| 2025-04-06 |
WP RSS Aggregator |
plugin |
WP RSS Aggregator feed items have no featured image:
1) Enable 'FIFU → Settings → Automatic → Auto set featured media from post content → auto set featured media from post content' before fetching the feed source.
Setting featured image automatically:
1) Create a WordPress module in your Make scenario;
2) Enable "Show advanced settings";
3) Click on "Add item";
4) Set "fifu_image_url" as "Name";
5) Set the "Value" with the image URL;
6) Run.
Setting product images automatically:
1) Create a WooCommerce module in your Make scenario;
2) Go to "Meta Data";
3) Set "fifu_list_url" as "Name";
4) Set the "Value" with a list of URLs delimited by "|";
5) Run.
| 2025-01-22 |
Loco Translate |
plugin |
Loco Translate is not extracting FIFU strings:
1) Set '200K' or a higher value in 'Loco Translate → Settings → Site options → Extracting strings → Skip PHP files larger than'.
2) Set '*' in 'Loco Translate → Plugins → Featured Image from URL (FIFU) → Advanced → Text domain'.
3) Go to 'Loco Translate → Plugins → Featured Image from URL (FIFU) → Overview → New language → Skip template', and all the FIFU strings should be listed.
| 2024-06-29 |
MalCare WordPress Security Plugin |
plugin |
Automatic features not working:
1) Go to 'MalCare → Ozone Layer → Firewall → View All'
2) Find a register whose path contains 'fifu-premium'
3) Click on the 'Add to whitelist' button
| 2024-06-28 |
S2W – Import Shopify to WooCommerce |
plugin |
No integration with FIFU:
X) Because S2W has its own solution for remote images. Please check its documentation.
| 2024-06-10 |
WooCommerce Additional Variation Images |
plugin |
Image gallery not working:
1) You should disable that plugin, as it will conflict with FIFU Product Gallery, which supports additional variation images as well.
| 2024-05-09 |
WP All Import |
plugin |
"PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Exception: Serialization of 'Closure' is not allowed":
1) edit 'wp-all-import-pro/classes/session.php' and add
immediately before
| 2024-04-27 |
WooCommerce |
plugin |
The alt attribute is not being applied to category images:
1) go to 'Appearance → Theme File Editor → Theme Files → Theme Functions → functions.php' and add
| 2024-04-19 |
Himer + WPQA |
theme + plugin |
Image is being opened in another tab when clicked:
1) disable "Himer Settings → Question settings → Question & Loop settings → Featured image → Select ON to enable the lightbox for featured image".
Featured image is not displayed on homepage:
1) edit 'partdo/includes/woocommerce.php' and replace
with
within the function 'partdo_product_image';
| 2024-04-13 |
WPML Multilingual CMS + Translation Management |
plugins |
Copying the remote featured image to the translation:
1) access "WPML → Settings → Custom Fields Translation";
2) search for "fifu_image_url", choose "Copy" and save;
3) if you use FIFU premium, enable "Metadata → Schedule Metadata Generation". That's all;
4) but if you use the free version, after the translation post is created, access the post editor and click on "Update" button.
Featured image is not displayed on single post types:
1) edit 'jnews/class/Image/ImageLazyLoad.php' and replace
with
within the function 'image_thumbnail_unwrap';
| 2023-03-18 |
X |
social networking |
Images not being updated:
a) Follow the tips in the official
documentation
b) If it doesn't work, try to repost manually via this URL: https://twitter.com/compose/post
| 2024-02-01 |
Google Drive |
service |
Google Drive images not displayed:
1) enable 'FIFU Settings → Image → Optimized images'.
| 2024-01-31 |
Electron
|
theme |
FIFU Product gallery is not displayed:
1) edit "electron/woocommerce/content-single-product.php" and replace
with
Large empty area following the featured video:
1) access "Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS";
2) add:
div.nectar-post-grid-item-bg > video {position: absolute;}
3) publish.
| 2024-01-20 |
TI WooCommerce Wishlist |
plugin |
"Add to Wishlist" button not being displayed for featured video:
1) set "1" for "FIFU Settings → Video → Play Button → z-index";
| 2024-01-15 |
Security Optimizer |
plugin |
"Update failed: Download failed. Unauthorized" message:
1) Disable Security Optimizer, wait a few minutes and try again.
