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WP: Insert attachment from URL
<?php
/**
* Insert an attachment from a URL address.
*
* @param string $url The URL address.
* @param int|null $parent_post_id The parent post ID (Optional).
* @return int|false The attachment ID on success. False on failure.
*/
function wp_insert_attachment_from_url( $url, $parent_post_id = null ) {
if ( ! class_exists( 'WP_Http' ) ) {
require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-http.php';
}
$http = new WP_Http();
$response = $http->request( $url );
if ( 200 !== $response['response']['code'] ) {
return false;
}
$upload = wp_upload_bits( basename( $url ), null, $response['body'] );
if ( ! empty( $upload['error'] ) ) {
return false;
}
$file_path = $upload['file'];
$file_name = basename( $file_path );
$file_type = wp_check_filetype( $file_name, null );
$attachment_title = sanitize_file_name( pathinfo( $file_name, PATHINFO_FILENAME ) );
$wp_upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();
$post_info = array(
'guid' => $wp_upload_dir['url'] . '/' . $file_name,
'post_mime_type' => $file_type['type'],
'post_title' => $attachment_title,
'post_content' => '',
'post_status' => 'inherit',
);
// Create the attachment.
$attach_id = wp_insert_attachment( $post_info, $file_path, $parent_post_id );
// Include image.php.
require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php';
// Generate the attachment metadata.
$attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $file_path );
// Assign metadata to attachment.
wp_update_attachment_metadata( $attach_id, $attach_data );
return $attach_id;
}
@inquota
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inquota commented Dec 9, 2016

Needed this, nice one!! Thanks ;-).

@SuperSpe
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SuperSpe commented May 9, 2017

very useful and works like a charm!
thanks

@komalghai
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Thanks! working well

@henrisusanto
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supercool!

@OksanaRomaniv
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Great! Helped me a lot. Thank you!

@raquelmsmith
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Worked like a charm! Thanks for the great snippet.

@sagar123123
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can i use path which is outside from my sever.

@lowrains
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that really did the job right :) thanks

@combatwombat
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Works perfectly, thanks :)

@coder054
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coder054 commented Mar 9, 2019

It worked with url with format: name.jpg, name.png ...
Not worked with url format look like:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTDzrO9gxiS8hLYHKAH2AOfTAVGGQgtSkWUafoCApCIZ1vy1zo4
Also It's only add to media library, not attach to the post

@juanRabaa
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The $http->request( $url ) can return a WP_Error, so the if on line 20 will throw a Fatal Error when trying to use the WP_Error as an array.
Adding a is_wp_error check before could be a solution
if( is_wp_error( $response ) || $response['response']['code'] != 200 )

@otabekgh
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otabekgh commented Jul 8, 2019

It worked with url with format: name.jpg, name.png ...
Not worked with url format look like:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTDzrO9gxiS8hLYHKAH2AOfTAVGGQgtSkWUafoCApCIZ1vy1zo4
Also It's only add to media library, not attach to the post

public function download_attachment($post_id, $attachment_url)
{
if (filter_var($attachment_url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) !== FALSE) {

        $upload_dir = wp_upload_dir();
        $image_data = file_get_contents($attachment_url);
        $filename = $post_id . '_' . rand(10000, 99999) . '.jpg';
        if (wp_mkdir_p($upload_dir['path'])) {
            $file = $upload_dir['path'] . '/' . $filename;
        } else {
            $file = $upload_dir['basedir'] . '/' . $filename;
        }
        file_put_contents($file, $image_data);
        $wp_filetype = wp_check_filetype($filename, null);
        $attachment = array(
            'guid' => $upload_dir['url'] . '/' . $filename,
            'post_mime_type' => $wp_filetype['type'],
            'post_title' => sanitize_file_name($filename),
            'post_content' => '',
            'post_type' => 'listing_type',
            'post_status' => 'inherit',
        );
        $attach_id = wp_insert_attachment($attachment, $file);
        require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php');
        $attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $file);
        wp_update_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $attach_data);
        return $attach_id;
    }
}

@loxK
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loxK commented Oct 29, 2019

I would simply use for images media_sideload_image( $file, $post_id, $desc = null, $return = 'html' )

Or this for other attachments:

function add_attachment_from_url( $file ) {
        $file_array         = array();
        $file_array['name'] = wp_basename( $file );

        // Download file to temp location.
        $file_array['tmp_name'] = download_url( $file );

        // If error storing temporarily, return the error.
        if ( is_wp_error( $file_array['tmp_name'] ) ) {
            return $file_array['tmp_name'];
        }

        // Do the validation and storage stuff.
        $id = media_handle_sideload( $file_array, 0, null );

        return $id;
    }

@kylehi2222
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I'd be so very grateful if you could give me the snippet for uploading videos to the media attachment. I'm using a external uploader and saving the data to a form field, which saves the URL to the custom field and then executes the above function but it doesn't seem to work.

`add_action('cred_save_data', 'my_save_data_action',10,2);
function my_save_data_action($post_id, $form_data)
{
// if a specific form
if ($form_data['id']==3799810)
{
if (isset($_POST['wpcf-original-video']))
{
$file = $_POST['wpcf-original-video'];
function add_attachment_from_url( $file ) {
$file_array = array();
$file_array['name'] = wp_basename( $file );

    	// Download file to temp location.
    	$file_array['tmp_name'] = download_url( $file );

    	// If error storing temporarily, return the error.
    	if ( is_wp_error( $file_array['tmp_name'] ) ) {
        return $file_array['tmp_name'];
    	}

    	// Do the validation and storage stuff.
    	$id = media_handle_sideload( $file_array, 0, null );

		add_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-attached-video-id', $id, true);

    	}
}

}
}`

@amirhp-com
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amirhp-com commented Jan 16, 2021

Hey there, I'm using following functions to set Woo-commerce featured image 👍

$product = wc_get_product( $product_id);
$image_id = media_sideload_image("$img_url_base/main.jpg", $product->get_id(), $product->get_title(), 'id');
if (!is_wp_error($image_id) && is_numeric($image_id)){
   $product->set_image_id($image_id); // add featured image of product
   $product->save();
}

@arixwap
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arixwap commented Jan 29, 2021

Thankyou!
Very useful

@eyeofthenyte
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I'm really new to this but was wondering where I should insert this snippet into? Another file or save the whole php file into a certain folder.

@khoanguyen1b
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Works perfectly, thanks bro ^^

@diogenesjup
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Very very very nice work!
Thanks bro!

@zohaib87
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zohaib87 commented Feb 4, 2022

Thanks alot!!!

@FabioMontenegro
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Genial, funcionó perfecto!!!! Gracias

@integritive
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This is killer. Thank you!

@sebastopolys
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if facing function error. you need to include these two files.

    include(ABSPATH . "wp-includes/pluggable.php");
    include_once( ABSPATH . '/wp-admin/includes/image.php' );

In addition add a slash to the class instance if you are on a namespaced class

$http = new \WP_Http();

@juanRabaa
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if facing function error. you need to include these two files.

    include(ABSPATH . "wp-includes/pluggable.php");
    include_once( ABSPATH . '/wp-admin/includes/image.php' );

In addition add a slash to the class instance if you are on a namespaced class

$http = new \WP_Http();

I've haven't work with Wordpress in quite a while, but if I'm not mistaken, if you are facing this issue its because you are running the script somewhere where the necessary wordpress functions are not being included. The solution shouldn't be to include the scripts manually, but to run it in the correct environment. Whish I could be of more help, but I'm rusty with Wordpress atm .

@7iquid
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7iquid commented Oct 8, 2023

hand down thanks

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