[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57869: Media Library: Insert URL

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#57869: Media Library: Insert URL
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 Reporter:  Medievaldragon  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media           |    Version:  6.1.1
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:  changes-requested
  Focuses:                  |
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 Note: I posted this in the support forum. @threadi recommended me to post
 it here. I'm not familiar with this forum, so apologies if some of the
 options are wrong (i.e. workflow keyword).

 The WordPress Media Library offers options to upload from computer or to
 drag and drop.

 However, there is a feature that everyone in the community might
 appreciate: “Insert from URL.”

 No. I don’t want to import images from an external website into my local
 wordpress upload folder. That could be an option, of course.

 However, the feature I am requesting is the exact function of the IMAGE
 block.

 The image block allows you to “Insert URL” and the view mode allows you to
 see the image in real time in your IMAGE block within the WordPress
 Editor.

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/YOVMK8S.jpg)]]

 I recently moved all of my images to a CDN. For those of us who use a CDN,
 sometimes we have the luxury to upload 10MB+ images. The least I would
 want is to import those into my WordPress upload folder.

 Now if we could insert the CDN URL instead, and every time the image is
 loaded straight from the CDN, that allows for large images to load quick,
 and no downtime loading or stress on our wordpress hosting.

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/MuYE1l4.jpg)]]

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/LBCiSJw.jpg)]]

 I assume as well an Insert URL should be added within the Gallery UI. Not
 sure how thumbnails would be handled, maybe resizing the same URL
 inserted, as the thumbnail wouldn’t be saved in the WordPress folder.

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/vPC7rE8.jpg)]]

 This could immensely help wordpress writers, and even plugin makers, as
 plugin makers wouldn’t need to add this feature themselves. Right now, I
 would love to purchase a plugin named Draw Attention, but because I have
 migrated all of my wordpress upload folder’s images to a CDN, the plugin
 is kinda useless to me, because it doesn’t have the Insert URL feature for
 me to add images from my CDN.

 If WordPress provided the feature out of the box, then every plugin
 developer can have access to that feature.

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