FIFU Product gallery is not displayed:
1) edit "zank-child/woocommerce/content-single-product.php" and replace
with
Images being displayed larger than the standard size:
1) access "Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS";
2) add:
3) publish.
Featured Video is smaller than expected on mobile:
1) Edit 'rosa/assets/js/main.js', and add
immediately after
Placeholder displayed instead of featured image:
1) Edit 'WPQA/functions/functions.php', and add
immediately before
within the function 'wpqa_get_aq_resize_img_url';
| 2023-11-03 |
Super Speedy Search
|
plugin |
Ajax search doesn't display remote featured images:
1) Edit 'super-speedy-search/includes/sss-ajax-results.php', and replace
with
Placeholder displayed instead of featured image:
1) Edit 'himer/admin/functions/main_functions.php', and add
immediately before
within the function 'himer_get_aq_resize_img';
| 2023-08-11 |
Erlinews |
theme |
Gray image displayed instead of the remote featured media:
1) Edit 'erlinews/functions.php' and add
immediately after
| 2023-07-28 |
WP Rocket |
plugin |
Video autoplay not working:
1) Disable WP Rocket → Settings → File Optimization → Load JavaScript deffered.
2) Disable WP Rocket → Settings → Media → LazyLoad → Enable for images.
| 2023-06-10 |
Google Drive |
service |
Images are not being displayed, and you are receiving the error message: "We're sorry... but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now."
x) When a user accesses a website with a large number of Google Drive images, there is a possibility that the user may be incorrectly identified as a bot, resulting in the temporary blocking of the images. This issue arises because Google Drive is primarily designed for storage purposes rather than efficient content delivery. Therefore, we recommend considering cloud services such as Amazon S3 or Google Cloud Storage for hosting your images, as they are better suited for reliable image delivery.
| 2023-05-08 |
JetGridBuilder |
plugin |
Images not displayed:
1) edit "jetgridbuilder/includes/plugin.php" and add
immediately after
| 2023-03-08 |
Duplicate Page |
plugin |
Updating the image URL of the duplicated post changes the featured image of the original post:
x) while Duplicate Page doesn't offer us filters to develop a solution, we recommend you to use
Yoast Duplicate Post plugin.
| 2023-03-05 |
Jetpack |
plugin |
Featured videos have no play button:
1) disable Jetpack's lazy load.
| 2023-01-10 |
YOOtheme |
theme |
Images not displayed because the URLs are being changed to relative paths:
1) edit "yootheme/templates/post/content.php" and replace
with
2) edit "yootheme/builder-wordpress-source/src/Type/AttachmentType.php" and add
immediately before
| 2022-12-19 |
Astra Pro |
plugin |
FIFU Product Gallery doesn't load. Two possible solutions:
a) deactivate "Appearance → Astra Options → Available Astra Pro Modules → WooCommerce".
b) edit "astra-addon/addons/woocommerce/classes/class-astra-ext-woocommerce-markup.php" and replace
with
| 2022-11-13 |
External Importer |
plugin |
Integration with FIFU:
0) enable "FIFU Settings → Metadata → Schedule Metadata Generation"
1) access "External Importer → Settings → Import"
2) select "Disabled" for image
3) add "fifu_image_url" with the value "%PRODUCT.image%" to "Custom fields"
4) import a new product, wait 1 minute and the image will be displayed
| 2022-09-22 |
Woodmart |
theme |
"Replace Not Found Image" not working:
1) disable "Theme Settings → Performance → Lazy loading → Lazy loading for images"
| 2022-09-21 |
Wordpress Automatic Plugin |
plugin |
Posts created by WP Automatic have no featured image. Two possible solutions:
a) contact its support, because WP Automatic is responsible for saving image URLs in FIFU custom fields
b) use "FIFU → Settings → Automatic → Auto set featured media using web page address" with the custom field "original_link"
| 2022-09-07 |
WP Content Pilot |
plugin |
"Don't save the featured image in server" option doesn't work:
x) please contact its support, because WP Content Pilot developed that.
