WordPress External Link Featured Image Plugin: Featured Image from URL

WordPressHow do I add a featured image for an external link? Featured Image from URL plugin settings

Although usingWordPress websiteThere are many advantages, but the default media library in WordPress is not so easy to use:

• Uploading an image will automatically crop to generate redundant images of various sizes...
• Need to add featured image manually...
• Thumbnails of many WordPress themes must be added with featured images in order to display as usual, otherwise it will be very ugly without thumbnails...

in fact,Chen WeiliangIt is to upload the pictures on the website to other folders on the server.

The benefits of doing this:

• These large numbers of images do not degrade the performance of the website.
• It also doesn't add auto-cropping to generate superfluous images of various sizes.

So, share here that you can add the function of external chain featured pictures.WordPress plugin- Featured Image From URL (featured image from URL).

Featured Image From URL plugin download

Plugin name:Featured Image From URL

To install WordPress plugins, please visit this website building tutorial▼

• Once installed and enabled, the WordPress plugin is ready to use.
• Although the plugin has many setting options, if you don't know the definition of the setting, you can skip without setting it first.

Featured Image From URL plugin settings

Once in the WordPress post editing page, if there is no Featured Image From URL in the right sidebar…

Please check "Featured Image from URL" after clicking "Show Options" at the top of the article page ▼

On the right side of the article editing area you should be able to:

Find the Featured Image From URL field input box and directly fill in the image URL you want to use ▼

Of course, friends who are interested in using this plugin can test each setting.

Enabling Media Libarary is not recommended

In the "Admin Area" → "Media Libarary" option (not recommended) ▼

• Because if the Media Libarary function is enabled, a large number of useless "article media" will be automatically generated in the "media library" occupying ID;
• SoChen WeiliangEnabling the Media Libarary feature is highly discouraged.

Automatically set 1st image as featured image

When saving, publishing or updating, enable the "use the first image as featured image" function▼

• If "overwrite the existing external featured image" is enabled, the external featured image can be overwritten ▲

Fake Internal Featured Image settings

The following is the Metadata → Fake Internal Featured Image settings▼

Default external featured image display problem:

• If the Default External Featured Image cannot be displayed as usual
• For example: after changing to a new default external featured image, the website still displays the previous default external featured image...
• In "Metadata", click "Clean metadata", and "Fake Internal Featured Image" will be disabled first.
• Then, turn on "Fake Internal Featured Image" to solve the problem that Default External Featured Image cannot be displayed.

Conclusion

• Although the WordPress plugin Nelio External Featured Image has similar functionality, the plugin author no longer maintains and updates the plugin.
• If you want to find an alternative to WordPress Featured Images, Auto Thumbnails, you can use this article Share WordPress Featured Images plugin.