Remote Media Fallback

Remote Media Fallback A single-file must-use WordPress plugin for local development sites. Existing uploads remain local; missing files are fetched from the configured production site and streamed without being stored permanently. Credit This project was inspired by Bill Erickson's BE Media from Production, which solves the same local-development problem by rewriting missing media URLs to their production equivalents. Remote Media Fallback takes a different approach: it keeps media requests on the local origin and fetches missing files server-side with an identifying user agent. This works around SiteDistrict's firewall behavior and may also help with other firewalls that block embedded cross-origin media. Thank you to Bill Erickson for the original idea and plugin. Install Copy remote-media-fallback.php directly into wp-content/mu-plugins, then add the production site URL to wp-config.php: The local web server must route missing upload requests through WordPress. Development Symlink the main file into a test site's MU-plugin directory: Run the dependency-free checks with: Distribution Publish remote-media-fallback.php and its SHA-256 checksum as release assets. The inst