| 2022-09-05 |
Knawat WooCommerce DropShipping |
plugin |
Integration with FIFU:
1) open "dropshipping-woocommerce/includes/class-dropshipping-woocommerce-importer.php"
2) add the code below immediately after the line "// Formatting Image Data":
| 2022-08-08 |
Facebook |
social networking |
Facebook doesn't share a featured image and the Sharing Debugger informs: "Provided og:image URL, ... is not allowed because it points to the Facebook CDN". Two possible solutions:
a) don't use image URLs from "fbcdn.net".
b) upload the image to FIFU Cloud.
Quick Buy feature doesn't work:
1) access "Theme Options → WooCommerce → Lazy Loading → Enable Lazy Loading";
2) click on "Off";
3) click on "Save Changes" button.
| 2022-06-15 |
Bacola Core |
plugin |
Remote images not displayed:
1) open "bacola-core/inc/aq_resizer.php"
2) add "return $url;" immediately before the line "Check if $img_url is local"
| 2022-06-08 |
CoverNews |
theme |
Solving "Featured Video" CSS issues:
1) access "FIFU Settings → Video";
2) set "0" for "Play Button → z-index";
3) set "50" for "Minimum Width";
4) set "lightbox" for "Play Button → mode";
4) access "Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS";
5) add:
.fifu_play {height: 100%;}
.fifu_h_iframe, .fifu_wrapper {height: 100% !important;}
6) publish.
"Optimized images" not working properly:
1) access "Appearance → Customize → WooCommerce → Product Images → EXTRA IMAGES → Extra Images Display" and select "Disabled"
| 2022-04-30 |
Product/Review CSV Import Export |
plugin |
Importing URLs to FIFU:
1) enable "FIFU Settings → Metadata → Schedule Metadata Generation"
2) use "custom fields" in the import template, as you would do for the WooCommerce import (take a look at "FIFU Settings → WooCommerce → Import")
3) run the import
| 2022-04-23 |
Rank Math SEO |
plugin |
Fixing "Add an image with your Focus Keyword as alt text":
1) go to "Featured image" meta box and type some text into "Alternative text" field
2) publish/update the post
3) refresh the page (F5)
| 2022-02-09 |
CyberSEO |
plugin |
Using remote featured images:
1) access CyberSEO settings and check "Use FIFU"
| 2022-01-31 |
Wordpress Automatic Plugin |
plugin |
Using remote images in the product gallery:
1) access the campaign and uncheck all options in "Images" box
2) go to "Post Type, format & status" box and check "Add custom fields/Taxonomies to the posts"
3) use "fifu_list_url" as "Field Name" and "[product_imgs]" as "value"
4) click on "Run campaign" button
Using a video from post content as featured video:
1) enable "FIFU Settings → Video → Featured Video"
2) enable "FIFU Settings → Automatic → Auto set featured media from post content → use the found image/video as featured image/video"
3) enable "FIFU Settings → Automatic → Auto set featured media from post content → hide the image/video from content"
4) access the campaign and uncheck all options in "Images" box
5) click on "Run campaign" button
| 2022-01-28 |
Motors – Car Dealer, Classifieds & Listing |
plugin |
Remote images not displayed:
1) open stm_vehicles_listing/includes/vehicle_functions.php
2) remove the line "add_filter('wp_get_attachment_image_src', 'stm_get_thumbnail_filter', 100, 4);"
| 2022-01-28 |
Motors - Equipment |
plugin |
Remote images not displayed:
1) open stm-motors-equipment/inc/helpers.php
2) remove the line "add_filter('wp_get_attachment_image_src', 'stm_equip_get_thumbnail_filter', 100, 4)"
Remote images not displayed:
1) open imagely/inc/third/image-resizer.php
2) replace "throw new Reactr_Extras_Exception('Image must be local: ' . $url);" by "return $url;"
| 2022-01-13 |
WP All Import |
plugin |
Adding URLs from different elements to "Product image URL + gallery URLs". Examples:
a) {images[1]/image[1]}|{images[1]/image[2]}|{images[1]/image[3]}|{images[1]/image[4]}
b) [FOREACH({images/image})]{.}|[ENDFOREACH]
| 2021-10-12 |
PHP |
programming language |
Fixing "PHP Warning: file_get_contents(): https:// wrapper is disabled in the server configuration by allow_url_fopen=0", which prevents "Auto set featured media using web page address" from working:
1) Access cPanel, MultiPHP INI Editor and enable "allow_url_fopen".
