[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11993: Add post thumbnail from url

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#11993: Add post thumbnail from url
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 Reporter:  paradox460       |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Post Thumbnails  |     Version:  2.9.1
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  thumbnail post   |
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Comment (by lgedeon):

 media_sideload_image() can be extended to either:
 1. optionally return the attachment id (instead of html) so we can
 set_post_thumbnail( $post, $id ) with the results
 1. or we could include set_post_thumbnail( $post, $id ) in the function
 and add a boolean that says to make it the featured image
 1. or we could extract getting the attachment id into another function and
 make this function only responsible for building the html. Then if all I
 need is the id, I can call the extracted function instead.

 I would love to write this patch, but would like to get your thoughts on
 preferred approach.

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