Using images not in media library

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  somuch4gravity · Member · Mar 22, 2016 at 1:16 am

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  Is it possible to use images from Google+ photos (or other photo storing sites) in WordPress?

  I get a ‘The file could not be uploaded because the file type is not supported.’ error when attempting to use a image from a saved URL, but it doesn’t explain if I can/cannot use such images.

  Thanks for your help!

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  staff-bassist · Staff · Mar 23, 2016 at 9:56 pm

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  Hey, David!

  Yeah, it’s possible to add a Google+ Photo to your content but, instead of adding it through Add via URL, you’ll need to insert it on your HTML tab like this:

  <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8QwlDEL3xeiXdYA6Y5rKVAFBjfRa3DS0kP592Er0fG1_Dvef02ZItG_S4UTcJAPfxug9bgchJS0sUuKzMrZ1XBdLwmqrM24pfkbgh85utK2caW1uXwNrmoiOcvIV0KYs2SXx_iRb6NDfNjjAL9qyZxsMfqJT7Htel6XF9o2rcA4G8Q0HlPVil_pLHLH1w0YQtV82o6ZoR3m4PLULv_gTM5e12VrrrD_IRvAzPhcisdl2G1cJUnlMBZE-uTSK-XugRcN9h6f8XZ3fYPn1WrSjkKrhq11OkzWtX-bxsxYSfEUk1vqa8vlCqCn2tf_8jm17iOKTaDgz7WziMEAbok4zLTCAP8EDjpYzeHmL1trAbzYT3pIqtSlZB7TollYKBACz1yy4azv_Tz5JZhYSB6v_cZ5JE1l-Ard7v18CXEzmtGHXk2DGpKU2D2r0x3k9wMFV4riIPtmKMVmFTTiiMwN9vW7FA1Ry7hSuXfFNMPmCMniFk4zHW-aYxO3CjC3IwEj29yagYcc2S-8ZJgcQtutGYIgjpfXmfPITplCQc1XTurnHWzQ1XlqEydWetrZ7Nt6EXyaKIQ=w1318-h2340-no">

  This huge path is the real path of https://goo.gl/photos/gESv7JtSoRFPHXf4A

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  somuch4gravity · Member · Mar 27, 2016 at 5:33 pm

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  That’s so bizarre! Don’t ask why I didn’t attempt to use the source link. I guess I figured the ‘share’ URL would suffice.

  Big thank you for responding to this!

  Finch