Import external attachments

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1. ★★★★★ mikulya

   2.2y ago

   Плагин выполняет свои функции с классическом редактором, но замораживается процесс, когда попадается статья, с неработающей внешней картинкой. Предварительно лучше избавиться от нерабочих картинок

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2. ★★★★★ pichichi

   3.6y ago

   This worked for me in 2023. All I had to do was install Classic editor and make sure the post pages wern’t using any third party page builders. To import the missing attachments, I then opened the edit page for each post one by one and followed the instructions in the right sidebar. Once done, simply uninstalled classic editor and this plugin. Awesome. Thank you.

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3. ★★★★★ sae281062

   6.4y ago

   Works with 5.3.2

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4. ★★★★★ mikewaveit

   6.6y ago

   I import the images from the posts of a blog migrated from Blogger into WordPress. Works great.

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5. ★★★★★ mikeallteams

   7.5y ago

   Brilliant plugin. Works great for PDFs.

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6. ★★★★★ swagatamm

   7.7y ago

   This plugin does more than what it says, it is so good. I only hope it stays updated regularly. This topic was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by swagatamm.

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7. ★★★★★ messaar

   7.8y ago

   It works (and still works, WordPress 4.9.8)

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8. ★★★★★ epsilon42

   8.2y ago

   I’ve read of some people having issues with this for larger files but I haven’t encountered any issues yet and have dealt with fairly large PDFs and images. Maybe it’s your server configuration that’s causing issues. Can download attachments on a per post/page basis (via meta box in sidebar) or site wide (Media > Import Attachments from the menu). It’s great how it stands out in the editor sidebar so it’s obvious the post you’re looking at has external content. If there is no external content then the panel isn’t visible.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.5.12 Adds support for pages. Adds support for .doc and .docx files. Fixes security issue by not directly echoing $_GET['post'] but casting it to int . Adds support for filenames with spaces in them (by removing the space from 1.5.12
2. — Version 1.5.11 Add .jpeg support. 1.5.11
3. — Version 1.5.9 Remove duplicate README. 1.5.9
4. — Version 1.5.8 Fix some typos. 1.5.8
5. — Version 1.5.7 Add GitHub link. 1.5.7
6. — Version 1.5.6 Fix naming. 1.5.6

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 2 still affect the current version.

1. Medium · 4.3 Import external attachments <= 1.5.12 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2025-12-14 CVE-2025-64245 Missing Authorization Affects <= 1.5.12 No patch available
2. Medium · 4.3 Import external attachments <= 1.5.12 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2025-06-27 CVE-2025-53268 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.5.12 No patch available

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-08-16 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1042 days in tier
2. 2023-10-09 3K+ → 2K+ down

Competes with

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Import external attachments: 1K+ active installs, 4.3★ (26 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/import-external-attachments