Title: Request
Last modified: December 6, 2020

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# Request

 *  [otechwebmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otechwebmaster/)
 * (@otechwebmaster)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-80/)
 * Okay so I am using your plug-in to automatically set future images when posts
   are automatically created and published.
 * My problem is that I am pulling images from Instagram. Since Facebook took over
   more actively the development of Instagram they have been fucxxxx around with
   the image API quite a lot and sometimes the links to the images get broken.
    
   On numerous occasions I have to relink quite a lots and this takes a lot of time.
 * My request would be if it is at all possible to build function for this plug-
   in to automatically pulled the image down from its original URL and save it locally,
   then replaced the URL hopefully the original external URL with the local one?
 * I know that I have used a plug-in many years ago they did just this but I don’t
   remember the name of it. Maybe someone else out there can recommend something
   that works? To do just this. That will obviously you work with FIFU.
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by [otechwebmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otechwebmaster/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Frequest-80%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [fifu.app](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marceljm/)
 * (@marceljm)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-80/#post-13752157)
 * Hi, [@otechwebmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otechwebmaster/).
 * Thanks for the suggestion. Indeed, Facebook is doing that…
 * Many users have requested this feature before, but I always was against it, because
   the plugin was created exactly to make the featured images external and not internal.
 * This month I’m busy with the integration between FIFU and WP-CLI and there are
   other things happening but maybe next month it can be done. However, I can’t 
   promise it will be a free feature. I need to analyze that.
 *  Thread Starter [otechwebmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otechwebmaster/)
 * (@otechwebmaster)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-80/#post-13752436)
 * Maybe as a separate plug-in?
 *  Plugin Author [fifu.app](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marceljm/)
 * (@marceljm)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-80/#post-13752454)
 * Maybe a feature in the FIFU Premium, [@otechwebmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otechwebmaster/).
 * I’m trying to keep the free version only with the essential features.
 *  Plugin Author [fifu.app](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marceljm/)
 * (@marceljm)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-80/#post-13949941)
 * It’s finally done, [@otechwebmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otechwebmaster/).

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-80/#post-13949941)
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