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Replace External Images

Name: Replace External Images
Author: Hans & Friends

Easily import externally hosted images found in post content into your media library and replace them with local copies.

Replace External Images ranks #16,637 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #1,392 of 6,009 in the Media category, a 1/5 rating from 0 reviews, and was last updated Feb 13, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.0.2)

v1.2.0 Current Version v1.2.0

Updated 5 months ago Last Update on 13 Feb, 2026

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,392 of 6,009 in Media Top 25% by installs

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Keyword	Position	Change	Type	Updated
hotlinking	10	—	Tag	16 hours ago
external images	52	—	Tag	16 hours ago

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.2.0
Last Updated: Feb 13, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 6.9
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Hans & Friends

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and administrators managing posts with externally hosted images, such as those handling site migrations or pasted content from other sources. It solves the problem of posts relying on external image URLs by importing those images into the media library and replacing the links with local copies.

Imports externally hosted images
Bulk import across multiple posts
Replaces external URLs with local URLs
Live progress view
Supports any image host
Updates featured images
One-by-one image import

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Replace External Images

No — it only imports external images and skips media already in the library.

They are updated to local media paths after import.

Not automatically. Please make a backup before running the importer if you need to restore content later.

Some image sources actively block hotlinking or automated downloads by returning a different content type (e.g. text/plain instead of image/jpeg). This plugin detects such cases and skips the import gracefully — no image is saved, and the log explains why.

If a post has no featured image, the plugin will automatically set the first successfully imported image as the featured image.