WP Remote Thumbnailv1.3.2
A small lightweight plugin to set external/remote images as post thumbnail/featured image.
Alternatives to URL To Featured Image
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Mili Localizerv1.0.0
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OGImg Coversv1.5.1
Beautiful Open Graph covers for posts and pages: generated from the post title, 32 styles, og:image and twitter:image set automatically.