Add external images to the media library without importing, i.e. uploading them to your WordPress site.
Alternatives to Media Credit
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Local WebP optimizer for WordPress. Free converts images to WebP; Pro adds AVIF and site-wide image tools.
Automatically generate beautiful Open Graph images for your WordPress posts, pages, WooCommerce products, and archive pages.
Import external images into your WordPress Media Library from any URL, CSV, XML export, or Google Drive link. Bulk import, site migration ready.
Convert new and existing images to optimized WebP, and stop oversized images with a one-click "Optimize & Upload" prompt.
Remove image backgrounds directly from the WordPress Media Library using AI and create transparent PNG or WebP images without leaving WordPress.
Create AI product photos, lifestyle scenes and campaign images in WordPress. Generate in bulk and update your WooCommerce product images.
Track and display image attribution. Add author, source, and license info to images with automatic detection and flexible output options.
Add copyright information to WordPress media files with a custom field and display them using shortcodes. Now includes JSON-LD for Image SEO.
This plugin automatically converts language accent characters to non-accent characters in filenames when uploading to the media library.