Featured Image from URL (FIFU) Premium is a powerful WordPress plugin that sets featured images, post thumbnails, and WooCommerce product images directly from external URLs. It speeds up sites, saves storage, and streamlines image management for blogs, shops, news sites, and aggregators.
- Set featured images via external image URLs (no uploads needed)
- Auto-fetch Open Graph images when adding links
- Bulk import images from CSV, XML, or REST feeds
- WooCommerce product gallery and variation images from URLs
- Lazy loading for faster performance and Core Web Vitals
- CDN-ready with domain whitelisting and fallback options
- Automatic image resizing, cropping, and aspect ratio control
- Responsive srcset support for mobile and retina displays
- SEO-friendly: structured data, alt/title attributes, and sitemaps
- Auto-set first image in content as featured image
- Support for video thumbnails (YouTube, Vimeo) as featured images
- Works with Gutenberg, Classic Editor, and major page builders
- Compatibility with popular themes and WooCommerce templates
- Custom placeholders and fallback images for missing URLs
- Advanced rules: category/tag mapping, regex, and conditional logic
- Migrate or replace existing thumbnails with remote images
- Image proxy and hotlink protection options
- Multisite support and role-based permissions
- Developer-friendly hooks, filters, and REST API endpoints
- Translation-ready and fully documented with premium support