| 2021-09-27 |
Apache |
web server |
FIFU settings don't work due 301 (Moved Permanently) POST followed by 404 (Not Found) GET.
1) open .htaccess file and replace 301 by 307;
2) restart Apache.
| 2021-07-05 |
Facebook |
social networking |
Facebook doesn't share an LOCAL featured image and the Sharing Debugger informs: "Provided og:image URL, ... could not be processed as an image because it has an invalid content type".
1) make sure the image can be embedded remotely. Because if your site tries to protect the image, for instance redirecting to another address, the image may not be accessed by the social media.
| 2021-06-28 |
Octolooks Scrapes |
plugin |
Using remote featured images.
1) access "Scrapes → All Scrapes → Actions → Edit → POST → CUSTOM FIELDS";
2) set "fifu_image_url" for "Name";
3) for "Value", click on the icon and select the featured image;
4) set "src" for "Attribute";
5) make sure "POST → FEATURED IMAGE → Value" is empty;
6) save.
| 2021-06-23 |
Domain |
address |
Images missing due domain change.
1) run this SQL command: UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = REPLACE(meta_value, 'https://domain/', 'https://newdomain/') WHERE meta_key = 'fifu_image_url' AND meta_value LIKE '%//domain/%';
2) run Metadata → Clear Metadata;
3) enable Metadata → Image Metadata.
| 2021-04-17 |
Rey + Rey Core |
theme + plugin |
Product gallery doesn't work correctly.
1) enable "FIFU Settings → WooCommerce → FIFU Product Gallery";
2) access "Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS";
3) add:
div.rey-productSummary {justify-content:unset !important}
div.fifu-woo-gallery {padding: 20px !important}
4) publish.
| 2021-02-24 |
YITH WooCommerce Badge Management |
plugin |
Badge is not being displayed when FIFU Product Gallery is enabled:
1) access "Appearance → Customize → Additional CSS";
2) add:
.yith-wcbm-badge {z-index: 11}
3) publish.
Theme hover effects are blocking featured video commands:
1) access "Appearance → Gillion → Customize → Additional CSS";
2) add:
.fifu_wrapper ~ a.post-lightbox {display: none !important;}
div.post-thumbnail > a.post-overlay {display: none;}
3) publish.
Procut gallery has CSS issues:
1) access "Avada Settings → WooCommerce → WooCommerce Product Images Layout";
2) select "WooCommerce" instead of "Avada";
3) click on "Save Changes".
Featured slider is too big for Rehub sticky bar:
1) access "Appearance → Rehub → Customize → Additional CSS";
2) add:
div.float-panel-woo-image > div.fifu-slider {max-width: 100px;}
3) publish.
| 2020-10-16 |
Facebook |
social networking |
Facebook doesn't share a featured image:
1) access https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/;
2) enter your post URL in the field (Facebook will clear its cache);
3) if Facebook shows your featured image, try to share the post again;
4) but if Facebook finds a different image, you probably have another component (plugin/theme) that is creating an og:image tag for a default image. Find out the component and check if it's possible to disable the default image.
| 2020-10-05 |
"Warning: ..." |
message |
Warning on frontend after activating FIFU. Two possible solutions:
a) open wp-config.php and before "Happy publishing" line add:
define('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false);
b) look for ".../themes/[slug]/..." or ".../plugins/[slug]/..." in the message. The slug refers to the component responsible for the warning. Then please contact its developer informing the message and also that you are using FIFU, a plugin for remote featured images. Warnings are usually easy to solve and happen because the component wasn't expecting for a remote featured image.
