# WP Remote Thumbnail

> A small lightweight plugin to set external/remote images as post thumbnail/featured image.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 09:32 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `wp-remote-thumbnail`
- Author: Nirmal Kumar Ram
- Version: 1.3.2
- Active installs: 60+
- Last update: 2026-08-31 (2 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 4.4, PHP 5.4
- Tags: external featured image, featured image, remote featured image, remote thumbnail, url to featured image
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-remote-thumbnail/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 2 months ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Slows pages ↔ Speeds up, Inaccessible ↔ Accessible, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2025-04-08 HIGH: Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload (up to 1.3.2) **latest version still affected, no fix yet**. CVE-2025-32140, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c237cfa7-1b55-4cca-91de-0fde3d598329?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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