2021-10-12

    PHP

    programming language
    Fixing "PHP Warning: file_get_contents(): https:// wrapper is disabled in the server configuration by allow_url_fopen=0", which prevents "Auto set featured media using web page address" from working:
    1) Access cPanel, MultiPHP INI Editor and enable "allow_url_fopen".
    2021-09-27

    Apache

    web server
    FIFU settings don't work due 301 (Moved Permanently) POST followed by 404 (Not Found) GET.
    1) open .htaccess file and replace 301 by 307;
    2) restart Apache.
    2021-07-29

    Wordpress Automatic Plugin

    plugin
    Posts created by WP Automatic have no featured image.
    x) please contact its support, because WP Automatic is responsible for saving image URLs in FIFU custom fields.
    2021-07-05

    Facebook

    social networking
    Facebook doesn't share an INTERNAL featured image and the Sharing Debugger informs: "Provided og:image URL, ... could not be processed as an image because it has an invalid content type".
    1) make sure the image can be embedded externally. Because if your site tries to protect the image, for instance redirecting to another address, the image may not be accessed by the social media.
    2021-06-28

    Octolooks Scrapes

    plugin
    Using external featured images.
    1) access "Scrapes > All Scrapes > Actions > Edit > POST > CUSTOM FIELDS";
    2) set "fifu_image_url" for "Name";
    3) for "Value", click on the icon and select the featured image;
    4) set "src" for "Attribute";
    5) make sure "POST > FEATURED IMAGE > Value" is empty;
    6) save.
    2021-06-23

    Domain

    address
    Images missing due domain change.
    1) run this SQL command: UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = REPLACE(meta_value, 'https://domain/', 'https://newdomain/') WHERE meta_key = 'fifu_image_url' AND meta_value LIKE '%//domain/%';
    2) run Metadata > Clean Metadata;
    3) enable Metadata > Image Metadata.
    2021-06-15

    Feed

    XML
    XML parsing error: duplicate attribute xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/".
    1) the first attribute is added by FIFU (Media RSS Tags) and the duplicated one by another component you have installed on your site, such as Rank Math SEO plugin. Find and disable the option that is adding the duplicated attribute, otherwise services like Google News may not find your images.
    2021-04-17

    Rey + Rey Core

    theme + plugin
    Product gallery doesn't work correctly.
    1) enable "FIFU Settings > WooCommerce > FIFU Product Gallery";
    2) access "Appearance > your theme > Customize > Additional CSS";
    3) add:
        div.rey-productSummary {justify-content:unset !important}
        div.fifu-woo-gallery {padding: 20px !important}
    4) publish.
    2021-04-03

    Woodmart

    theme
    Product gallery doesn't work correctly. Two possible solutions:
    a) run "FIFU Settings > Metadata > Save Image Dimensions";
    b) enable "FIFU Settings > WooCommerce > FIFU Product Gallery".
    2021-02-24

    YITH WooCommerce Badge Management

    plugin
    Badge is not being displayed when FIFU Product Gallery is enabled:
    1) access "Appearance > your theme > Customize > Additional CSS";
    2) add:
        .yith-wcbm-badge {z-index: 11}
    3) publish.
    2021-02-19

    Gillion

    theme
    Theme hover effects are blocking featured video commands:
    1) access "Appearance > Gillion > Customize > Additional CSS";
    2) add:
        .fifu_wrapper ~ a.post-lightbox {display: none !important;}
        div.post-thumbnail > a.post-overlay {display: none;}
    3) publish.
    2021-01-12

    Avada

    theme
    Procut gallery has style issues:
    1) access "Avada Settings > WooCommerce > WooCommerce Product Images Layout";
    2) select "WooCommerce" instead of "Avada";
    3) click on "Save Changes".
    2020-12-03

    Rehub

    theme
    Featured slider is too big for Rehub sticky bar:
    1) access "Appearance > Rehub > Customize > Additional CSS";
    2) add:
        div.float-panel-woo-image > div.fifu-slider {max-width: 100px;}
    3) publish.
    2020-10-16

