Title: Cannot "insert images from URL" into posts
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Cannot "insert images from URL" into posts

 *  [AlexStarbuck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astrbac/)
 * (@astrbac)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-insert-images-from-url-into-posts/)
 * Hi all,
 * I have tried Google-ing this issue but wasn’t sucessful in locating an answer.
   The problem I have is inserting images into posts, from Flickr, Imageshack and
   other image hosting services I use.
 * When I compose, i go to little IMG icon, insert image dialog opens and I select
   From URL. There I copy and paste images url, jump into the second field (Image
   title) and a little red X shows up next to Image url. I have recently moved from
   the free WordPress.com to self-hosted WordPress site (MediaTemple) if that makes
   any difference but the problem is same on both services.
 * The only way I can get around this problem is to go to HTML editor and play a
   bit there and then it works. I would hovewer prefer to get it going in the visual
   editor.
 * Thanx for any tips you might have.
 * [http://grumpygrampa.com](http://grumpygrampa.com)

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-insert-images-from-url-into-posts/#post-2322219)
 * It sounds like the image urls are incorrect.
 *  Thread Starter [AlexStarbuck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astrbac/)
 * (@astrbac)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-insert-images-from-url-into-posts/#post-2322231)
 * Hey, thanx for the reply!
 * No, IMage url’s are correct, I do know that much about html :). (I simply copy
   the link from FLICKR; not from address bar in Firefox but from within Flickrs
   SHARE function
 * Cheers!

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 * Last reply from: [AlexStarbuck](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astrbac/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-insert-images-from-url-into-posts/#post-2322231)
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