Use external uploads folder

Use another WordPress site’s uploads folder on your local environment.

				
					<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^<REPLACE WITH LOCAL URL>$
RewriteRule ^.*/uploads/(.*)$ <REPLACE WITH SEVER URL>/$1 [L,R=301,NC]
</IfModule>
				
			
For example let’s say your server url was https://supercoolsite.com and your local site is just localhost
				
					<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^localhost$
RewriteRule ^.*/uploads/(.*)$ https://supercoolsite.com/wp-content/uploads/$1 [L,R=301,NC]
</IfModule>
				
			

Careful about the slashes

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