Title: Imgur support?
Last modified: March 5, 2020

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# Imgur support?

 *  Resolved [frank3k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frank3k/)
 * (@frank3k)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imgur-support/)
 * It would be great if Photonic could support Imgur, either their albums or – even
   better – individual image links.

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 *  Plugin Author [Sayontan Sinha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sayontan/)
 * (@sayontan)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imgur-support/#post-12513768)
 * I must confess I have never really considered Imgur as a serious image sharing
   platform! Truth be told I don’t even see Instagram as one – definitely not in
   the league of SmugMug or Flickr.
 * That being said, are you asking me to include Photonic support for single images
   from Imgur? I am wondering if this is a reasonable workaround:
    1. Use the standard WP image insertion dialog, which lets you specify external 
       URLs
    2. Specify the Imgur image URL there (not the page, but the image itself)
    3. Enable the Photonic lightbox for non-Photonic images via _Photonic → Settings
       → Generic Options → Generic Settings → Photonic Lightbox for non-Photonic Images_
 * The reason I am suggesting this is that I don’t see an Imgur implementation on
   my horizon for the next few months at least. I am a full-time professional who
   builds and supports Photonic as a hobby and for fun, and I am currently going
   through a massive spike in my workload at my day job. There is one critical item
   that I need to address for Instagram for the next release of Photonic, and I 
   am committed to getting that out of the way. But adding support for a new API
   is considerably harder (particularly making additions to the “gallery builder
   wizard”).
 *  Thread Starter [frank3k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frank3k/)
 * (@frank3k)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imgur-support/#post-12513963)
 * Sayontan – Thanks for the quick response!
    Thanks for the suggestion! Your workaround
   works great!
 * I didn’t realize you could add an URL instead of a local image when uploading
   to the WP media gallery.
 * Thanks again,
    Frank

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 * Last reply from: [frank3k](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frank3k/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imgur-support/#post-12513963)
 * Status: resolved