Title: External URL Selection Missing
Last modified: July 12, 2018

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# External URL Selection Missing

 *  Resolved [mvcs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvcs/)
 * (@mvcs)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-url-selection-missing/)
 * I’m using ServerPress to build a website, so you might not be able to see it.
   I installed your slider because of the option to use images with external links.
   But when I go to add a new slide, the External URL option isn’t there. I tried
   activating other themes and it still was missing. Is there a piece of code I 
   can add somewhere to get it to show up?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fexternal-url-selection-missing%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Kevin Batdorf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kbat82/)
 * (@kbat82)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-url-selection-missing/#post-10485963)
 * Hi [@mvcs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvcs/),
 * The External URL feature is only in our pro plugin add-on pack. But it’s not 
   a dynamic pull. It will just grab the image once and add it to the media library.
 * WP frowns upon providing us proving support for commerical plugins here, so if
   you have any further questions, can you [contact our pre-sales department](https://www.metaslider.com/contact/)?
   Thanks
 *  [Kevin Batdorf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kbat82/)
 * (@kbat82)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-url-selection-missing/#post-10485979)
 * Here’s the [link to WP rules about commercial plugins](https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/forum-welcome/#do-not-post-about-commercial-products).
   Sorry for the inconvenience.
 *  Thread Starter [mvcs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvcs/)
 * (@mvcs)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-url-selection-missing/#post-10488353)
 * Thank you for the quick reply. I’m using Cloudinary to host my media library 
   in order to keep the website lighter and load faster. Your plugin adding them
   to the media library defeats this process. That’s unfortunate.
    Cheers,
 *  [Kevin Batdorf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kbat82/)
 * (@kbat82)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-url-selection-missing/#post-10488360)
 * Hi [@mvcs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvcs/),
 * Seems like the plugin would work out of the box with Cloudinary. We use typical
   WP practices assigning the image as a post thumbnail to the slide post type.
 * Have you tried?

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 * Last reply from: [Kevin Batdorf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kbat82/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/external-url-selection-missing/#post-10488360)
 * Status: resolved