Add images using external links - Save your storage with EXMAGE effortlessly

VillaTheme

Andy Ha

EXMAGE – WordPress Image Links helps you save storage by using external image URLs. These images are shown in Media library like normal images so that you can choose them for post/product featured image, WooCommerce product gallery… or everywhere that images are chosen from Media library.
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<h3>Preview EXMAGE – WordPress Image Links</h3>
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/R_hNwUIGqIQ?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
<h3>How to install and use the plugin</h3>
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KSQoZjM7yBI?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
<h3>Important Notice:</h3>
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This plugin only supports real image URLs that have correct image mime type. It does not support image URLs from an image hosting service(such as Flickr, Imgur, Photobucket …) or a file storage service(such as Google drive)
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External images added by this plugin will no longer work if the plugin is not active
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<h3>FEATURES</h3>
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Ability to add single image URL on Upload files tab of the Media library
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Ability to add multiple image URLs at once on below the File upload on Upload New Media page
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External images have an icon to distinguish them from normal attachments.
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External images also have attachment ID like normal attachments so that you can use them wherever that allows to insert images from Media library such as Post/Product featured image, product gallery images, variation image, product category image…
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Compatible with ALD plugin: when this plugin is active, there will be an option named “Use external links for images” in the ALD plugin settings/Products. By enabling this option, AliExpress products imported by ALD plugin will use original AliExpress image URLs for product featured images, gallery images and variation images instead of saving images to your server.
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=Integration=
<pre><code>if(class_exists( 'EXMAGE_WP_IMAGE_LINKS' )){
 $add_image = EXMAGE_WP_IMAGE_LINKS::add_image( $url, $image_id, $post_parent );
}
</code></pre>
-$url: URL of the image you want to process 
-$image_id: Passed by reference 
-$post_parent: ID of the post that you want the image to be attached to. If empty, the image will not be attached to any post 
-Return:
<pre><code> [
 'url' => $url,//Input URL
 'message' => '',//Additional information
 'status' => 'error',//error or success
 'id' => '',//Attachment ID if added new or the attachment exists
 'edit_link' => '',//Attachment's edit link if added new or the attachment exists
 ]
</code></pre>
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<li><a href="https://villatheme.com/extensions/exmage-wordpress-image-links/" rel="nofollow ugc">Project Page</a></li>
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EXMAGE – WordPress Image Links

It's a good plugin, but I noted that page speed insights is worse than before because aliexpress isn't optimized. Maybe in the future.

It' good


Decisions, Not options. Developer of this plugin truly value this Philosophy of WordPress. Thank you so much for creating a neat and clean plugin.


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