How to install and configure the Stage File Proxy module to serve remote images on your local Drupal site.
As this module is only going to be needed on pre-production sites, it would be
better to configure this within your settings.php or settings.local.php file. We
do this using the $conf array which removes the need to configure the module
through the UI and store the values in the database.
// File proxy to the live site.
$conf['stage_file_proxy_origin'] = 'http://www.example.com';
// Don't copy the files, just link to them.
$conf['stage_file_proxy_hotlink'] = TRUE;
// Image style images are the wrong size otherwise.
$conf['stage_file_proxy_use_imagecache_root'] = FALSE;If the origin site is not publicly accessible yet, maybe it’s a pre-live or staging site, and protected with a basic access authentication, you can include the username and password within the origin URL.
$conf['stage_file_proxy_origin'] = 'http://user:[email protected]';