WP Remote Thumbnail

WP Remote Thumbnail is a very lightweight WordPress plugin that comes with zero configuration and one-click setup. Using this plugin, you can easily set any external image as the featured image of any post/page or even custom post types.

This plugin automatically adds a custom metabox to each post type that supports post thumbnails. You just need to copy and paste the URL of any image into the metabox and click publish/update.

1. Go to your admin area and select Plugins -> Add new from the menu.
2. Search for “WP Remote Thumbnail”.
3. Click install.
4. Click activate.
5. Go to any post/page and add your external images.

1. 

   Add remote thumbnail URL and click publish/update.

2. 

   After adding a remote thumbnail.

1.3.2

• Updated: Most usable image format support
• Code Cleanup

1.3.1

• Fixed: url save issue
• Checked with updated wordpress version 6.6

1.3

• Fixed: Fatal and warning errors
• Checked with latest wp and PHP version

1.2

• Fixed: Meta data URL save issue.
• Code cleanup.

1.1

• Fixed issue with larger images.
• Increased timeout for getting images.
• Better error handling.

1.0

• This is the first version.