Featured Image with URL lets you set an external URL image as the Featured Image for posts, pages, and custom post types — including WooCommerce Products — without downloading the file to your Media Library. What it does Instead of uploading a file, you paste an image URL and the plugin displays it wherever your […]
Get the plugin running in under a minute. Install from WordPress.org Go to Plugins → Add New, search for “Featured Image with URL”, then click Install and Activate. You can also download it directly from wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-with-url and upload the zip via Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin. No configuration required The plugin works immediately […]
Set any external image as your Featured Image without uploading it. Steps Open the post/page/product editor, find the “Featured Image with URL” box in the sidebar, paste the direct image URL, and save or update the post. The image will display anywhere your theme renders the_post_thumbnail(). Display sizes The plugin respects your registered image sizes […]
Populate a WooCommerce product’s image gallery using external URLs instead of uploading each image. How it works On the Product edit screen, add one or more image URLs to the gallery field the plugin adds. Each URL is rendered in the product gallery exactly like an uploaded gallery image, including in the zoom/lightbox views most […]
Assign a unique image to each WooCommerce product variation using a URL. Where to set it Open a variable product, expand each variation row, and paste the image URL into the variation image field. This works the same way as the main product featured image field, but scoped to that single variation. Meta key reference […]
If you are bulk-importing products or posts and want to set featured/gallery images from URLs at the same time, you can write directly to the plugin’s meta keys. Meta keys used by the plugin Featured image: _harikrutfiwu_url. Gallery images: _harikrutfiwu_wcgallary (comma-separated URLs). Variation image: _harikrutfiwu_pvar_img. WP All Import example Map your CSV/XML image column to […]
Answers to the most common questions about Featured Image with URL. Does this replace uploaded images? No — you can still upload images normally. This plugin simply adds the option to use an external URL instead, on a per-post basis. Is this compatible with “Featured Image by URL”? Yes. This plugin began as a fork […]