Title: Automatic Featured Images from Videos Author: webdevstudios Published: July 16, 2014 Last modified: January 19, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/assets/banner-772x250. png?rev=2744400) ![](https://ps.w.org/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/assets/icon-256x256.png? rev=2744400) # Automatic Featured Images from Videos By [webdevstudios](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webdevstudios/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/automatic-featured-images-from-videos.1.2.8.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/) ## Description When placing a YouTube or Vimeo video within the first 4000 characters of a post, the thumbnail of that video will automatically be uploaded and set as the featured image for the post as long as the post does not already have a set featured image. In addition, after setting the video thumbnail as the featured image, an “is_video” post meta field is updated to allow for the use of conditional statements within your loop. [Pluginize](https://pluginize.com/?utm_source=automatic-feat-images&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=wporg) was launched in 2016 by [WebDevStudios](https://webdevstudios.com/) to promote, support, and house all of their [WordPress products](https://pluginize.com/shop/?utm_source=automatic-feat-images&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=wporg). Pluginize is not only creating new products for WordPress all the time, but also provides [ongoing support and development for WordPress community favorites like CPTUI](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/), [CMB2](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cmb2/), and more. ## Installation #### From your WordPress dashboard 1. Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’. 2. Search for ‘Automatic Featured Images from Videos’. 3. Activate Automatic Featured Images from Videos from your Plugins page. #### From WordPress.org 1. Download Automatic Featured Images from Videos. 2. Upload the ‘Automatic Featured Images from Videos’ directory to your ‘/wp-content/ plugins/’ directory. 3. Activate Automatic Featured Images from Videos from your Plugins page. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a595552ff5cd7857473a8647d632907843460520a876a57ae10a1e69512e4576? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[omg!! it works!!! 7/24/2024](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/omg-it-works-7-24-2024/)󠁿 [bigcheesez](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bigcheesez/) July 25, 2024 you just don’t know how much you helped me! i pray that you are blessed with reward!!! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/19ac69598227395a5561713ece855dec5fa9270f63c014b0cb9db9887eb6c08c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Best Plugin Ever!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-plugin-ever-485/)󠁿 [weetameal](https://profiles.wordpress.org/weetameal/) June 6, 2024 1 reply Supprisingly it works with Gravity Form Addon Post Creation plugin too! Automatically set feature image from any link found in the post. Thank you dear developer! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/604a81f43f2f52e77e06fcc11b6811e4fe8af1e6358dbaa3835040c0e50300cd? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Doesn’t support Rumble](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-support-rumble/)󠁿 [braxtonhouse](https://profiles.wordpress.org/braxtonhouse/) January 27, 2024 1 reply Good idea, but doesn’t support Rumble ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1875e3b5e1ef43cd5436c3626a9483111f2dbdcbd8b73fd530e060ab7814c568? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[its beatifull](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/its-beatifull/)󠁿 [Fredbnm](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fredbnm/) September 9, 2023 it was exactly what I needed ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/491b40e6826fa340ff2ab5ae3a60a59bd2c1849e65cd98f65f02732cf8a7521b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin, very effective.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-very-effective-5/)󠁿 [Popcorn Jedi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/max1138/) July 26, 2023 The plugin I’ve been looking for, works great. Please update. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/092bba3b9de93571dde04cca72ba2c2d313d2f8a4486fb649c22f8203860cb5d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Just cool](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/just-cool-7/)󠁿 [wrey75](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wrey75/) February 25, 2022 An essential part of our Wordpress website. Saved hours of work. Thanks very much. [ Read all 36 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Automatic Featured Images from Videos” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ webdevstudios ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webdevstudios/) * [ pluginize ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pluginize/) “Automatic Featured Images from Videos” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Automatic Featured Images from Videos” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/automatic-featured-images-from-videos) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.2.8 * Fixed: reported security vulnerability around bulk processing. #### 1.2.7 * Fixed: more edits around checking for 2 or more items vs 1 item to process * Fixed: Fatal error on Comment screen with add_meta_boxes callback. #### 1.2.6 * Fixed: bulk processing if only 0ne post was found needing processing. Originally needed 2 or more * Fixed: missed textdomain * Bumped required PHP to 7.4 * Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.9 #### 1.2.5 * Updated: added nonce verification to bulk processing cron scheduling request. #### 1.2.4 * Fixed: Better file naming of incoming images, based on youtube/video title value. * Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.6.x #### 1.2.3 * Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.5 #### 1.2.2 * Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.4 * Fixed: PHP notices around video url variables * Updated: removed `www.` from Vimeo endpoints that showed permanent redirect messages. #### 1.2.1 * Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.3 #### 1.2.0 * Added: Support for potentially larger Vimeo images from API response. * Fixed: Various PHP notices and errors. * Updated: Minimum PHP version. * Updated: bumped up default string length to 4000 characters, for URL searching in content. * Updated: exclude user profile URLs from Youtube regex. * Updated: Switched all endpoints to make sure we’re using HTTPS. * Updated: Vimeo endpoint switched to JSON responses. * Updated: Plugin description. #### 1.1.2 * Fixed: Issues with Youtube HEAD request returning 40x errors. #### 1.1.1 * Fixed: Extra forward slash in YouTube URLs that was causing 404 errors when trying to add to media library. #### 1.1.0 * Added: Metabox that displays the found video URL and embed URL. Values saved as post meta. * Added: Pass post ID for the `wds_check_if_content_contains_video` filter. * Added: Filters that allow customization by developers to alter default values. * Added: BETA: Bulk processing of posts for those missing thumbnails from videos. Please report issues found. * Added: BETA: WP-CLI support. * Fixed: Modified the way the vimeo embed URL is returned. * Fixed: Prevent multiple instances of same found image from being uploaded to media library. ## Meta * Version **1.2.8** * Last updated **5 months ago** * Active installations **7,000+** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Languages * [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/), and [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/automatic-featured-images-from-videos) * Tags * [automatic-featured-image](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/automatic-featured-image/) [featured images](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/featured-images/)[video](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/video/) [vimeo](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/vimeo/)[youtube](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/youtube/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.6 out of 5 stars. * [ 31 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 2 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/automatic-featured-images-from-videos/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ webdevstudios ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webdevstudios/) * [ pluginize ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pluginize/) ## Support Got something to say? 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