Title: featured image problem
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# featured image problem

 *  [mimohoorn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mimohoorn/)
 * (@mimohoorn)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-problem-13/)
 * hi all,
 * I have this problem: the wordpress templates I’m using are only showing featured
   images on the frontpage.
 * My webhost account has got only a limited storage space, so I use _< img src 
   = “http:” >_ to give my blogs a picture and my readers know what I’m talking 
   about.
 * My question: is there a WP plugin or another way to set _< img src = “http:” 
   >_ as featured image without downloading the picture to my webhostaccount?
 * thank you.

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 *  [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/)
 * (@wpranger)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-problem-13/#post-4283785)
 * Do you mean that a post’s featured image shows on your front page but not on 
   a post’s single page? If that’s the case you can either include the featured 
   image in your theme template, take a look at [the post thumbnail](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_post_thumbnail)
   page, or, have a look at something like the [insert featured image shortcode](http://wordpress.org/plugins/add-post-thumbnail-shortcode/)
   plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [mimohoorn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mimohoorn/)
 * (@mimohoorn)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-problem-13/#post-4283786)
 * no, that’s not it.
 * I create a single post and use < img src = “http:” > to insert a picture in that
   post.
 * as I save the post, the first image that is used in my post, should appear on
   the frontpage. This is not the case.
 * When I use “featured image” that can be set at all post (picture upload), that
   picture appears with the postlink on the front page.
 * Because of the limited space of my hostaccount, I would like to set the URL-image
   as featured image, but I don’t know how.
    Using the URL-image as featured image
   saves me storage space.
 * I hope there is a plugin or another way.
 *  [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/)
 * (@wpranger)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-problem-13/#post-4283821)
 * How about the [Get The Image](http://wordpress.org/plugins/get-the-image/) plugin?
 * >  How does it grab images?
   >  Looks for an image by custom field (one of your 
   > choosing). If no image is added by custom field, check for an image using the_post_thumbnail()(
   > WordPress featured image). If no image is found, it grabs an image attached
   > to your post. If no image is attached, it can extract an image from your post
   > content (off by default). If no image is found at this point, it will fall 
   > back to a default image (not set by default).

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 * Last reply from: [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-image-problem-13/#post-4283821)
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