Add Images Via URL to Entry
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Hello:
I am trying to add photos to my blog entry through the ‘Add via URL’ option in the improved editor. The photos are posted on Photobucket. After I click upload, I get an error message that says ‘1 file could not be uploaded because an error occurred while uploading’. That is the only thing the system tells me. When I try to upload an image from my computer to the entry, that works. When I switch computers and attempt to add an image by URL, it fails again. I’ve tried rebooting, different photo sources, switching browser and running the Firefox debugger. Same non-descriptive error message appears everytime. I did notice when I use the old editor, that the button works just fine and I can add an image to my blog. The problem is I want to take advantage of the slideshow feature, which I need the new editor for. Last week this worked for me without any issues. Now it suddenly stopped without warning. How can I solve this? I’ve run out of ideas.The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there,
There is a difference between the Add via URL option in the WP-Admin editor and the new editor: the new editor fetches the image and upload it to the media library instead of just hotlinking to it. However, depending on where you link the image from it might not work, specifically if the image link does not end in an image file format like .jpg or .png
Can you please post one of the Photobucket links here so I can take a look?
If you don’t want the images to be imported to the media library but only want to hotlink to them, please use the WP-Admin editor instead, or add the image link directly via the HTML editor:
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Hi,
Thanks for the quick reply. Here’s a link to one of the images: http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h73/NinasRoad/IMG_6303_zpsertfglov.jpg
When the new editor fetches and uploads the image to the media library, does it upload a full sized copy of the original image, or a cached copy of the image? I’m approaching my file storage limit, but I still have plenty of room to upload all of the images I wanted for my next post. (Over 100mb left) I just want to rule storage space out as a cause.
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That link is valid. But it appears there is a problem with the Add via URL feature of the new editor. We’ve already reported it to our developers, so hopefully they’ll have it fixed soon. In the meantime you’ll need to use one of the other methods I described above.
When the new editor fetches and uploads the image to the media library, does it upload a full sized copy of the original image, or a cached copy of the image?
I’m not sure, and as this feature isn’t currently working I have no way of testing it either, but I’d expect it to upload the image at the same file size as the one uploaded at the other service. If you have images in your library which you’ve previously added in this way you can check the file sizes of the images there:
https://ninasroadlesstraveled.wordpress.com/wp-admin/upload.php
But if your goal is to save space, then I’d recommend hotlinking by using the WP-Admin editor or directly via HTML instead.
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Okay thank you for looking into this and reporting the problem. I’ll try your other tips for now and hopefully it will be fixed soon. Thanks again.
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Just an update that this should be fixed now. Please let me know if you still have any problems with the Add via URL option.
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