URL import is broken?

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  • Plugin Author Fabien Quatravaux

    (@fab1en)

    9 years, 3 months ago

    Hi Matt.
    Sorry if the plugin description is not very clear : this plugin aim is to insert images that are hosted outside your WordPress install into the Media Library. No file is downloaded : the remote URL is used directly.

    The plugin creates an entry in the database to “fake” a Media pointing to the remote URL. There is a drawback : thumbnails are not created, so media preview is the admin is not very pretty.

    If you want to grab a remote file and download it into your WordPress install to have your own copy, just drag&drop the remote image to a location on your local computer, and then drag&drop this file to the WordPress Media uploader.

    Thread Starter Matt Montag

    (@ivionday)

    9 years, 3 months ago

    No worries, I found another plug in that does the downloading, called Grab & Save. https://wordpress.org/plugins/save-grab/

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