Add CDN URL, but don’t download into WordPress

  • Resolved Medievaldragon

    (@medievaldragon)


    1 year, 4 months ago

    I have been looking for a plugin that allows to add CDN image links into the media gallery, but DOES NOT add the image into the wordpress uploads folder or anywhere within the hosting server.

    Is that even possible as a feature in this plugin? If not now, soon?

    Otherwise, does anyone know what plugin does this.

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  • Plugin Author shawfactor

    (@shawfactor)

    Depends what you mean?

    if you mean bring a copy of the media into your library then yes the plugin can do that.

    if you mean manage items in your cdn, then no, those items are on a different server

    Plugin Author shawfactor

    (@shawfactor)

    If the plugin is not bringing a copy onto your server then let me know a sample media url and I’ll trouble shoot the issue

    Thread Starter Medievaldragon

    (@medievaldragon)

    What I want is to add a link to a CDN image, show the thumbnail in the media gallery, and be able to use that CDN image any time I search for it in the media gallery — but that CDN image is never downloaded into the wordpress upload folder. It remains in the CDN server. In short, the wordpress database only stores the CDN URL.

    My wordpress hosting doesn’t have a lot of hard disk space, and I prefer it to stay that way. I have my images externally in a CDN server.

    Plugin Author shawfactor

    (@shawfactor)

    No the plugin does not do that and I doubt you will find any plugin that does as the media library is designed for files on your server

    More broadly CDNs are not generally used to save hosting storage, if your host has poor storage get a better host or offload it to an external storage service. Storage is cheap. A cdn is used to redice server load and deliver a faster website experience for your visitors by hosting copies of your media (and other content) on separate specialised servers that are often closer to the visitor.

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