Comparison · generated on request
GL Import External Images vs External Image Importer – Import Remote Images to the Media Library
Both plugins as this registry currently observes them. Figures come from the same daily snapshot, so they are directly comparable, which two separate wordpress.org pages, read minutes apart, are not.
| GL Import External Images | External Image Importer – Import Remote Images to the Media Library | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Import and insert images to WordPress Media Library from external URLs. | Automatically import external and remote images into your Media Library on save and rewrite the URLs to local copies. Built SSRF-safe. |
| Active installs | 800+ | 10+ |
| Rating | 5.0★ (6) | — |
| Last release | 21 months ago | 1 month ago |
| Current owner | Asiqur Rahman | NerdCow |
| Added to directory | 29 Jun 2022 | 11 Jul 2026 |
| Tested up to | WP 6.7.7 | WP 7.0.4 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
Install figures are rounded by WordPress.org to one significant digit, so a gap smaller than a band step is not a difference. Nothing here ranks the two plugins or recommends either, and no link on this page earns anything.
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Records: GL Import External Images · External Image Importer – Import Remote Images to the Media Library