Title: Featured Image from YouTube
Author: davidfcarr
Published: March 8, 2021
Last modified: October 2, 2025
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# Featured Image from YouTube
By [davidfcarr](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidfcarr/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/featured-image-from-youtube.1.6.zip)
* [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-from-youtube/#description)
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## Description
When a post, page, or other WordPress document includes an embedded YouTube video,
this plugin will let you fetch the thumbnail or preview image of the video from
the YouTube service and install it as the featured image.
If the post includes multiple video clips, you can choose which one should be featured.
Several resolutions are supported, from Max Resolution (looks best on themes that
feature a large version of the image) to smaller thumbnails that are fine for post
listings.
This can be useful for improving the display of blog posts in listings that display
the featured image, whether as a thumbnail or a larger image.
The plugin was created partly for the purpose of improving the recent post listings
as they are displayed in MailPoet newsletters.
If you do a lot of posts built around YouTube videos, this plugin saves time compared
with downloading the preview image and adding it to your post, or adding an alternate
featured image.
You retain the option of adding a different featured image if the version from YouTube
is not ideal.
### Credits
```
RSVPMaker
Copyright (C) 2021 David F. Carr
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
See the GNU General Public License at .
```
## Blocks
This plugin provides 1 block.
* Ythumb Block Blocks
## Reviews
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## Contributors & Developers
“Featured Image from YouTube” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ davidfcarr ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidfcarr/)
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### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/featured-image-from-youtube/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/featured-image-from-youtube/),
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## Changelog
#### 1.5
* Fixed error on post save
#### 1.4
* Better featured Image display in sidebar
#### 1.3
* Featured Image widget now updates to show the new selected image, if it was successfully
added.
#### 1.2
* Switched from trying to automatically add the featured image when the post is
saved to prompting the user to choose which image to add, if any.
* Support for fetching alternate versions of the YouTube thumbnail or thumbnails
from different videos included in the same post.
#### 1.0
First public release
## Meta
* Version **1.6**
* Last updated **10 months ago**
* Active installations **100+**
* WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
* Tested up to **6.8.6**
* PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
* [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-from-youtube/advanced/)
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## Contributors
* [ davidfcarr ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/davidfcarr/)
## Support
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