URL To Featured Image
Set any external image URL as your post's featured image automatically.
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·0 active installs·Updated 3 months agoAs of April 2026, URL To Featured Image is a WordPress url plugin with 0 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 255 times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2025. Top alternative: Custom Post Type Permalinks.
0/5Rating
0active installs
255total downloads
1 yearsince 2025
Overview
URL To Featured Image allows you to use an image hosted anywhere on the internet as the featured image (post thumbnail) for any post, page, or custom post type.
Perfect for:
– Using CDN-hosted images as thumbnails.
– Saving server space by not uploading large images.
– Dynamically updating featured images from an external source.
Key Features:
– Simple URL field in the post editor.
– Works with posts, pages, and custom post types.
– No extra database tables.
– Fully compatible with WordPress themes and loops.
– Uses standard WordPress functions like the_post_thumbnail().
– Ability to save the target image in the media libary if needed
How it works:
When displaying the post, the plugin replaces the default WordPress featured image with…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
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Changelog
1.1.0
- Enhancement – Add option page.
- Enhancement – Enable the user to select which post_types can have the URL to Feature Image feature.
- Enhancement – Enable the user to activate or not webp comprssion if available.
- Enhancement – Add image preview in the meta box.
- Enhancement – Better way to retrieve images.
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