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Archivarix External Images Importer — WordPress Import Plugin

by Archivarix Support · WordPress.org page · Website

v2.1.0 Tested up to WP 7.0.4 PHP 7.4+

Archivarix External Images Importer has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 30,278 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on May 25, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Archivarix External Images Importer at a glance

Active installs
1,000+
Total downloads
30,278
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Archivarix External Images Importer well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 7.0.4, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Full compatibility with WordPress 7.0
  • AI-ready: WordPress Abilities API / MCP integration (WordPress 7.0+) so AI agents can scan and import images
  • Modern AJAX interface with real-time progress
  • Background processing – you can close the browser while processing continues
  • Detailed import statistics and logs with CSV export
  • Custom filename patterns support
  • Automatic restoration of missing local images
  • srcset attribute support
  • Custom post types support
  • Invalid URL detection and handling
  • Improved error handling and logging
  • Responsive design for all devices

Archivarix External Images Importer reviews and ratings

9 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

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  • Works with Gutenberg

    Works great! I imported several posts into a site running WordPress 5.9.3 with Gutenberg and the Archivarix External Images Importer plugin imported the external images without any issues. I've tested a few other image importer plugins but none of them had the ability to scan a site and import from existing content like this one does.

    Kyle Charlton

  • Request function

    This is the best WP image capture plugin I have ever used! But I hope to add a feature to automatically check whether there is an external image every time an article is updated, and if there is one, it will automatically grab and replace it! Thank you!

    邱榮彥

  • Worked well for me

    I created a site and bulk scraped articles with images from other sites. But my scraper could only scrape the page html, not import the image itself into wordpress. So I used this plugin. The scraping software scraped the post and image in HTML format from the other sites and created new posts on my site. Then this plugin downloaded the image so it is hosted on my actual site and CDN, and renamed it according to my parameters. Perfect!

    [email protected]

  • Worked perfect, thank you!

    Worked perfect, thank you!

    kkzm

  • don't use this plugin

    this plugin is crap, 100% scam i don't recommend this for anybody

    dean34

  • Worked better than expected

    I configured the plugin in just 30 seconds and run the batch processing of all my posts: it did the job as expected with no hassle and a clear interface, no ads… lovely

    kalamun

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Details

Import external images in posts and pages from external sources or Web Archive if original sources are not available anymore.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings Archivarix External Images Importer competes in

Tags

  • archive
  • images
  • import
  • media
  • wayback

More from Archivarix Support

Version
2.1.0
Last updated
May 25, 2026
First published
Nov 27, 2019
Requires WordPress
6.0
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Archivarix External Images Importer FAQ

What does Archivarix External Images Importer do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Archivarix External Images Importer offers Full compatibility with WordPress 7.0, AI-ready: WordPress Abilities API / MCP integration (WordPress 7.0+) so AI agents can scan and import images, Modern AJAX interface with real-time progress, Background processing – you can close the browser while processing continues and Detailed import statistics and logs with CSV export.

How many active installs does Archivarix External Images Importer have?

WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs for Archivarix External Images Importer as of September 7, 2026.

Is Archivarix External Images Importer still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on May 25, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Is Archivarix External Images Importer free?

Archivarix External Images Importer is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.