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

[Chris Cox]

Resizing wouldn't be a problem to implement - there's already 
wp_sideload_image() in core, which pulls an image from URL and runs it 
through the usual import process.

I don't think the function's currently used though.

*Chris Cox*

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On 02/07/2012 00:38, Mika A Epstein 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
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Francisco de Azevedo <
>> frandeazevedo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Ok, I will. Sometimes when giving long directives I wish I had another
>>> formatting tool other than <em> and <strong> for organizing the reply, but
>>> like I said, really not a big deal.
>>> Thanks for the quick reply Otto.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Francisco de Azevedo
>>>> <frandeazevedo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hello everybody!
>>>>> This is not a very big deal at all, but I've had this doubt in the back
>>>> of
>>>>> my head since I started helping out in the forums. Does anyone know why
>>>> the
>>>>> HTML underline ( <u> ) tag is not supported in the forums? Could it be a
>>>>> security measure?
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Marventus
>>>> The <u> tag was deprecated since HTML 4 and was only recently added
>>>> back to the HTML living standard and incorporated into HTML 5.
>>>> Therefore lots of places don't support it.
>>>>
>>>> Really, <u> is a non-semantic tag and should generally not be used.
>>>> It's easily confused with a normal link.
>>>>
>>>> Use <em> and <strong> if you want to add emphasis instead.
>>>>
>>>> -Otto
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