media_entity_remote_image 8.x-1.1-beta1

Media Remote Image 8.x-1.1-beta1 adds Media Library support, WebP/AVIF URL support, multi-value field fixes, and several UI/UX improvements. It also improves thumbnail handling for existing media and updates the module’s documentation and admin-facing terminology.

Contributors

Nick Hope, Code Knight, freduni, Daniel Lobo

Changelog

Issues: 4 issues resolved.

Changes since 8.x-1.0-beta1 (compare):

Bug

• #3589577: Fix multi-value remote image URL handling.

Feature

• #3367270: Add Media Library support for remote images.
• #3589328: Add WebP and AVIF remote image URL support.

Task

• #3589889: Hide the media Name field by default for Remote image media.
• #3589892: Hide irrelevant inherited Link widget and formatter settings.
• #3589893: Improve Media Remote Image URL help text and validation messages.
• #3589198: Improve thumbnail handling when existing media is re-saved after enabling thumbnail generation.

Additional notes

• Fixed regeneration of thumbnails for older media items using the legacy default placeholder thumbnail.
• Improved internal image path handling, including URL-encoded filenames.
• Improved Media Library display configuration so remote image media uses thumbnail previews.
• Renamed the default source field label to “Image URL”.
• Improved thumbnail generation failure messages.
• Updated admin-facing terminology to “Media Remote Image”.
• Updated README.md documentation for the new behavior and limitations in this release.

Known limitations

• AVIF URL support is included, but AVIF thumbnail generation depends on the site’s image toolkit support. Drupal 11.2 added AVIF support to GDToolkit where the underlying PHP/GD/libgd stack includes AVIF support. Drupal 10 sites or environments without AVIF-capable image tooling may display AVIF images but not generate AVIF thumbnails.
• Existing sites can re-enable the media Name field at /admin/structure/media/manage/remote_image/form-display if editors need to enter names manually.