Title: Linked Media Without Import Author: Tensor Ray Published: September 24, 2025 Last modified: October 11, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/linked-media-without-import/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3366843) ![](https://ps.w.org/linked-media-without-import/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3366843) # Linked Media Without Import By [Tensor Ray](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rayhome1987/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/linked-media-without-import.1.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/linked-media-without-import/#description) * [Reviews](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/linked-media-without-import/#reviews) * [Development](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/linked-media-without-import/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/linked-media-without-import/) ## Description “[Linked Media Without Import](https://wordpress.org/plugins/linked-media-without-import)” allows you to use images from external URLs in your media library without actually downloading them to your server. This approach significantly reduces your server’s storage consumption and lessens its load, as it doesn’t have to process the images( like creating thumbnails). By linking to media instead of importing, you can improve your website’s overall performance, especially if your site uses many large images. **Other resources** * Check out my other plugin, “[Post Flow](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-flow/)“, which helps you schedule your website’s content for automatic publishing. * I have also written a beginner’s guide, “[A Tutorial on Developing WordPress Plugins with React](https://sitebillion.com/posts/wp-react-plugin)“, to help you get started with plugin development. **Get in Touch** If you have specific needs for a WordPress theme or plugin, feel free to contact me. I will collect user requests and may develop new themes or plugins to address common problems and needs. ## Screenshots * [[ * Add an external image in the image block. * [[ * Bulk add external images to the media library. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3aff690975c14f02ca0fbc7fbaf477bc0ba08d74ea66bc1317c8c7bf549bf0ba? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works well ❤️](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-well-%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f/)󠁿 [ganoipho6](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ganoipho6/) November 14, 2025 1 reply It works well. Thank you for reviving the project. [ Read all 0 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/linked-media-without-import/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Linked Media Without Import” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Tensor Ray ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rayhome1987/) “Linked Media Without Import” has been translated into 4 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/linked-media-without-import/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Linked Media Without Import” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/linked-media-without-import) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/linked-media-without-import/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/linked-media-without-import/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/linked-media-without-import/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/linked-media-without-import/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * First version. ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **6 months ago** * Active installations **30+** * WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * PHP version ** 7.0 or higher ** * Languages * [Chinese (China)](https://cn.wordpress.org/plugins/linked-media-without-import/), [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/linked-media-without-import/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/linked-media-without-import/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/linked-media-without-import/), and [Norwegian (Bokmål)](https://nb.wordpress.org/plugins/linked-media-without-import/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/linked-media-without-import) * Tags * [media](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/media/)[media library](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/media-library/) [offload](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/offload/)[performance](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/performance/) * [Advanced View](https://wol.wordpress.org/plugins/linked-media-without-import/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/linked-media-without-import/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/linked-media-without-import/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/linked-media-without-import/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/linked-media-without-import/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/linked-media-without-import/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/linked-media-without-import/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/linked-media-without-import/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Tensor Ray ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rayhome1987/) ## Support Got something to say? 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