[wp-forums] Is it possible to set featured images from URL?

[Francisco de Azevedo]

@Ipstenu: Yeah, that makes a lot of sense, ;-)
@Drew: I didn't know about the Trac ticket. Thanks for sharing. Some really
interesting solutions were suggested.


On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Drew <xoodrew at gmail.com> wrote:

> There's a trac ticket covering this:
> #19396<http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19396>
>
> Drew
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Mika A Epstein <ipstenu at ipstenu.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Not possible.
> >
> > Featured images have to be uploaded to your site for the kinda obvious
> > reason of resizing :) Also hotlinking, and the way themes integrate with
> > featured images.
> >
> > Since it 'reuses' the normal uploader screen, the from URL tab is still
> > there.
> >
> > It'd be nice if we could remove that tab, but the whole featured image
> > workflow is a little borked :/
> >
> > ----
> > Mika A Epstein (aka Ipstenu)
> > http://ipstenu.org | http://halfelf.org
> >
> > On 1 Jul 2012, at 6:24:24PM, Francisco de Azevedo wrote:
> >
> > > Hi.
> > > This user is reporting he/she can't set featured images from a URL:
> > >
> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/set-featured-image-via-url?replies=1.
> > > I checked and I wasn't able to either (all plugins deactivated, 2011
> > theme).
> > > Is that intentional or is it a bug?
> > > It seems to me that if setting featured images from URLs is not
> allowed,
> > > the "From URL" tab should be hidden so as to prevent confusion.
> > > Cheers!
> > >
> > > Marventus
> > >
> > >
> >
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