Title: External Thumbnail
Author: mrtaiw
Published: <strong>اپریل 23, 2015</strong>
Last modified: جون 17, 2016

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# External Thumbnail

 By [mrtaiw](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrtaiw/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/external-thumbnail.zip)

 * [Details](https://ps.wordpress.org/plugins/external-thumbnail/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://ps.wordpress.org/plugins/external-thumbnail/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://ps.wordpress.org/plugins/external-thumbnail/#installation)
 * [Development](https://ps.wordpress.org/plugins/external-thumbnail/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-thumbnail/)

## Description

Using external images from anywhere to make thumbnail.

If empty url image, will take the first picture in the post as thumbnail

### ملاتړ

Having problems or need support? Feel free to email mrtaiw@gmail.com or Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/taiw96

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Add external thumbnail

## Installation

 1. Upload `external-thumbnail.zip` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory and Unzip
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works perfectly out of the box](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-perfectly-out-of-the-box-3/)󠁿

 [lisa mcd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lisa-mcd/) سپتمبر 3, 2016

I was using a different external images to thumbnails plugin, and it stopped working
when I switched to apostrophe theme and installed jetpack. This plugin works for
me.

 [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-thumbnail/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“External Thumbnail” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ mrtaiw ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrtaiw/)

[Translate “External Thumbnail” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/external-thumbnail)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/external-thumbnail/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/external-thumbnail/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/external-thumbnail/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/external-thumbnail/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

_1.01_
 Fix override additional image

_1.1.1_
 Fix override additional image if attr is null

_1.2_
 Fix not delete field external thumbnail Optimal first image filtering _1.2.1_
Preview thumbnail

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2.1**
 *  Last updated **10 کلونه ago**
 *  Active installations **10،000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.5.33**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-thumbnail/)
 * Tags
 * [external featured image](https://ps.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/external-featured-image/)
   [external thumbnail](https://ps.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/external-thumbnail/)
   [remote thumbnail](https://ps.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/remote-thumbnail/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ps.wordpress.org/plugins/external-thumbnail/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  2 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-thumbnail/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-thumbnail/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-thumbnail/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-thumbnail/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-thumbnail/reviews/?filter=1)

[Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-thumbnail/reviews/#new-post)

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## Contributors

 *   [ mrtaiw ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrtaiw/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-thumbnail/)

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