Title: Smart Image Importer
Author: Webdiggers
Published: <strong>7 september 2025</strong>
Last modified: 7 september 2025

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Deze plugin **is niet getest met de laatste 3 grotere versies van WordPress**. Mogelijk
wordt het niet meer onderhouden of ondersteund. Ook kunnen er compatibiliteitsproblemen
ontstaan wanneer het wordt gebruikt met recentere versies van WordPress.

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# Smart Image Importer

 Door [Webdiggers](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anmol12345/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/smart-image-importer.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-image-importer/#description)
 * [Beoordelingen](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-image-importer/#reviews)
 *  [Installatie](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-image-importer/#installation)
 * [Ontwikkeling](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-image-importer/#developers)

 [Ondersteuning](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-image-importer/)

## Beschrijving

Smart Image Importer automatically fetches and saves all external image URLs used
in your posts and pages, including those added via popular page builders like Elementor
and WPBakery. This helps improve SEO, loading speed, and keeps your content future-
proof by hosting all images locally.

**Automatically import and replace external image URLs with local copies.**

Smart Image Importer helps you speed up your site, improve SEO, and gain full control
over your post and page images by downloading third-party/external images into your
WordPress Media Library.

🔹 **Key Features**

 * Automatically detects and downloads external images in post/page content and 
   metadata
 * Compatible with most editors including Gutenberg, Elementor, WPBakery
 * Replaces image URLs with local WordPress-hosted URLs
 * Manual bulk fix option (no automatic run on activation)
 * AJAX-based processing for smoother performance
 * Helps with SEO and performance by eliminating hotlinked images

🔹 **Perfect For:**

 * Blog owners using copied content with external images
 * SEOs optimizing for image indexing and page speed
 * Anyone wanting full control over image hosting

### License

This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later.

## Installatie

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/smart-image-importer` directory,
    or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
 3. Go to **Tools > Smart Image Importer** to manually run the image import process.

## FAQ

### Does this plugin run automatically?

No, the plugin does not run on activation. You must manually run it via the admin
page to avoid unexpected content modifications.

### Will this work with page builders like Elementor or WPBakery?

Yes! It scans metadata and content structures compatible with most popular builders.

### Will it import images for custom post types?

Currently, it supports only **posts** and **pages**. Custom post type support is
coming soon.

### Is this safe for large sites?

Yes, the plugin uses AJAX-based background processing to prevent timeouts. But always
take a backup before bulk operations.

## Beoordelingen

Er zijn geen beoordelingen voor deze plugin.

## Bijdragers & ontwikkelaars

“Smart Image Importer” is open source software. De volgende personen hebben bijgedragen
aan deze plugin.

Bijdragers

 *   [ Webdiggers ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anmol12345/)

[Vertaal “Smart Image Importer” in je eigen taal.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/smart-image-importer)

### Interesse in ontwikkeling?

[Bekijk de code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-image-importer/),
haal de [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/smart-image-importer/)
op, of abonneer je op het [ontwikkellog](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/smart-image-importer/)
via [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/smart-image-importer/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Initial release
 * Supports posts and pages
 * AJAX-based manual importer
 * Elementor and Gutenberg compatible

## Meta

 *  Versie **1.0**
 *  Laatst geüpdatet **1 jaar geleden**
 *  Actieve installaties **10+**
 *  WordPress versie ** 5.0 of nieuwer **
 *  Getest t/m **6.8.10**
 *  PHP versie ** 7.4 of nieuwer **
 *  Taal
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/smart-image-importer/)
 * Tags
 * [image importer](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image-importer/)[image optimization](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image-optimization/)
 *  [Geavanceerde weergave](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-image-importer/advanced/)

## Waarderingen

Er zijn nog geen beoordelingen ingediend.

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[Bekijk alle beoordelingen](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-image-importer/reviews/)

## Bijdragers

 *   [ Webdiggers ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anmol12345/)

## Ondersteuning

Iets te melden? Hulp nodig?

 [Het supportforum bekijken](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-image-importer/)

## Doneren

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