diff --git a/src/Content/Post/Entity/PostMedia.php b/src/Content/Post/Entity/PostMedia.php
index f7e1f39d92..993b843bf0 100644
--- a/src/Content/Post/Entity/PostMedia.php
+++ b/src/Content/Post/Entity/PostMedia.php
@@ -177,15 +177,20 @@ class PostMedia extends BaseEntity
 	/**
 	 * Get preview path for given media id relative to the base URL
 	 *
-	 * @param string  $size One of the Proxy::SIZE_* constants
+	 * @param string  $size     One of the Proxy::SIZE_* constants
+	 * @param bool     $vlurred If "true", the preview will be blurred
 	 * @return string preview link
 	 */
-	public function getPreviewPath(string $size = ''): string
+	public function getPreviewPath(string $size = '', bool $blurred = false): string
 	{
-		return '/photo/preview/' .
+		$path = '/photo/preview/' .
 			(Proxy::getPixelsFromSize($size) ? Proxy::getPixelsFromSize($size) . '/' : '') .
 			$this->id;
 
+		if ($blurred) {
+			$path .= '?' . http_build_query(['blur' => true]);
+		}
+		return $path;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Model/Item.php b/src/Model/Item.php
index 9d2bdd16b9..fe3aeb7fd3 100644
--- a/src/Model/Item.php
+++ b/src/Model/Item.php
@@ -3345,6 +3345,7 @@ class Item
 		$item['tags'] = $tags['tags'];
 		$item['hashtags'] = $tags['hashtags'];
 		$item['mentions'] = $tags['mentions'];
+		$sensitive = (bool)$item['sensitive'];
 
 		if (!$is_preview) {
 			$item['body'] = preg_replace("#\s*\[attachment .*?].*?\[/attachment]\s*#ism", "\n", $item['body']);
@@ -3412,11 +3413,11 @@ class Item
 			$shared_links = array_merge($shared_links, $sharedSplitAttachments['visual']->column('url'));
 			$shared_links = array_merge($shared_links, $sharedSplitAttachments['link']->column('url'));
 			$shared_links = array_merge($shared_links, $sharedSplitAttachments['additional']->column('url'));
-			$item['body'] = self::replaceVisualAttachments($sharedSplitAttachments['visual'], $item['body']);
+			$item['body'] = self::replaceVisualAttachments($sharedSplitAttachments['visual'], $item['body'], $sensitive);
 		}
 
 		$itemSplitAttachments = DI::postMediaRepository()->splitAttachments($item['uri-id'], $shared_links, $item['has-media'] ?? false);
-		$item['body'] = self::replaceVisualAttachments($itemSplitAttachments['visual'], $item['body'] ?? '');
+		$item['body'] = self::replaceVisualAttachments($itemSplitAttachments['visual'], $item['body'] ?? '', $sensitive);
 
 		self::putInCache($item);
 		$item['body'] = $body;
@@ -3471,9 +3472,9 @@ class Item
 		}
 
 		if (!empty($sharedSplitAttachments)) {
-			$s = self::addGallery($s, $sharedSplitAttachments['visual'], (bool)$item['sensitive']);
-			$s = self::addVisualAttachments($sharedSplitAttachments['visual'], $shared_item, $s, true);
-			$s = self::addLinkAttachment($shared_uri_id ?: $item['uri-id'], $sharedSplitAttachments, $body, $s, true, $quote_shared_links);
+			$s = self::addGallery($s, $sharedSplitAttachments['visual'], $sensitive);
+			$s = self::addVisualAttachments($sharedSplitAttachments['visual'], $shared_item, $s, true, $sensitive);
+			$s = self::addLinkAttachment($shared_uri_id ?: $item['uri-id'], $sharedSplitAttachments, $body, $s, true, $quote_shared_links, $sensitive);
 			$s = self::addNonVisualAttachments($sharedSplitAttachments['additional'], $item, $s, true);
 			$body = BBCode::removeSharedData($body);
 		}
@@ -3484,9 +3485,9 @@ class Item
 			$s = substr($s, 0, $pos);
 		}
 
-		$s = self::addGallery($s, $itemSplitAttachments['visual'], (bool)$item['sensitive']);
-		$s = self::addVisualAttachments($itemSplitAttachments['visual'], $item, $s, false);
-		$s = self::addLinkAttachment($item['uri-id'], $itemSplitAttachments, $body, $s, false, $shared_links);
+		$s = self::addGallery($s, $itemSplitAttachments['visual'], $sensitive);
+		$s = self::addVisualAttachments($itemSplitAttachments['visual'], $item, $s, false, $sensitive);
+		$s = self::addLinkAttachment($item['uri-id'], $itemSplitAttachments, $body, $s, false, $shared_links, $sensitive);
 		$s = self::addNonVisualAttachments($itemSplitAttachments['additional'], $item, $s, false);
 		$s = self::addQuestions($item, $s);
 