    Facebook

    social networking
    Facebook doesn't share a featured image:
    1) access https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/;
    2) enter your post URL in the field (Facebook will clean its cache);
    3) if Facebook shows your featured image, try to share the post again;
    4) but if Facebook finds a different image, you probably have another component (plugin/theme) that is creating an og:image tag for a default image. Find out the component and check if it's possible to disable the default image.
    2020-10-05

    "Warning: ..."

    message
    Warning on frontend after activating FIFU. Two possible solutions:
    a) open wp-config.php and before "Happy publishing" line add:
    define('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false);
    b) look for ".../themes/[slug]/..." or ".../plugins/[slug]/..." in the message. The slug refers to the component responsible for the warning. Then please contact its developer informing the message and also that you are using FIFU, a plugin for external featured images. Warnings are usually easy to solve and happen because the component wasn't expecting for an external featured image.
    2020-10-01

    Divi

    theme
    External featured images are not being shown:
    1) deactivate "Divi > Theme Options > General > Enable Responsive Images".
    2020-09-23

    Facebook

    social networking
    The featured image is being cropped when the post is shared in a Facebook page:
    x) there is no local solution and the issue happens even with internal featured images. Facebook pages expect 600x314px images and it will automatically crop images with a different aspect ratio. You may contact Facebook support and ask for changes.
    2020-09-21

    WooCommerce

    plugin
    Zoom doesn't work:
    1) it normally happens when you use small images. Your image dimensions should be greater than the gallery dimensions.
    2020-08-27

    WP Super Cache

    plugin
    Images not visible after cleaning and generating FIFU metadata:
    1) click on "Delete Cache".
    2020-08-26

    WordPress

    The image URL is not in the feed:
    1) enable "FIFU Settings > Social > Media RSS Tags";
    2) for single posts (only) it's necessary to add "?withoutcomments=1" in the end of the feed URL.
    2020-08-25

    Flatsome

    theme
    WooCommerce lightbox doesn't work. Two possible solutions:
    a) run "FIFU Settings > Metadata > Save Image Dimensions";
    b) select "Flatsome > Customize > WooCommerce > Product Page > Gallery > Product Image Lightbox > Flatsome Lightbox".
    2020-08-13

    WooCommerce REST API

    API
    The import of hundreds of thousands of products isn't fast enough:
    1) deactivate FIFU;
    2) import the products using the API;
    3) activate FIFU;
    4) run Metadata > Clean Metadata;
    5) enable Metadata > Image Metadata.
    2020-07-26

    Gema Lite

    theme
    Style issue with featured videos:
    1) enable "FIFU Settings > Lazy Load";
    2) disable "FIFU Settings > Video > Video Thumbnail";
    3) access "Appearance > Gema Lite > Customize > Additional CSS";
    4) add:
        div.entry-featured > img.fifu-video {width:100%;}
        div.card__image-wrap div {position:absolute;top:0;height:100%;}
        div.fifu_wrapper + img {display:none;};
    5) publish.
    2020-06-18

    Unyson

    plugin
    "There has been a critical error on your website" message:
    1) open "unyson/framework/helpers/class-fw-resize.php";
    2) search for the line that contains "$saved['file']";
    3) add "if(!is_array($saved))return;" immediately above that.
    2020-06-03

    Klb Shortcode

    plugin
    Featured image not shown on carousel:
    1) open "klb-shortcode/inc/klb-shortcode.php";
    2) search for "$imageresize = dealsdot_resize( $image_src";
    3) add "$imageresize = $imageresize ? $imageresize : $image_src;" immediately below that.
    2020-06-01

    Zapier (+YouTube)

    service
    Setting featured video automatically:
    1) access "FIFU Settings > Automatic > Auto set featured media from post content";
    2) enable "use the found image/video as featured image";
    3) enable "hide the image/video from content";
    4) access "Zapier > Make a Zap", select YouTube as the first app and configure as you want;
    5) select WordPress as the second app;
    6) click on "Choose Action Event", select "Create Post" and "Continue";
    7) select your "WordPress account" and "Continue";
    8) on "Customize Post", click on "Content" and select "Embed URL";
    9) put the "Embed URL" in an iframe tag: <iframe src="Embed URL"></iframe>
    2020-05-31

