Title: External url as post Featured Image (thumbnail) Author: Puvox Software Published: 19 Ctember 2018 Last modified: 30 Tuber 2024 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/assets/banner- 772x250.png?rev=2234735) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/assets/icon-128x128. png?rev=2234733) # External url as post Featured Image (thumbnail) By [Puvox Software](https://profiles.wordpress.org/puvoxsoftware/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail.zip) * [Details](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/#description) * [Reviews](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/#reviews) * [Installation](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/#installation) * [Development](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/) ## Description #### [ ✅ 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐔𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐒 b𝓎 𝒫𝓊𝓋𝑜𝓍] : > • Revised for security to be reliable and free of vulnerability holes. > • Efficient, > not to add any extra load/slowness to site. • Don’t collect private data. #### Plugin Description Set External-URL as post thumbnail url. (For developers: you can also use a filter- hook to programatically set/get external url as post’s thumbnail. Read more in plugin’s dashboard page) `Gutenberg not supported yet.` ### Feature: Youtube Thumbnails This plugin has an additional option You can set youtube’s thumbnails as post’s featured image automatically ( Read more in plugin’s dashboard page) . #### Available Options See all available options and their description on plugin’s settings page. ## Screenshots [⌊screenshot⌉⌊screenshot⌉[ screenshot ## Installation A) Enter your website « Admin Dashboard > Plugins > Add New » and enter the plugin name or B) Download plugin from WordPress.org , Extract the zip file and upload the container folder to « wp-content/plugins/ » ## FAQ * More at [our WP plugins](https://puvox.software/software/wordpress-plugins/) page. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/82267a5e180ffd82a321af0ed4062a3eeec01e0760874dbd58fba1d3e6cbf1e5? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works as intended](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-as-intended-143/)󠁿 [kislany](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kislany/) 5 Furar 2020 I've been using a plugin for external images called Featured Image for URL, but the recent version screwed up another plugin which allowed me to show recent posts when the featured image was from an external url, and now my homepage was all screwed up, so in desperation, I installed this one. It works perfectly so far! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0ac96f51bdb65c036198f2f031bd058bd68b9c48e8d88662f85eb60e32bb0213? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[initial version works](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/initial-version-works-3/)󠁿 [tazotodua](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tazotodua/) 24 Ctember 2018 Initial version works well. [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “External url as post Featured Image (thumbnail)” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Puvox Software ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/puvoxsoftware/) * [ ttodua ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ttodua/) [Translate “External url as post Featured Image (thumbnail)” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * First release. ## Meta * Version **2.08** * Last updated **2 n iseggasen ago** * Active installations **100+** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.5.12** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/) * Tags * [external](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/external/)[feature](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/feature/) [post](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/)[thumbnail](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/thumbnail/) [url](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/url/) * [Advanced View](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Puvox Software ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/puvoxsoftware/) * [ ttodua ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ttodua/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://paypal.me/puvox)