WP Remote Thumbnail

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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1. ★★★★★ rapidasia

   4.4y ago

   Fatal error: Uncaught Error: basename(): Argument #2 ($suffix) must be of type string, array given

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2. ★★★★★ Gerdski

   6.9y ago

   — This topic was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by Gerdski.

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3. ★★★★★ andyjwaller

   7.9y ago

   Just downloaded this plugin because I though it would solve my problem. Instead, it just throws an error when I try to save a post: Warning: basename() expects parameter 2 to be string, array given in …/wp-remote-thumbnail/wp-remote-thumbnail.php on line 97 Looks like it’s the same error that was reported over three years ago.

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4. ★★★★★ museumtrade

   10.8y ago

   This plugin looks like the answer to my issue, but I don’t want to start counting on a plugin that is dying. I see it’s been 11 months since your last update, are you going to revive this plugin or let it die? Thanks Matt

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5. ★★★★★ voice903fm

   11.7y ago

   Curious to if this plugin saves the image to our media library or not?

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6. ★★★★★ berestored

   11.8y ago

   I searched up and down for a plugin like this but all the other ones failed to crop the images correctly. It also works with woocommerce products and crops them correctly as well. I am glad the plugin was free but would have certainly paid for it. It is lightweight without a ton of unnecessary options. The only thing missing and it is a luxury really is to access it from “Quick Edit” and not have to open up the entire post or product page. Otherwise, simple but stellar plugin that solves a major problem!

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7. ★★★★★ Summer

   12.4y ago

   Works right out of the box, absolutely no hassle! Should have been the first one I tried. 🙂 Thank you! Finding things like this and it works right off makes participating in my hobby lots more fun and oodles easier! I prefer leaving the things I can’t do to the ones who can. I owe you a cup of coffee, I just have to figure out how to get it to stay in the envelope! Summer

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8. ★★★★★ parth.kumar

   12.5y ago

   Never thought something like this could happen…:)

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1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

1. High · 8.8 WP Remote Thumbnail <= 1.3.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload ↗
   2025-04-08 CVE-2025-32140 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 1.3.2 No patch available

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-07-12 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-07-10 70+ → 60+ down after 17 days in tier
3. 2026-06-23 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-06-22 70+ → 60+ down after 30 days in tier
5. 2026-05-23 80+ → 70+ down after 15 days in tier
6. 2026-05-08 90+ → 80+ down after 35 days in tier
7. 2026-04-03 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2026-04-02 90+ → 100+ up after 34 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Featured Image with URL 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
• External Thumbnail 20K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Quick Featured Images 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) 40K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag B
• Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A

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WP Remote Thumbnail: 70+ active installs, 3.5★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-09-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-remote-thumbnail