PixelVault Image Rescue

Imgur images embedded across your site can break — most recently for UK visitors, when Imgur was geo-blocked. PixelVault Image Rescue fixes this automatically: when a page loads, it rewrites Imgur image links so they load through PixelVault’s rescue proxy, which fetches the image once and serves it from PixelVault’s global edge.

• Instant fix, no account required. Activate the plugin and Imgur images start loading through PixelVault right away.
• Reversible and non-destructive. Rewriting happens at output time only — your posts are never modified. Disable the plugin and the original markup returns untouched.
• Handles src and srcset, in post content, featured images, and widgets. An optional whole-page mode also catches theme-hardcoded images.

Anonymous rescue is durable-cached but not permanent — it re-fetches from Imgur, so it still dies if Imgur deletes the original. Add a free PixelVault API key to Migrate & Own: copy every Imgur image into your own PixelVault project and rewrite your posts to permanent, owned URLs. Migration edits post content (a revision is saved) and is fully reversible.

External services

This plugin connects to PixelVault (https://pixelvault.dev), a third-party image-hosting service, to rehost Imgur images. It uses two PixelVault endpoints:

1. Rescue proxy — Live rescue (always on when enabled)

• What it does: rewrites Imgur image links on your pages to load through PixelVault’s rescue proxy, which fetches each image and serves it from PixelVault’s edge.
• What is sent: only the URLs of Imgur images found on the pages being rendered, sent to the rescue endpoint (default https://img.pixelvault.dev/rescue). No account or key is required.
• When: each time a page containing an Imgur image is rendered.

2. Import API — Migrate & Own (optional, admin-triggered)

• What it does: when you add a PixelVault API key and click Migrate all Imgur images, the plugin imports each Imgur image into your own PixelVault project and rewrites your posts to the resulting permanent URLs.
• What is sent: the Imgur image URLs to import and your PixelVault API key (sent server-side as a Bearer token), to the import endpoint (default https://api.pixelvault.dev/v1/images).
• When: only while you are running a migration or restore from the plugin’s settings screen. Nothing is sent on the front end.

No visitor data and no post content beyond the Imgur image URLs themselves are ever sent. Both endpoints are configurable if you self-host PixelVault.

By using this plugin you agree to PixelVault’s Terms (https://pixelvault.dev/terms) and Privacy Policy (https://pixelvault.dev/privacy).