7 versions
External Images history.
Every release of External Images is archived here with its changelog, file size, and security scan result. Use the archive to roll back to a stable release or audit what changed between updates.
6 of 7 releases scanned clean
v3.42Latest
July 29, 20261.7 MBScanned
Fixed
- the zoom and lightbox button disappearing after selecting a variation on a variable product.
- the lightbox opening a variation image at the wrong size after switching variation.
Other
- The hover magnifier now activates based on each image's real width, measured once the image loads.
- The placeholder used when an image URL carries no dimensions now matches your store's configured single-product image width.
July 27, 20261.7 MBScanned
Fixed
- clicking a product image opened the lightbox on a black screen. External images were published as 0 pixels wide, and WooCommerce's built-in PhotoSwipe lightbox sizes the enlarged image from that width, so it rendered at nothing. Affects the native WooCommerce gallery used by Divi and most other themes
- the hover magnifier never activated on external images, for the same reason - WooCommerce only binds it when the image is wider than the gallery container
Other
- Image dimensions are now taken from the image URL wherever the CDN or feed encodes them (`-800x600.jpg`, `?width=1500`, `?w=640&h=480`, Cloudinary `w_1200,h_800` and similar). When the URL says nothing, a placeholder in your store's own product aspect ratio is used instead. Neither costs a remote request, so imports and page loads stay as fast as before
- The exact size is corrected in the browser once each image loads, so the lightbox opens at the image's true aspect ratio
- Existing products are fixed automatically. A stored width of 0 is now treated as *unknown* and recalculated when it is read, rather than being trusted and published
Added
- filters `ei_getimagesize`, `ei_placeholder_image_size` and `ei_configured_image_ratio` for overriding the published dimensions
v3.35Unavailable
May 27, 20261.6 MBScanned
Added
- new postmeta filter to add front-end gallery compatibility to latest Houzez theme - they no longer use metabox for their metadata
v3.33Unavailable
May 6, 20261.6 MBScanned
Added
- full namespacing for plugin update checker to prevent conflicts with 3rd party plugins
v3.31Unavailable
December 24, 2025286.3 KBUnknown
* Further improvements for image galleries, variation galleries and all ways of saving, updating or importing images to prevent duplicate entries in database
v3.32Unavailable
November 15, 2025292.5 KBScanned
Removed
- code for checking for and deleting orphans - this can be handled through a KB article instead as it's a one-off job to clean up data
Why archive
Sometimes the latest release isn't the one you need. The archive lets you pin External Images to a known-good version, or roll back while a bug is investigated. Every release stays scanned and reachable.