by leemon 4.7 (3 reviews)

Add External Media

Name: Add External Media
Rating: 4.7 (3 reviews)
Author: leemon

Add external media to the media library

Add External Media ranks #15,174 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #1,421 of 6,651 in the Media category, a 4.7/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Nov 13, 2019. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.3 (Current: 7.1.4)

v1.0.5 Current Version v1.0.5

Updated 6 years ago Last Update on 13 Nov, 2019

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#1,421 of 6,651 in Media Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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#15,174

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Active Installs

100+

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Downloads

17.6K

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Rating

94%

Review 4.7 out of 5

4.7 (3 reviews)

Next Milestone 200

Total Progress 45%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.7

3 reviews

Overall 94%

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.0.5
Last Updated: Nov 13, 2019
Requires WP: 4.0+
Tested Up To: 5.3
PHP Version: 5.3 or higher
Author: leemon

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 3
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Add External Media

No, external media attachments just contain URL references to the original resources

$oembed = new WP_oEmbed(); $oembed_width = get_post_meta( $attachment->ID, '_oembed_width', true ); $oembed_height = get_post_meta( $attachment->ID, '_oembed_height', true ); echo $oembed->get_html( wp_get_attachment_url( $attachment->ID ), array( 'width' => $oembed_width, 'height' => $oembed_height ) );

Some service providers, such as Twitter and Instagram, have a maximum and minimum allowed width and ignore the height setting completely