Featured Image via URL
Automatically generate the Featured Image from the specified image url in post.
Maintenance 22/1004370d since update
Active installs
200
Downloads
18,477
Reviews
6
Age
12.5y
Tagspostpostsfeatured imagethumbnailautomatic
Plugin info
Total downloads: 18,477
Active installs: 200
Total reviews: 6
Average rating: 4.3
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 1/13/2014 (4370 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 6/24/2013 (12 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 2.9.1
Tested up to WordPress version: f
Minimum PHP version: f
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Possibly abandoned • Last updated 4370 days ago • 6 reviews
22/100
Is Featured Image via URL abandoned?
Possibly abandoned (last update 4370 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 2.9.1
Tested up to: f
Requires PHP: f
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Description
Featured Image via URL is a plugin to generate the featured image of post from the image url specified.
The image will be fetched back and saved into the Media Library with all supported sizes.
If the featured image is already present, the plugin will do nothing.
This plugin is modified from Auto Post Thumbnail by adityamooley.
For more details, see http://tsai.it/project/wordpress-plugins/featured-image-via-url/
Installation
- Upload directory ‘featured-image-via-url’ to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
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Changelog
0.1
First release