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Plugin info

Total downloads: 13,070
Active installs: 400
Total reviews: 8
Average rating: 3.9
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 3 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 9/27/2020 (1920 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 1/8/2017 (8 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 5.5.17
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 1920 days ago • 8 reviews

22/100

Is External URL Featured Image abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 1920 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.0
Tested up to: 5.5.17
Requires PHP: f

Ratings

5
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Developers

jmarreros (Owner)2

Languages

Spanish (Spain)32,360Spanish (Chile)8,024

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Description

This Plugin allows to use an external image as Featured Image, this can be especially useful if you house your images in another location.

This Plugin is compatible with Nelio External Featured Image Metadata, so you can reuse your data in case you want to uninstall Nelio Plugin.

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

  1. Upload and extract the plugin file to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory,
    or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
  3. This plugin doesn’t have configuration screen, you can view a metabox directly when you create or edit your posts or pages.

Frequently Asked Questions

No FAQ available

Review feed

Daniel Hendricks
9/26/2017

Works well for me

It is what I was looking for: simplicity. $external_image = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_dcms_eufi_img', true );

Screenshots

  1. Metabox in post screen configuration

    Metabox in post screen configuration

  2. After preview image, you can type Alt text

    After preview image, you can type Alt text

  3. After Save post you can view your image in front-end

    After Save post you can view your image in front-end

Changelog

1.0.3

  • Tested up to WordPress 5.5

1.0.2

  • Fix Readme file, test version 4.8.3

1.0.1

  • Fix text domain for translation

1.0

  • Initial release, stable version.
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