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Video Thumbnails

Video Thumbnails simplifies the process of automatically displaying video thumbnails in your WordPress template.

Download Version 2.0.2

Video Thumbnails makes it easy to automatically display video thumbnails in your template. When you publish a post, this plugin will find the first video embedded and locate the thumbnail for you. Thumbnails can be saved to your media library and set as a featured image automatically. There's even support for custom post types and custom fields!

Video Thumbnails currently supports these video services:

  • YouTube
  • Vimeo
  • Facebook
  • Blip
  • Justin.tv
  • Dailymotion
  • Metacafe
  • Funny or Die
  • MPORA
  • Wistia
  • Youku
  • CollegeHumor

Video Thumbnails even works with most video embedding plugins, including:

Some functions are available to advanced users who want to customize their theme:

  • <?php video_thumbnail(); ?> will echo a thumbnail URL or the default image located at wp-content/plugins/video-thumbnails/default.jpg if a thumbnail cannot be found. Here is an example: <img src="<?php video_thumbnail(); ?>" width="300" />
  • <?php $video_thumbnail = get_video_thumbnail(); ?> will return the thumbnail URL or return NULL if none is found. In this example, a thumbnail is only shown if one is found: <?php if( ( $video_thumbnail = get_video_thumbnail() ) != null ) { echo "<img src='" . $video_thumbnail . "' />"; } ?>

Requires: 3.1 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.5.1
Last Updated: 2013-5-13
Downloads: 108,893

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