Image Block goes bonkers

  • Resolved Medievaldragon

    (@medievaldragon)


    1 year, 8 months ago

    After 2 hours writing an article with over 60 images, I encountered an annoying behavior of the IMAGE block.

    Step 1: I added the Image Block.

    Step 2: Used the Insert URL button. Pasted the URL, and pressed enter.

    The images are not stored in the local uploads folder. These are stored in an external CDN.

    I set the page to schedule posting for 11am.

    I previewed the page. Everything is fine.

    A few minutes later, however, when I refresh the preview all the images are gone.

    I went back to the edit page, and found out that the CDN URLs for all images were automatically switched by wordpress into mywebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/3/myimage.jpg

    How in the world is the IMAGE block auto-downloading the images from my CDN? Insert URL should not equal download them into the upload folder.

    I removed all of the IMAGE Blocks. Instead, added Custom HTML blocks. I manually typed <img src=”” alt=”” border=”0″ width=”100%”>

    I manually entered all of the CDN URLs for each image.

    I hit the preview. All images show correct.

    A few minutes later… images gone again.

    I went back to the EDIT page.

    Looked at the images URL. WordPress again switched my CDN URLs back to

    mywebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/3/myimage.jpg

    ANGRY

    What is going on here?

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  • Thread Starter Medievaldragon

    (@medievaldragon)

    Found the culprit. Every time I edited the page, and replaced all the CDN URLs, wordpress was rewriting the URL back to the wordpress’s upload folder and downloading a new copy with weird number strings, replacing also the name of the image file.

    I started to deactivate plugins one by one. It was the Squirrly SEO plugin.

    The behavior stopped. WTF Squirrly. You are not a cache plugin, nor an image management plugin. Stick to SEO.

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