Remote featured images are not being shown:
1) deactivate "Divi → Theme Options → General → Enable Responsive Images".
| 2020-09-23 |
Facebook |
social networking |
The featured image is being cropped when the post is shared in a Facebook page:
x) there is no local solution and the issue happens even with local featured images. Facebook pages expect 600x314px images and it will automatically crop images with a different aspect ratio. You may contact Facebook support and ask for changes.
| 2020-09-21 |
WooCommerce |
plugin |
Zoom doesn't work:
1) it normally happens when you use small images. Your image dimensions should be greater than the gallery dimensions.
| 2020-08-27 |
WP Super Cache |
plugin |
Images not visible after clearing and generating FIFU metadata:
1) click on "Delete Cache".
| 2020-08-13 |
WooCommerce REST API |
API |
The import of hundreds of thousands of products isn't fast enough:
1) deactivate FIFU;
2) import the products using the API;
3) activate FIFU;
4) run Metadata → Clear Metadata;
5) enable Metadata → Image Metadata.
"There has been a critical error on your website" message:
1) open "unyson/framework/helpers/class-fw-resize.php";
2) search for the line that contains "$saved['file']";
3) add "if(!is_array($saved))return;" immediately above that.
| 2020-06-03 |
Klb Shortcode |
plugin |
Featured image not shown on carousel:
1) open "klb-shortcode/inc/klb-shortcode.php";
2) search for "$imageresize = dealsdot_resize( $image_src";
3) add "$imageresize = $imageresize ? $imageresize : $image_src;" immediately below that.
| 2020-06-01 |
Zapier (+YouTube) |
service |
Setting featured video automatically:
1) access "FIFU Settings → Automatic → Auto set featured media from post content";
2) enable "use the found image/video as featured image";
3) enable "hide the image/video from content";
4) access "Zapier → Make a Zap", select YouTube as the first app and configure as you want;
5) select WordPress as the second app;
6) click on "Choose Action Event", select "Create Post" and "Continue";
7) select your "WordPress account" and "Continue";
8) on "Customize Post", click on "Content" and select "Embed URL";
9) put the "Embed URL" in an iframe tag: <iframe src="Embed URL"></iframe>
| 2020-05-31 |
Publisher |
theme |
The theme lightbox doesn't work:
x) there is no solution for now. It seems the lightbox only works with image addresses (local or remote) that contains "/wp-content/uploads/". You may contact the theme developer and ask him to remove the restriction.
| 2020-05-17 |
BuddyForms |
plugin |
Adding "featured image" field to the form:
1) open the form editor;
2) select "Form Builder → Select Field Type → Url";
3) click on "+ Add Field" button;
4) a new field "Url" will be shown. Click on "Edit";
5) set "Featured image" for "Label";
6) set "Image URL" for "Description";
7) click on "Advanced";
8) set "fifu_image_url" for "Slug";
9) update.
* for a "featured video" field, use the same steps above, but replacing "image" by "video".
| 2020-05-09 |
Post Sliders & Post Grids |
plugin |
The post grid doesn't show remote featured images:
x) there is no solution for now. "Post Sliders & Post Grids" only shows a featured image if that is stored in the media library. You may contact the author or install an alternative plugin, like
this.
| 2020-04-20 |
Elementor |
plugin |
Video controls not accessible for "Posts" element, when configured as "Layout → Skin → Cards":
1) access "Style → Card → Hover Effect";
2) select "None".
Removing the references to the local featured images for all posts that have a remote featured image as well:
1) run this SQL command: DELETE FROM wp_postmeta WHERE meta_key = '_thumbnail_id' AND post_id IN (SELECT post_id FROM (SELECT post_id FROM wp_postmeta WHERE meta_key = 'fifu_image_url') AS x);
2) enable "FIFU settings → Metadata → Clear Metadata";
3) enable "Image Metadata".
