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Featured Image from URL (FIFU) · Version history

Featured Image from URL (FIFU) changelog and version history

Latest version
6.1.6
Nov 6, 2026 (3 days ago)
Releases
20
since 2025
In the last year
19
about one every 17 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.2
PHP 8.1 or later

Releases each year

  • 20252 releases
  • 202618 releases

202618 releases

  1. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 6.1.6Latest

    • Fix: FIFU now recovers automatically from incomplete upgrades, including on multisite networks.
    • Compatibility: Featured and category images keep working while older sites complete their URL-checking update.
    • Compatibility: Improved compatibility with WordPress 7.2.
    • Enhancement: Improved Broken Link Checker reliability for image URL checks.
    • Performance: Completed upgrades no longer repeat repair work.

  2. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 6.1.5

    • New free feature: Broken Link Checker for featured image URLs.
    • Fix: Resolved a security issue reported by Patchstack.
    • Fix: Fixed the optimized images feature so it serves Flickr-hosted images.
    • Compatibility: Added support for WooCommerce 11.2.2.

  3. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 6.1.4

    • New free feature: Add image to order email to display product images in WooCommerce order emails.
    • Fix: Improved remote image attachment cleanup to protect shared images and attachments still in use.
    • Fix: Improved featured image synchronization and recovery when media is updated or removed.
    • Fix: Fixed Unsplash image search access for Editors and Authors with the appropriate permissions.
    • Enhancement: Improved plugin documentation and clarified Free and PRO features.
    • Compatibility: Added support for WordPress 7.2.

  4. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 6.1.3

    • New free feature: Replace Not Found Image to display a fallback image when a remote image fails to load.
    • Enhancement: Improved Quick Editor image preview sizing for a more compact and responsive dialog.
    • Fix: Improved remote image attachment cleanup to protect local media and images still in use.
    • Fix: Improved remote image synchronization and recovery.
    • Enhancement: Refreshed the FIFU administration interface.

  5. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 6.1.2

    • New: Disable right-click on frontend images from FIFU settings.
    • Fix: Resolved PHP 8.5 and newer deprecation warnings during remote image URL validation.
    • Compatibility: Improved compatibility with PHP 8.5 and PHP 8.6.

  6. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 6.1.1

    • Fix: Explicit FIFU featured image removals and replacements are no longer overwritten by later Content Egg synchronization.
    • Fix: The Status page now shows DB2-backed featured image URLs correctly even when the site is using legacy mode.
    • Enhancement: Combined the PRO Featured Video and Featured Audio settings preview into a single Video / Audio section.
    • Compatibility: Added support for WordPress 7.1.3.

  7. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 6.1.0

    • Fix: Preserved query-dependent featured image URLs in Rank Math Facebook and Twitter social metadata.
    • Enhancement: Removed the outdated Troubleshooting page from the FIFU menu.

  8. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 6.0.9

    • Enhancement: Unified the Featured Media editor with the new Premium-style layout and improved the Quick Editor experience.
    • Enhancement: Improved featured image preview, alternative text editing, and locked PRO media controls in the editor.
    • Enhancement: Unified the product category featured media editor.
    • Enhancement: Added WP Automatic Pro integration for FIFU remote featured images.
    • Fix: Rank Math now preserves query parameters in social image URLs.
    • Fix: Rank Math now detects FIFU alternative text correctly for featured images.
    • Fix: Eliminated repeated FIFU attachment-author database queries to improve performance.
    • Compatibility: Added support for WordPress 7.1.2 and WooCommerce 11.1.2.

  9. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 6.0.8

    • Fix: Security issue reported by the Patchstack team.

  10. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 6.0.7

    • Fix: Database updates can now retry after a failed update.

  11. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 6.0.6

    • Enhancement: Manual metadata generation and cleanup now use a faster browser-driven workflow.
    • Fix: Improved the Clear Metadata tool with more reliable processing and progress reporting.
    • Performance: Improved compatibility with FacetWP to avoid unnecessary image processing.
    • Fix: Remote product images are now handled correctly when duplicating WooCommerce products.
    • Fix: Improved compatibility with themes and plugins that provide WordPress object IDs as numeric strings.
    • Fix: Signed CDN image URLs now work correctly with Unicode characters.
    • Fix: Improved compatibility with block-based editors by preventing conflicting WordPress editor scripts from being loaded.
    • Fix: Improved WoodMart compatibility by preventing remote FIFU images from being processed as local thumbnails.

  12. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 6.0.5

    • Fix: Featured images are now synchronized correctly with third-party plugins that process posts immediately after they are saved.
    • Fix: WooCommerce product featured images no longer disappear after changing a product permalink.

  13. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 6.0.4

  14. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 6.0.3

  15. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 6.0.2

  16. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 6.0.1

  17. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 6.0.0

  18. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 5.3.3

20252 releases

  1. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 5.3.2

  2. Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 5.3.1

Questions about Featured Image from URL (FIFU)’s releases

What is the latest version of Featured Image from URL (FIFU)?

6.1.6, released on Nov 6, 2026 (3 days ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.2 and needs PHP 8.1 or later.

How often is Featured Image from URL (FIFU) updated?

19 releases in the last year, about one every 17 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from November 2025.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Featured Image from URL (FIFU)’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.