    Publisher

    theme
    The theme lightbox doesn't work:
    x) there is no solution for now. It seems the lightbox only works with image addresses (internal or external) that contains "/wp-content/uploads/". You may contact the theme developer and ask him to remove the restriction.
    2020-05-20

    Bimber

    theme
    Home page images have different heights:
    1) enable "FIFU Settings > Featured image > Same Height";
    2) access "Selector" tab and add two selectors: "ul.g1-featured-items" and "ul.g1-collection-items";
    3) access "Size Ratio" tab and set "16:9".
    2020-05-17

    BuddyForms

    plugin
    Adding "featured image" field to the form:
    1) open the form editor;
    2) select "Form Builder > Select Field Type > Url";
    3) click on "+ Add Field" button;
    4) a new field "Url" will be shown. Click on "Edit";
    5) set "Featured image" for "Label";
    6) set "Image URL" for "Description";
    7) click on "Advanced";
    8) set "fifu_image_url" for "Slug";
    9) update.
    * for a "featured video" field, use the same steps above, but replacing "image" by "video".
    2020-05-10

    Avada

    theme
    The video controls don't work on WooCommerce product gallery:
    1) access "Appearance > Avada > Customize > Additional CSS";
    2) add ".avada-product-gallery .avada-product-gallery-lightbox-trigger {position:unset;}";
    3) publish.
    2020-05-09

    Post Sliders & Post Grids

    plugin
    The post grid doesn't show external featured images:
    x) there is no solution for now. "Post Sliders & Post Grids" only shows a featured image if that is stored in the media library. You may contact the author or install an alternative plugin, like this.
    2020-05-01

    WooCommerce

    plugin
    Product gallery thumbnails have different heights:
    1) enable "FIFU Settings > Featured image > Same Height";
    2) access "Selector" tab and add "ol.flex-control-thumbs".
    2020-04-20

    Elementor

    plugin
    Video controls not accessible for "Posts" element, when configured as "Layout > Skin > Cards":
    1) access "Style > Card > Hover Effect";
    2) select "None".
    2020-04-03

    Elementor

    plugin
    Showing an external featured image/video:
    1) open the default WordPress editor;
    2) add the image URL into "Featured image" field (or the video URL into "Featured video");
    3) click on "Edit with Elementor" button;
    4) search for the "Featured Image" widget;
    5) just drag the widget (no edition required).
    2020-04-02

    WordPress

    Removing the references to the internal featured images for all posts that have an external featured image as well:
    1) run this SQL command: DELETE FROM wp_postmeta WHERE meta_key = '_thumbnail_id' AND post_id IN (SELECT post_id FROM (SELECT post_id FROM wp_postmeta WHERE meta_key = 'fifu_image_url') AS x);
    2) enable "FIFU settings > Metadata > Clean Metadata";
    3) enable "Image Metadata".
    2020-03-10

    Orienko

    theme
    Video lightbox isn't shown ("n.fancybox.getInstance is not a function" error):
    1) access "orienko/includes/head-media.php";
    2) remove the line that contains "wp_enqueue_script( 'fancybox".
    2020-03-09

    Google Chrome | Firefox

    web browsers
    Avoiding "Connection not secure" message:
    1) use only https image URLs.
    2020-03-04

    Essential Grid

    plugin
    Showing external videos:
    1) access "Ess. Grid > Editor / Preview";
    2) for each video access "Edit Post Meta > Choose Specific Skin", select "YoutubeStream" or "VimeoStream" and click on "Save Post Meta".
    2019-01-30

    WooCommerce

    plugin
    Adding external "Product Image" and "Product Gallery" via SQL:
    1) enable "FIFU Settings > Metadata > Schedule Metadata Generation";
    2) run the SQL. Example: "insert into wp_postmeta (post_id, meta_key, meta_value) values (12345, 'fifu_list_url', 'URL1|URL2|URL3|URL4')"
    * the first URL is for the featured image and the others for the gallery
    2020-01-19

