External Thumbnail
Using external images from anywhere to make thumbnail
5(2 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 9 years agoAs of April 2026, External Thumbnail is a WordPress remote thumbnail plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 22% this week. Top alternative: WP Remote Thumbnail.
5/52 reviews
10K+active installs
4.6K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
Using external images from anywhere to make thumbnail.
If empty url image, will take the first picture in the post as thumbnail
Support
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Works perfectly out of the box
by lisa mcd·9 years ago
I was using a different external images to thumbnails plugin, and it stopped working when I switched to apostrophe theme and installed jetpack.
This plugin works for me.
Excellent
by Marlimant·10 years ago
Works very well and with some other slide plugins too.
With PHP 5.3.27 version, only first image of the post as thumbnail will work. With external custom URL will not work with this PHP version.
I upgraded to PHP 5.5.27 and problem solved.
Developer very helpful to solve problems.
Thank you!
Download Trends
Today: 3Yesterday: 9This week: 29Period total: 682
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.3+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.2
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.01
Fix override additional image
1.1.1
Fix override additional image if attr is null
1.2
Fix not delete field external thumbnail
Optimal first image filtering
1.2.1
Preview thumbnail
Contributors
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