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WP PlugIndex currently records Smart Image Importer version 1.0 as active, updated 1y ago and tested up to WordPress 6.8.
Overview
About this plugin
Smart Image Importer automatically fetches and saves all external image URLs used in your posts and pages, including those added via popular page builders like Elementor and WPBakery. This helps improve SEO, loading speed, and keeps your content future-proof by hosting all images locally.
Automatically import and replace external image URLs with local copies.
Smart Image Importer helps you speed up your site, improve SEO, and gain full control over your post and page images by downloading third-party/external images into your WordPress Media Library.
🔹 Key Features
Automatically detects and downloads external images in post/page content and metadata
Compatible with most editors including Gutenberg, Elementor, WPBakery
Replaces image URLs with local WordPress-hosted URLs
Manual bulk fix option (no automatic run on activation)
AJAX-based processing for smoother performance
Helps with SEO and performance by eliminating hotlinked images
🔹 Perfect For:
Blog owners using copied content with external images
SEOs optimizing for image indexing and page speed
Anyone wanting full control over image hosting
License
This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later.
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
auto image import
external image downloader
image importer
image optimization
image sideload
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested up to WordPress 6.8
Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.8.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.8
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.0 · PHP 7.4
Update activity7 Sept 20251y ago
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