[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10950: Download external files to Media Library

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#10950: Download external files to Media Library
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 Reporter:  dougal           |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:
Component:  Media            |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:
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Comment (by dougal):

 Replying to [comment:5 ericlewis]:
 > Is there a good use case for this, when a user can download the file
 from the external URL and upload it to the media library?

 Well, the whole use case was to **not** have to separately download a file
 to your computer, only to re-upload it into WP. The idea was to make it
 easier to directly side-load media into your WP media library without
 needing anything other than a URL, and to save metadata about the original
 source.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10950#comment:9>
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