Featured Image with URL
by Harikrut Technolab · WordPress.org page · Website
Featured Image with URL has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 17,419 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 20, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Featured Image with URL at a glance
Is Featured Image with URL well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Set Featured image by URL for all post types including custom post types
- WooCommerce Product Gallery by URLs
- Image from URL for WooCommerce Product variation
- Display Resized Images as per image sizes like “thumbnail”, “medium” or any custom-size
- Lightweight & Easy to use
Featured Image with URL reviews and ratings
9 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Great plugin
Simple and super practical. It's a must plugin in my sites.Easy setting, no bloat. I wish there's a "import all featured image url from fifu" so I can get rid of that bloated plugin.
X.Company -
It does exactly what it says in the tin
Excellent plugin that is very useful when you need to run your images from a remote server.
danielepais -
Very Good plugin
Excellent design
parikshit4024 -
Amazing plugin. You can use it with WP All Import also.
I want to let you know that it is the perfect plugin for remote images. The solution if you are using WP All Import and you get the images from lets say {photos/photo} (this returns all the images separated by comma), is to create two functions that creates the serialized data to use it in custom fields: function get_featured_image($photos) {if (empty($photos)) return 'NO_PHOTOS';if (!is_array($photos)) { $photos = explode(',', $photos);}$first = trim($photos[0]);return serialize([ 'img_url' => $first, 'width' => '', 'height' => '']);}function get_gallery_images($photos) {if (empty($photos)) return '';if (!is_array($photos)) { $photos = explode(',', $photos);}if (count($photos) < 2) return '';$gallery = [];for ($i = 1; $i < count($photos); $i++) { $url = trim($photos[$i]); $gallery[] = [ 'url' => $url, 'width' => '', 'height' => '' ];}return serialize($gallery);} Then you just create a custom field for the featured image with name "_harikrutfiwu_url" and value: [get_featured_image({photos/photo})] And a custom field for gallery images with name "_harikrutfiwu_wcgallary" and value: [get_gallery_images({photos/photo})] That's all. Happy Import with this amazing plugin.
Nicolas Lagios -
Works perfectly
I rarely give reviews but this plugin is my lifesaver and it's hard not to recommend it. I'm using it for couple of months now and it works perfectly on older and newer vesions of Wordpress. Simple, no 200 pages of settings, just install and use. The only thing that doesn't work for me is Yoast SEO's social media image preview which worked with older version of Wordpress but doesn't work with the latest, sadly. Other than this little thing, it's simple, small and working well plugin.
basivnia -
saved $$ perfect for woocommerce
note the woocommerce rest api keys for images:meta_gallery = {"key": "_harikrutfiwu_wcgallary","value": [{"url": img_url} for img_url in product_images]}meta_featured = { # thumbnails"key": "_harikrutfiwu_url","value": product_images[0]}meta_featured_alt = {"key": "_knawatfibu_alt","value": product_images[0]}meta_images.append(meta_featured)product_data = {"name": product_title,"type": "simple","regular_price": str(product_price),"price": str(product_price),"sku": str(product_sku),"description": product_description,"short_description": product_short,"status": "publish","categories": category_ids,"meta_data": meta_images,#"images": images,"attributes":attributes_list}
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Details
Featured Image with URL allows to use an external URL Images as Featured Image for your post types. Includes support for Product Gallery(WooCommerce).
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- external featured image
- external image url
- featured image
- image url
- remote featured image
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- Version
- 1.0.7
- Last updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- First published
- Jan 22, 2024
- Requires WordPress
- 6.0
- Tested up to
- 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Featured Image with URL FAQ
What does Featured Image with URL do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Featured Image with URL offers Set Featured image by URL for all post types including custom post types, WooCommerce Product Gallery by URLs, Image from URL for WooCommerce Product variation, Display Resized Images as per image sizes like “thumbnail”, “medium” or any custom-size and Lightweight & Easy to use.
How many active installs does Featured Image with URL have?
WordPress.org reports 2,000+ active installs for Featured Image with URL as of September 7, 2026.
Is Featured Image with URL still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on August 20, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Does Featured Image with URL have good support?
On the WordPress.org forum, 0 of 1 recent support threads for Featured Image with URL are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.
Is Featured Image with URL free?
Featured Image with URL is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.