Description
WordPress plugin for external featured image
Since 2015 FIFU has helped thousands of websites worldwide to save money on storage, processing and copyright.
If you are tired of wasting time and resources with thumbnail regeneration, image optimization and never-ending imports, this plugin is for you.
FEATURED IMAGE
Use an external image as featured image of your post, page or custom post type.
- External featured image
- Unsplash image search
- Default featured image
- Hide featured media
- Featured image in content
- Elementor widget
- Auto set image title
- Save image dimensions
- Featured image column
- [Premium] Save in the media library
- [Premium] Giphy image search
- [Premium] Unsplash image size
- [Premium] Same height
- [Premium] Hover effects
- [Premium] Replace not found image
- [Premium] Image validation
AUTOMATIC FEATURED MEDIA
- Auto set featured image/video using img/iframe tag from post content
- [Premium] Auto set featured image using post title and search engine
- [Premium] Auto set featured image using ISBN and books API
PERFORMANCE
- CDN + optimized thumbnails
- Lazy load
- [Premium] Flickr thumbnails
SOCIAL
- Social tags
- [Premium] Media RSS tags
AUTOMATION
- WP-CLI integration
- [Premium] WP All Import add-on
- [Premium] WooCommerce import
- [Premium] WP REST API
- [Premium] WooCommerce REST API
- [Premium] Schedule metadata generation
WOOCOMMERCE
- External product image
- Lightbox and zoom
- Category image on grid
- [Premium] External image gallery
- [Premium] External video gallery
- [Premium] Auto set category images
- [Premium] Variable product
- [Premium] Variation image
- [Premium] Variation image gallery
- [Premium] Save images in the media library
- [Premium] FIFU product gallery
FEATURED VIDEO
Supports videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Imgur, 9GAG, Cloudinary, Tumblr and Publitio.
- [Premium] Featured video
- [Premium] Video thumbnail
- [Premium] Play button
- [Premium] Minimum width
- [Premium] Black background
- [Premium] Mouseover autoplay
- [Premium] Autoplay
- [Premium] Loop
- [Premium] Mute
- [Premium] Background video
- [Premium] Related videos
- [Premium] Gallery icon
OTHERS
- [Premium] Featured slider
- [Premium] Featured shortcode
INTEGRATION FUNCTION FOR DEVELOPERS
- fifu_dev_set_image(post_id, image_url)
- [Premium] fifu_dev_set_image_list(post_id, image_url_list)
LINKS
Screenshots
Just insert the image address or some keywords and click on preview button
If the image URL is correct, the image will be shown
Featured video
Featured slider
Featured image column
External featured media on home
External featured image on post
Featured video on post
Featured slider on post
Many settings
External image gallery
External video gallery
External featured media on WooCommerce shop
External featured media on cart
External image gallery
External featured image on lightbox
Zoom
Video gallery
Featured video on lightbox
Fullscreen
Installation
INSTALL FIFU FROM WITHIN WORDPRESS
- Visit the plugins page within your dashboard and select ‘Add New’;
- Search for ‘Featured Image from URL’;
- Activate FIFU from your Plugins page;
INSTALL FIFU MANUALLY
- Upload the ‘featured-image-from-url’ folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory;
- Activate the FIFU plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress;
FAQ
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Where is the external featured image box?
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- Next to the regular featured image box, in the post editor.
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- Your image URL is invalid. Take a look at FIFU Settings > Getting started.
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Does FIFU save the images in the media library?
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- No. Only the Premium version is capable of doing this, but it is optional. The plugin was designed to work with external images.
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Is any action necessary before removing FIFU?
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- Access settings and clean the metadata.
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What’s the metadata created by FIFU?
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- Database registers that help WordPress components to work with the external images. FIFU can generate the metadata of ~30,000 image URLs per minute.
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What are the disadvantages of the external images?
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- No image optimization or thumbnails. You can fix that with Jetpack plugin (performance settings).
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What are the advantages of the external images?
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- You save money on storage, processing and copyright. And you can have extremely fast import processes.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Featured Image from URL (FIFU)” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
3.5.4
- Improvement: FIFU Product Gallery supports videos now.
3.5.3
- New option: Featured Image in Content > Custom post type; new option: CDN + Optimized Thumbnails > Shortpixel.
3.5.2
- New feature: FIFU Product Gallery (able to replace WooCommerce Additional Variation Images plugin).