Is there any way of uploading a media file to WordPress by entering a URL instead of a local file? I tried to search WordPress plugins but with no luck. Is it possible in WordPress to build a plugin that would handle this feature?
How to upload a media file from a remote server to WordPress?
Yes, it’s possible. I was having the same problem but now i found this plugin and it works just fine. its called “remote upload”
here is the link to the file ” http://codecanyon.net/item/remote-upload-wordpress-plugin/3159604 “
I found this plugin
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/remote-images-grabber/
which does the job perfectly
The plugin only uploads image files.
You can (and I think you have been able to for a while). The media library tool was recently just improved in native WP too.
If you click on the add media button above the post creation WYSIWIG editor, there’s a tab for upload from URL.