Once in a while, along comes a really cool plugin that I find myself getting hooked on. One of the most recent ones is Grab & Save. It’s so simple it’s brilliant (by the way, have you noticed how brilliant stuff are usually simple? But that’s for another post). Using Grab & Save, instead of downloading an image to your computer, edit it and then upload it to WordPress, you simply tell it where the URL of the photo is. It will grab a copy of that image, save it to your own web server and you can manipulate, edit and add it to your post in the usual way.
Now, remember we said simple? I’ve been doing that download/edit/upload song and dance for so long I didn’t think it was that bad. But after trying out Grab & Save, I would be rather insane to do that again. Not only does it make things easy but oh my does it cut down the steps and saves so many minutes/seconds in between and you know I love automation.
By using this plugin, you:
- No longer have to download an image to your computer (saving some bandwidth for those of us who have ISPs who limit our usage)
- No longer have to launch that image editor to crop an image
- No longer have to re-upload that image to your site (again saving you some bandwidth and not to mention time spent hunting for the photo)
- No longer have to delete that image from your computer (more time saving – keeps you clutter free too)
Yes it does look like you won’t help much but I challenge you to give it a go. Finally, I’d like to thank Michel Fortin for making me aware of the plugin.
If you’d like to see the plugin in action, here’s a video.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3D3NzZcBq0[/youtube]
Photo by kennymatic