabling the ‘Run the Upload Checker module for uploaded files’ 
   option here:
 * WordPress Dashboard -> Settings -> Security by Cleantalk -> General settings 
   tab
 * Did it help?
 *  Plugin Support [sergecleantalk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sergecleantalk/)
 * (@sergecleantalk)
 * [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-whitelist/#post-18950059)
 * Hello.
   We haven’t heard back from you in a few days, so I’m going to mark this
   topic as “resolved”.If you have any further questions, you can start a new topic
   or contact us via our private Ticket System: [https://cleantalk.org/my/support/open](https://cleantalk.org/my/support/open).

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 * Last activity: [1 week, 3 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/upload-whitelist/#post-18950059)
 * Status: resolved