Featured Image Column
The plugin adds a new column "FIFU" (Featured Image from URL) to your table of posts/pages/products in admin area. Below you can choose the height (px) of the image in the column. To disable that, just uncheck "FIFU" in the Screen Options.
Database
Limit of rows to UPDATE, INSERT or DELETE by query. Higher this number, faster the features "URL from Post Content" (Apply to All) and "Metadata". However, if you have limited resources, don't increase this value too much, otherwise your database can bring down.
Media Library
Enable that to show the external images in your media library.
jQuery
If for some reason jQuery is missing from your site, which is not commom, you can import that from a CDN.
Same Height
Premium feature
If you are not happy with the different sizes of external featured images on your home/shop, enable the toggle below to show them in the same height.
Original Size
Useful if you have small external images, here you can define if the image will be shown in the original size or if it will be resized to the dimensions of the available area.
Default External Featured Image
Here you can define the URL of a default external featured image that will be shown when you create/update a post/page/product without an internal/external featured image.
Featured Image in Content
It will sound crazy, but some themes don't show the Featured Image on the posts or pages. If it is your case and you would like to show the Featured Image there, just enable the toggle. The Featured Image will appear at the beginning of the content, before the text.
Hide Featured Media
Enable the toggle if you want to hide the external featured image/video/slider on posts/pages but keeping its visibility on home.
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on page
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on post
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on custom post type
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CSS Style
Here you can define a CSS style to be applied to all external featured images. Usage example:
width: 50%; border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 5px;
Add Class
Enable this toggle to add the class "fifu-class" to the external featured image tags.
Maximum Sizes
When you are working with external images, there is no way to know the image dimensions before loading the page.
As consequence, some themes may show the images in their real (sometimes huge) sizes. Here you can define the max size (px) of the featured images at different layouts.
Save Image Dimensions
Enable that to save the image dimensions. Some themes and WooCommerce lightbox (PhotoSwipe) may need the image width and height to avoid style issues.
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save and use image dimensions
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save the image dimensions of all external featured images now (it requires php-curl)
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clean the image dimensions of all external featured images now
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follow redirects (it will make the process much slower)
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Video
Premium feature
FIFU supports videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, Instagram, Imgur, 9GAG, Cloudinary and Tumblr. You can enable the video meta box here.
Video Image Thumbnail
Premium feature
Enable the toggle below to show the video image thumbnail instead of the video. Clicking on the play icon, the video will be played in a lightbox.
Video Autoplay (mouseover)
Premium feature
This option allows to play a video on "mouseover" and pause it on "mouseout".
Video Autoplay
Premium feature
This option enables autoplay (available for YouTube and Vimeo videos).
Video Loop
Premium feature
This option enables loop (available for YouTube and Vimeo videos).
Related Videos
Premium feature
This option enables related videos when the video ends (available for YouTube).
Troubleshooting
From September 2019, always you guys report an issue between FIFU and another plugin or theme, the solution will be posted here.
External videos are not being shown:
1) enable "FIFU Settings > Admin > Internal URL Parameters".
Video lightbox isn't shown ("n.fancybox.getInstance is not a function" error):
1) access "orienko/includes/head-media.php";
2) remove the line that contains "wp_enqueue_script( 'fancybox".
2020-03-09 |
Google Chrome | Firefox |
web browsers |
Avoiding "Connection not secure" message:
1) use only https image URLs.
2020-03-04 |
Essential Grid |
plugin |
Showing external videos:
1) access "Ess. Grid > Editor / Preview";
2) for each video access "Edit Post Meta > Choose Specific Skin", select "YoutubeStream" or "VimeoStream" and click on "Save Post Meta".
External images are not being shown:
1) access "Appearance > Bimber > Customize > Additional CSS";
2) add ".g1-frame-inner{height:auto}";
3) publish.
2019-01-30 |
WooCommerce |
plugin |
External image is not being shown on lightbox:
1) enable "FIFU Settings > Featured Image > Save Image Dimensions > save and use image dimensions";
2) enable "save the image dimensions of all external featured images now" (it will be automatically disabled when finished).
Adding external "Product Image" and "Product Gallery" via SQL:
1) enable "FIFU Settings > Admin > Schedule Metadata Generation";
2) run the SQL. Example: "insert into wp_postmeta (post_id, meta_key, meta_value) values (12345, 'fifu_list_url', 'URL1|URL2|URL3|URL4')"
* the first URL is for the featured image and the others for the gallery
2020-01-19 |
WP All Import |
plugin |
Importing Variable Products to WooCommerce:
1) you should choose one of these options during the import:
- "All my variable products have SKUs or some other unique identifier. Each variation is linked to its parent with its parent's SKU or other unique identifier.";
- "All variations for a particular product have the same title as the parent product."
Options where the parent is created automatically won't work well.
Avoiding updates on unchanged image data:
1) access "WP All Import > Import Settings";
2) select "Update existing posts/products with changed data in your file > Choose which data to update";
3) uncheck "Images" (otherwise WP All Import will delete the image metadata and FIFU will need to create that again);
4) select "Custom Fields > Update only these Custom Fields, leave the rest alone".