@@ -3605,9 +3606,10 @@ class Item
 	 *
 	 * @param PostMedias $PostMedias
 	 * @param string     $body
+	 * @param bool       $sensitive
 	 * @return string modified body
 	 */
-	private static function replaceVisualAttachments(PostMedias $PostMedias, string $body): string
+	private static function replaceVisualAttachments(PostMedias $PostMedias, string $body, bool $sensitive): string
 	{
 		DI::profiler()->startRecording('rendering');
 
@@ -3616,7 +3618,7 @@ class Item
 				if (DI::baseUrl()->isLocalUri($PostMedia->preview)) {
 					continue;
 				}
-				$proxy   = DI::baseUrl() . $PostMedia->getPreviewPath(Proxy::SIZE_LARGE);
+				$proxy   = DI::baseUrl() . $PostMedia->getPreviewPath(Proxy::SIZE_LARGE, $sensitive);
 				$search  = ['[img=' . $PostMedia->preview . ']', ']' . $PostMedia->preview . '[/img]'];
 				$replace = ['[img=' . $proxy . ']', ']' . $proxy . '[/img]'];
 
@@ -3625,7 +3627,7 @@ class Item
 				if (DI::baseUrl()->isLocalUri($PostMedia->url)) {
 					continue;
 				}
-				$proxy   = DI::baseUrl() . $PostMedia->getPreviewPath(Proxy::SIZE_LARGE);
+				$proxy   = DI::baseUrl() . $PostMedia->getPreviewPath(Proxy::SIZE_LARGE, $sensitive);
 				$search  = ['[img=' . $PostMedia->url . ']', ']' . $PostMedia->url . '[/img]'];
 				$replace = ['[img=' . $proxy . ']', ']' . $proxy . '[/img]'];
 
@@ -3643,10 +3645,11 @@ class Item
 	 * @param array      $item
 	 * @param string     $content
 	 * @param bool       $shared
+	 * @param bool       $sensitive
 	 * @return string modified content
 	 * @throws ServiceUnavailableException
 	 */
-	private static function addVisualAttachments(PostMedias $PostMedias, array $item, string $content, bool $shared): string
+	private static function addVisualAttachments(PostMedias $PostMedias, array $item, string $content, bool $shared, bool $sensitive): string
 	{
 		DI::profiler()->startRecording('rendering');
 		$leading  = '';
@@ -3661,7 +3664,7 @@ class Item
 
 			if ($PostMedia->mimetype->type == 'image' || $PostMedia->preview) {
 				$preview_size = Proxy::SIZE_MEDIUM;
-				$preview_url = DI::baseUrl() . $PostMedia->getPreviewPath($preview_size);
+				$preview_url = DI::baseUrl() . $PostMedia->getPreviewPath($preview_size, $sensitive);
 			} else {
 				$preview_size = 0;
 				$preview_url = '';
@@ -3746,11 +3749,12 @@ class Item
 	 * @param string       $content
 	 * @param bool         $shared
 	 * @param array        $ignore_links A list of URLs to ignore
+	 * @param bool         $sensitive
 	 * @return string modified content
 	 * @throws InternalServerErrorException
 	 * @throws ServiceUnavailableException
 	 */
-	private static function addLinkAttachment(int $uriid, array $attachments, string $body, string $content, bool $shared, array $ignore_links): string
+	private static function addLinkAttachment(int $uriid, array $attachments, string $body, string $content, bool $shared, array $ignore_links, bool $sensitive): string
 	{
 		DI::profiler()->startRecording('rendering');
 		// Don't show a preview when there is a visual attachment (audio or video)
@@ -3793,9 +3797,9 @@ class Item
 
 			if ($preview && $attachment->preview) {
 				if ($attachment->previewWidth >= 500) {
-					$data['image'] = DI::baseUrl() . $attachment->getPreviewPath(Proxy::SIZE_MEDIUM);
+					$data['image'] = DI::baseUrl() . $attachment->getPreviewPath(Proxy::SIZE_MEDIUM, $sensitive);
 				} else {
-					$data['preview'] = DI::baseUrl() . $attachment->getPreviewPath(Proxy::SIZE_MEDIUM);
+					$data['preview'] = DI::baseUrl() . $attachment->getPreviewPath(Proxy::SIZE_MEDIUM, $sensitive);
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/Module/Photo.php b/src/Module/Photo.php
index 133c91d8d9..1ab228b7c3 100644
--- a/src/Module/Photo.php
+++ b/src/Module/Photo.php
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ class Photo extends BaseApi
 
 		$stamp = microtime(true);
 
-		$imgdata = MPhoto::getImageDataForPhoto($photo);
+		if (empty($request['blur']) || empty($photo['blurhash'])) {
+			$imgdata = MPhoto::getImageDataForPhoto($photo);
+		}
 		if (empty($imgdata) && empty($photo['blurhash'])) {
 			throw new HTTPException\NotFoundException();
 		} elseif (empty($imgdata) && !empty($photo['blurhash'])) {