diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cfe83e0..3d3d204 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -150,4 +150,4 @@ types = [".mp3", ".flac"]
 tags = "genre"
 ```
 
-`plugins` limits which plugins run (`hash//` is listed as `hashdoubleslash`), `types` overrides the file types a plugin handles, and `id3.map` additionally reads an audio tag (here `GENRE`) into a category.
+`plugins` limits which plugins run (`hash//` is listed as `hashdoubleslash`), `types` overrides the file types a plugin handles (`write` ignores types the plugin does not support), and `id3.map` additionally reads an audio tag (here `GENRE`) into a category.
diff --git a/orvanitag/orvani.py b/orvanitag/orvani.py
index 3067456..b3ff49d 100644
--- a/orvanitag/orvani.py
+++ b/orvanitag/orvani.py
@@ -695,12 +695,8 @@ class OrvaniTag:
                 suffixes = plugin.TYPES # Load the plugin's defaults
                 if plugin_name in config: # Check for local folder config overrides
                     if 'types' in config[plugin_name]:
-                        suffixes = config[plugin_name]['types']
-                        for suffix in suffixes:
-                            if not suffix in plugin.TYPES:
-                                suffixes.remove(suffix)
-                        if not suffixes:
-                            suffixes = plugin.TYPES
+                        # Only types the plugin can write, falling back to its defaults
+                        suffixes = [suffix for suffix in config[plugin_name]['types'] if suffix in plugin.TYPES] or plugin.TYPES
 
                 o.file = Path(filename)
                 if o.file.suffix in suffixes:
diff --git a/tests/test_plugins.py b/tests/test_plugins.py
index aaa923c..50ee583 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugins.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugins.py
@@ -143,3 +143,11 @@ def test_cmd_scan_defaults_to_current_folder(cwd, monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setattr(sys, 'argv', ['otag', 's'])
     main()
     assert (cwd / 'sub' / orvani.CONTEXT_FILE).read_text() == 'doc.pdf --- #lofi\n'
+
+
+def test_write_ignores_configured_types_the_plugin_cannot_handle(cwd):
+    (cwd / orvani.CONFIG_FILE).write_text('[pdf]\ntypes = [".xyz", ".abc", ".pdf"]\n')
+    (cwd / 'doc.abc').write_text('not a pdf')
+    OrvaniTag().add('doc.abc', '#lofi')
+    assert OrvaniTag().write_metadata('doc.abc', 'pdf') == [4, ['.pdf'], 'pdf', True]
+    assert (cwd / 'doc.abc').read_text() == 'not a pdf'