2020-01-18 |
Ajax Load More |
plugin |
Loading external featured videos:
1) check "Ajax Load More > Settings > Disable CSS".
2020-01-17 |
Multisite Post Duplicator |
plugin |
Duplicating post and external featured image:
1) enable "FIFU Settings > Admin > Schedule Metadata Generation";
2) access "Multisite Post Duplicator Settings";
3) disable "Copy featured image when duplicating";
4) disable "Copy post content images to destination media library";
5) set "_thumbnail_id" for "Post Meta to ignore".
2020-01-11 |
Newspaper |
theme |
The options "show top" and "show bottom", related to "Same Height > Object Fit > Cover", are not working:
1) enable "FIFU settings > Internal URL Parameters".
2019-12-22 |
Jetpack |
plugin |
Featured Images missing after enabling Lazy Load:
1) disable "FIFU settings > Performance > Lazy Load" or "Jetpack settings > Performance > Enable Lazy Loading for images". You can't have both.
Showing external images on "Related Posts":
x) There is no local solution. Jetpack Related Posts documentation informs: "we do all the analysis, processing, and serving from our cloud". It means Jetpack would need to adapt its web service to work with the images provided by FIFU. So you may contact Jetpack support or install an alternative plugin for Related Posts, like
this.
2019-12-21 |
thePLRstore | Bimber | Techwise |
themes |
Avoiding external featured images overlay:
1) enable "FIFU settings > Featured Image > Save Image Dimensions > save and use image dimensions";
2) enable "save the image dimensions of all external featured images now" (it will be automatically disabled when finished).
2019-12-12 |
PHP |
programming language |
Fixing fatal error "Allowed memory size of [...] bytes exhausted (tried to allocate [...] bytes) in /var/www/html/wp-includes/wp-db.php":
1) open /var/www/html/wp-config.php file;
2) add this code before "Happy publishing" line: define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '2048M');
Fixing fatal error "Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /var/www/html/wp-includes/wp-db.php":
1) open /var/www/html/wp-config.php file;
2) add this code before "Happy publishing" line: set_time_limit(1800);
2019-12-01 |
jQuery |
JavaScript library |
Solving "Uncaught ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined"
1) enable "FIFU settings > Admin > jQuery".
2019-10-29 |
The7 + The7 Elements + The7 WPBakery Page Builder |
theme + plugins |
Showing external featured images on "Blog Carousel":
1) enable "FIFU settings > Featured Image > Save Image Dimensions > save and use image dimensions";
2) enable "save the image dimensions of all external featured images now" (it will be automatically disabled when finished).
2019-10-28 |
https |
protocol |
Replacing http URLs by https:
1) run this SQL command: UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = REPLACE(meta_value, 'http://', 'https://') WHERE meta_key = 'fifu_image_url' AND meta_value LIKE '%site.com%';
2) enable "FIFU settings > Metadata > Clean Metadata" toggle (it will be automatically disabled after a few minutes);
3) enable "Image Metadata".
* replace site.com by the domain of the URLs you want to update
Showing the external featured images:
1) open "ecome/framework/framework.php";
2) search for and remove "&& file_exists( $actual_file_path )".
2019-10-02 |
WPML Multilingual CMS + Translation Management |
plugins |
Copying the external featured image to the translation:
1) access "WPML > Settings > Custom Fields Translation";
2) search for "fifu_image_url", choose "Copy" and save;
3) if you use FIFU Premium, enable "Admin > Schedule Metadata Generation". That's all;
4) but if you use the free version, after the translation post is created, access the post editor and click on "Update" button.
2019-09-27 |
Nelio External Featured Image (discontinued) |
plugin |
Importing image URLs to FIFU:
0) make a backup (you might want to revert the changes later);
1) deactivate Nelio;
2) run this SQL command: INSERT INTO wp_postmeta (post_id, meta_key, meta_value) SELECT * FROM (SELECT post_id, 'fifu_image_url' AS meta_key, SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(meta_value, '"', 2), '"', -1) AS meta_value FROM wp_postmeta WHERE meta_key = '_nelioefi_first_image') pm WHERE meta_value <> '';
3) enable "FIFU settings > Metadata > Clean Metadata" toggle (it will be automatically disabled after a few minutes);
4) enable "Image Metadata".
2019-09-25 |
WP Telegram (Auto Post and Notifications) |
plugin |
Sharing external featured images on Telegram:
1) just enable "Featured Image" toggle on WP Telegram.
Preventing a small image from scaling to 100%:
1) inspect the image and get the CSS selector;
2) access "Customize > Additional CSS";
3) set "width:unset" for your selector.
Centering a small image:
1) inspect the image and get the CSS selector;
2) access "Customize > Additional CSS";
3) set "display:inherit" for your selector;
4) set "text-align:center" for its parent.
Defining a height for an image:
1) inspect the image and get the CSS selector;
2) access "Customize > Additional CSS";
3) set "height:300px" (or a different number) for your selector.
2019-09-13 |
Toolset Forms + Toolset Types |
plugins |
Adding "Featured Image from URL" field to an external post form:
1) add a new "Custom Fields Group";
2) add a new "Field";
3) set "fifu_image_url" for "Field slug".