Lightweight plugin to use remote images for post thumbnails and featured image. Enter remote image url into custom field 'remote_thumbnail' …
As of April 2026, Remote Thumbnail is a WordPress div plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Equal Height Columns.
Lightweight plugin to use remote images for post thumbnails and featured image. Enter remote image url into custom field ‘remote_thumbnail’ of any post.
Images will not be downloaded, therefore will not use up space from your hosting. In order to keep the same aspect ratio as an uploaded, cropped image with no distortion, the code generated will be an inline-block DIV with the image set as a background.
| WordPress | 3.1.0+ requiredTested up to 5.4.19 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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