Asiqur Rahman

With the help of this plugin, you can become hassle-free from downloading and re-uploading images from hosted elsewhere to your site.
The GL Import External Images plugin for WordPress is designed to facilitate downloading and inserting images directly into your WP Media Library from external URLs, streamlining the process of importing media content. This plugin enhances user efficiency by allowing seamless integration of external images, thereby improving content management workflows. Be a better online citizen: avoid image hot-linking with ease!
<h4>Features</h4>
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<li>Easily download images from external URLs directly into your WordPress Media Library.</li>
<li>After successful uploading, you can select or edit (like caption, title, alt, description) the image.</li>
<li>Full integration with WordPress Media Library – including creation of thumbnail images.</li>
<li>Simplifies the process of adding external images to your website and saves you time.</li>
<li>Saves time by automating the image import process.</li>
<li>Lightweight and code written following WordPress coding standards.</li>
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GL Import External Images

Import and insert images to WordPress Media Library from external URLs.

militools

Mili Localizer scans post content on publish and/or update. If it finds external image URLs, it downloads those images, uploads them to the Media Library, and replaces the original image URLs in the post content.
Key capabilities:
<ul>
<li>Import external <code><img></code> images.</li>
<li>Rewrite content image URLs to local uploads.</li>
<li>Preserve <code>alt</code> attributes in content.</li>
<li>Exclude specific domains from import.</li>
<li>Configure JPEG/WebP compression quality.</li>
<li>Optionally set first imported image as featured image if none exists.</li>
</ul>

Mili Localizer

Automatically imports external images from post content into the WordPress Media Library and rewrites image URLs.

GL Import External Images vs Mili Localizer