Title: Replace Thumbnail with oEmbed
Author: Palasthotel GmbH
Published: <strong>April 6, 2017</strong>
Last modified: March 3, 2019

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Replace Thumbnail with oEmbed

 By [Palasthotel GmbH](https://profiles.wordpress.org/palasthotel/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/replace-thumbnail-with-oembed.1.2.5.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/replace-thumbnail-with-oembed/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/replace-thumbnail-with-oembed/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/replace-thumbnail-with-oembed/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/replace-thumbnail-with-oembed/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/replace-thumbnail-with-oembed/)

## Description

ATTENTION for WP Version 5+: This plugin does not work with Gutenberg (no problems
with Classic Editor plugin though)! Gutenberg brings its own HTML structure for 
oEmbed elements, which is quite difficult to target.

This plugin checks, if the first line of the content is a valid oEmbed URL. If that
is the case, it replaces the thumbnail image with the oEmbed element (e. g. with
a YouTube video). Now you don’t have to care too much about a thumbnail image, since
instead you would see the video or any other oEmbed content. You can even e. g. 
watch videos on your blogs front page without opening the post.

Works for all WordPress contents, which have a thumbnail set and are not password
protected.

The active WordPress Theme must use the_post_thumbnail() or get_the_post_thumbnail()
functions for this to work!

## Installation

 1. Upload `replace-thumbnail-with-oembed.zip` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. You’re done! Try pasting a YouTube, Instagram or any other oEmbed URL into the 
    first line of a post or page. Open the post and see, that the thumbnail image has
    been replaced by the oEmbed element.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Replace Thumbnail with oEmbed” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Palasthotel GmbH ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/palasthotel/)
 *   [ greatestview ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/greatestview/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/replace-thumbnail-with-oembed/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/replace-thumbnail-with-oembed/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/replace-thumbnail-with-oembed/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/replace-thumbnail-with-oembed/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.2.5

 * SVN fix

#### 1.2.4

 * SVN fix

#### 1.2.3

 * readme.txt fix

#### 1.2.2

 * WordPress 5.1 compatibility check and readme.txt update.

#### 1.2.1

 * Removed copyright section

#### 1.2

 * Now working for teaser as well

#### 1.1

 * Disabled, when passwort protection is active
 * Disabled, when no thumbnail image is set

#### 1.0.1

 * Test release, no changes in plugin code

#### 1.0

 * First release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2.5**
 *  Last updated **7 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.1.22**
 * Tags
 * [iframe](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/iframe/)[Instagram](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/instagram/)
   [oembed](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/oembed/)[vimeo](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/vimeo/)
   [youtube](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/youtube/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/replace-thumbnail-with-oembed/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Palasthotel GmbH ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/palasthotel/)
 *   [ greatestview ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/greatestview/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/replace-thumbnail-with-oembed/)

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