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

[Drew]

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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