Import CDN-Remote Images
Add external images to the media library without importing, i.e. uploading them to your WordPress site.
5(4 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 8 months agoAs of April 2026, Import CDN-Remote Images is a WordPress cdn image plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7.4+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020.
5/54 reviews
100active installs
5.1K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020
Overview
By default, adding an image to the WordPress media library requires you to import or upload the image to the WordPress site, which means there must be a copy of the image file stored in the site. This plugin enables you to add an image stored in an external site to the media library by just reading list of remote images using CDN service’s (Cloudinary) API. In this way you can host the images in a dedicated server other than the WordPress site, and still be able to show them by various gallery plugins which only take images from the media library.
The plugin provides a dedicated ‘Media’ -> ‘Import images’ submenu page.
Supported CDN services:
* Cloudinary
(others coming soon)
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7.4+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
Version 2.1.3
- Minor security fix
- Tested up to:
6.8
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