Video lightbox isn't shown ("n.fancybox.getInstance is not a function" error):
1) access "orienko/includes/head-media.php";
2) remove the line that contains "wp_enqueue_script( 'fancybox".
| 2020-03-09 |
Google Chrome | Firefox |
web browsers |
Avoiding "Connection not secure" message:
1) use only https image URLs.
| 2020-03-04 |
Essential Grid |
plugin |
Showing remote videos:
1) access "Ess. Grid → Editor / Preview";
2) for each video access "Edit Post Meta → Choose Specific Skin", select "YoutubeStream" or "VimeoStream" and click on "Save Post Meta".
| 2020-01-30 |
WooCommerce |
plugin |
Adding remote "Product Image" and "Product Gallery" via SQL:
1) enable "FIFU Settings → Metadata → Schedule Metadata Generation";
2) run the SQL. Example: "insert into wp_postmeta (post_id, meta_key, meta_value) values (12345, 'fifu_list_url', 'URL1|URL2|URL3|URL4')"
* the first URL is for the featured image and the others for the gallery
| 2020-01-19 |
WP All Import |
plugin |
Importing Variable Products to WooCommerce:
1) you should choose one of these options during the import:
- "All my variable products have SKUs or some other unique identifier. Each variation is linked to its parent with its parent's SKU or other unique identifier.";
- "All variations for a particular product have the same title as the parent product."
Options where the parent is created automatically won't work well.
Avoiding updates on unchanged image data:
1) access "WP All Import → Import Settings";
2) select "Update existing posts/products with changed data in your file → Choose which data to update";
3) uncheck "Images" (otherwise WP All Import will delete the image metadata and FIFU will need to create that again);
4) select "Custom Fields → Update only these Custom Fields, leave the rest alone".
| 2020-01-17 |
Multisite Post Duplicator |
plugin |
Duplicating post and remote featured image:
1) enable "FIFU Settings → Metadata → Schedule Metadata Generation";
2) access "Multisite Post Duplicator Settings";
3) disable "Copy featured image when duplicating";
4) disable "Copy post content images to destination media library";
5) set "_thumbnail_id" for "Post Meta to ignore".
| 2019-12-22 |
Jetpack |
plugin |
Showing remote images on "Related Posts":
x) there is no local solution. Jetpack Related Posts documentation informs: "we do all the analysis, processing, and serving from our cloud". It means Jetpack would need to adapt its web service to work with the images provided by FIFU. So you may contact Jetpack support, install an alternative plugin for Related Posts, like
this, or try this
snippet (untested).
| 2019-10-28 |
https |
protocol |
Replacing http URLs by https:
1) run this SQL command: UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = REPLACE(meta_value, 'http://', 'https://') WHERE meta_key = 'fifu_image_url' AND meta_value LIKE '%site.com%';
2) run "FIFU settings → Metadata → Clear Metadata";
3) enable "Image Metadata".
* replace site.com by the domain of the URLs you want to update
Showing remote featured images:
1) open "ecome/framework/framework.php";
2) search for and remove "&& file_exists( $actual_file_path )".
| 2019-09-27 |
Nelio External Featured Image (discontinued) |
plugin |
Importing image URLs to FIFU:
0) make a backup (you might want to revert the changes later);
1) deactivate Nelio;
2) run this SQL command: INSERT INTO wp_postmeta (post_id, meta_key, meta_value) SELECT * FROM (SELECT post_id, 'fifu_image_url' AS meta_key, SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(meta_value, '"', 2), '"', -1) AS meta_value FROM wp_postmeta WHERE meta_key = '_nelioefi_first_image') pm WHERE meta_value <> '';
3) run "FIFU settings → Metadata → Clear Metadata";
4) enable "Image Metadata".
| 2019-09-25 |
WP Telegram (Auto Post and Notifications) |
plugin |
Sharing remote featured images on Telegram:
1) just enable "Featured Image" toggle on WP Telegram.
| 2019-09-13 |
Toolset Forms + Toolset Types |
plugins |
Adding "Featured image" field to an external post form:
1) add a new "Custom Fields Group";
2) add a new "Field";
3) set "fifu_image_url" for "Field slug".