WordPress plugin # Keep your broken images working — in one click. Images hotlinked from Imgur, imgbox, and Discord break when the host blocks, deletes, 503s, or expires them. **PixelVault Image Rescue** fixes Imgur and imgbox instantly, then — if you want — copies any of them into storage you own so they never break again. [Install from WordPress.org](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pixelvault-image-rescue/) [See how it works](#how) Free · GPL-licensed · No account required to start  ## Rescue now, own later Included, on by default ### Live rescue — the instant fix Activate the plugin and your Imgur and imgbox images load again. The plugin rewrites their `src`/`srcset` at output time to load through PixelVault's rescue proxy, which fetches each image once and serves it from our global CDN after that. Your posts are never touched — disable the plugin and the original markup returns. No account needed. Optional, with a free key ### Migrate & own — the permanent fix Add a free PixelVault API key and click _Migrate all at-risk images_. The plugin copies every Imgur, imgbox, and Discord image into your own project and rewrites your posts to permanent, owned CDN URLs that keep working even if the original host deletes or expires the source. A revision is saved per edit, and one click restores the originals. ## Which image hosts it rescues ### Imgur Geo-blocked for UK visitors under the Online Safety Act, and quietly deletes images. **Live rescue + Migrate & Own.** ### imgbox Throwing intermittent 503s with shutdown rumours swirling. **Live rescue + Migrate & Own.** ### Discord CDN Attachment links now expire, so nothing can re-fetch a dead one. **Migrate & Own** copies them into hosting you own while they still work. ## How it works 1. 1 ### Install & activate From **Plugins → Add New**, search "PixelVault Image Rescue", install, and activate. Live rescue turns on automatically. 2. 2 ### Images come back Every hotlinked Imgur and imgbox image on your site now loads through a CDN that isn't blocked or down — including for UK visitors. The first view rehosts it; every view after is straight from the edge. 3. 3 ### Own them (optional) In **Settings → Image Rescue**, paste a free API key and migrate. Your Imgur, imgbox, and Discord images become permanent URLs in a project you control. Fully reversible. ## Built to be un-scary ### Non-destructive Live rescue changes nothing in your database — it rewrites links as the page is sent to the browser. Turn it off and everything reverts. ### Reversible migration Migrating saves a post revision per edit and ships a Restore button that puts the original URLs back. ### Narrow & validated The rescue endpoint only accepts Imgur and imgbox URLs — a continuity tool, not an open proxy. Every file is validated and SVGs are sandboxed. ## Stop losing images to someone else's outage Install the free plugin and your Imgur and imgbox images come back today — and migrate Discord images before their links expire. When you're ready, own them all for good. New to the problem? Read the [WordPress walkthrough](/blog/imgur-images-not-loading-wordpress) or the [UK-block deep dive](/blog/fix-uk-blocked-imgur-images). [Get it on WordPress.org](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pixelvault-image-rescue/)