Puvox Software

ttodua

<p>DEPRECIATED. YOU CAN USE: <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/" rel="ugc">Youtube Thumbnail as Featured Image/</a>.</p>
<h4>Available Options</h4>
<p>See all available options and their description on plugin’s settings page.</p>


Set Youtube Thumbnail as Featured Thumbnail

DEPRECIATED. YOU CAN USE: https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-url-as-post-featured-image-thumbnail/

jmarreros

<p>This Plugin allows to use an external image as Featured Image, this can be especially useful if you house your images in another location.</p>
<p>This Plugin is compatible with Nelio External Featured Image Metadata, so you can reuse your data in case you want to uninstall Nelio Plugin.</p>


External URL Featured Image

It is what I was looking for: simplicity.

$external_image = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_dcms_eufi_img', true );

Works well for me

Use an external url image as Featured Image for your posts, pages, and other kind of post types.

Set Youtube Thumbnail as Featured Thumbnail vs External URL Featured Image