leemon

Add external media from a <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds" rel="nofollow ugc">supported oEmbed provider</a> (YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, Twitter, …) to the media library

Add External Media

Meets expectations

Great plugin, thanks! I just miss the feature of adding it directly in the WordPress Media

Great plugin

lucia.intelisano

If post doesn’t have a set featured image, 
WP Autoset Featured Image Plus check if text contains an image. If yes, set this as featured image, 
if not, you can set any external url image. Otherwise, leave field empty. 
Easy and fast!
Features include:

WP Autoset Featured Image Plus

Check for an image inside text editor or use external images from anywhere as the featured image of your pages and posts.

Add External Media vs WP Autoset Featured Image Plus