    WP All Import

    plugin
    Importing Variable Products to WooCommerce:
    1) you should choose one of these options during the import:
    - "All my variable products have SKUs or some other unique identifier. Each variation is linked to its parent with its parent's SKU or other unique identifier.";
    - "All variations for a particular product have the same title as the parent product."
    Options where the parent is created automatically won't work well.
    Avoiding updates on unchanged image data:
    1) access "WP All Import > Import Settings";
    2) select "Update existing posts/products with changed data in your file > Choose which data to update";
    3) uncheck "Images" (otherwise WP All Import will delete the image metadata and FIFU will need to create that again);
    4) select "Custom Fields > Update only these Custom Fields, leave the rest alone".
    2020-01-18

    Ajax Load More

    plugin
    Loading external featured videos:
    1) check "Ajax Load More > Settings > Disable CSS".
    2020-01-17

    Multisite Post Duplicator

    plugin
    Duplicating post and external featured image:
    1) enable "FIFU Settings > Metadata > Schedule Metadata Generation";
    2) access "Multisite Post Duplicator Settings";
    3) disable "Copy featured image when duplicating";
    4) disable "Copy post content images to destination media library";
    5) set "_thumbnail_id" for "Post Meta to ignore".
    2019-12-22

    Jetpack

    plugin
    Showing external images on "Related Posts":
    x) there is no local solution. Jetpack Related Posts documentation informs: "we do all the analysis, processing, and serving from our cloud". It means Jetpack would need to adapt its web service to work with the images provided by FIFU. So you may contact Jetpack support or install an alternative plugin for Related Posts, like this.
    2019-12-12

    PHP

    programming language
    Fixing fatal error "Allowed memory size of [...] bytes exhausted (tried to allocate [...] bytes) in /var/www/html/wp-includes/wp-db.php":
    1) open /var/www/html/wp-config.php file;
    2) add this code before "Happy publishing" line: define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '2048M');
    Fixing fatal error "Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /var/www/html/wp-includes/wp-db.php":
    1) open /var/www/html/wp-config.php file;
    2) add this code before "Happy publishing" line: set_time_limit(1800);
    2019-10-28

    https

    protocol
    Replacing http URLs by https:
    1) run this SQL command: UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_value = REPLACE(meta_value, 'http://', 'https://') WHERE meta_key = 'fifu_image_url' AND meta_value LIKE '%site.com%';
    2) run "FIFU settings > Metadata > Clean Metadata";
    3) enable "Image Metadata".
    * replace site.com by the domain of the URLs you want to update
    2019-10-09

    Ecome

    theme
    Showing the external featured images:
    1) open "ecome/framework/framework.php";
    2) search for and remove "&& file_exists( $actual_file_path )".
    2019-10-02

    WPML Multilingual CMS + Translation Management

    plugins
    Copying the external featured image to the translation:
    1) access "WPML > Settings > Custom Fields Translation";
    2) search for "fifu_image_url", choose "Copy" and save;
    3) if you use FIFU premium, enable "Metadata > Schedule Metadata Generation". That's all;
    4) but if you use the free version, after the translation post is created, access the post editor and click on "Update" button.
    2019-09-27

    Nelio External Featured Image (discontinued)

    plugin
    Importing image URLs to FIFU:
    0) make a backup (you might want to revert the changes later);
    1) deactivate Nelio;
    2) run this SQL command: INSERT INTO wp_postmeta (post_id, meta_key, meta_value) SELECT * FROM (SELECT post_id, 'fifu_image_url' AS meta_key, SUBSTRING_INDEX(SUBSTRING_INDEX(meta_value, '"', 2), '"', -1) AS meta_value FROM wp_postmeta WHERE meta_key = '_nelioefi_first_image') pm WHERE meta_value <> '';
    3) run "FIFU settings > Metadata > Clean Metadata";
    4) enable "Image Metadata".
    2019-09-25

    WP Telegram (Auto Post and Notifications)

    plugin
    Sharing external featured images on Telegram:
    1) just enable "Featured Image" toggle on WP Telegram.
    2019-09-13

    Toolset Forms + Toolset Types

    plugins
    Adding "Featured image" field to an external post form:
    1) add a new "Custom Fields Group";
    2) add a new "Field";
    3) set "fifu_image_url" for "Field slug".