Title: Default playlist image is outdated Last modified: April 4, 2017 --- # Default playlist image is outdated * [jasonbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasonbear/) * (@jasonbear) * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-playlist-image-is-outdated/) * Hello, * I love this plugin! It has greatly decreased the load time of my pages. * I have a small problem, though. When I use a playlist URL (e.g., httpv://www. youtube.com/playlist?list=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), the default image is that of a random, 2-year-old video instead of the most recent video that was posted a week ago. How can I get _WP YouTube Lyte_ to use the most recent video to generate the default image? * NOTE: I have already emptied WP YouTube Lyte’s cache. - This topic was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by [jasonbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasonbear/). Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/) * (@futtta) * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-playlist-image-is-outdated/#post-8994166) * morning [@jasonbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasonbear/); WP Youtube Lyte uses the thumbnail for the playlist as [received from the youtube API](https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/playlists#resource), so the thumbnail would only be updated if the thumbnail URL is updated in YT’s API response, but I have no idea when this would happen (or not happen) I’m afraid. * But … it _could_ be that there’s a problem with the cache not _really_ being emptied (seen this happen), so you could try add the playlist in a test-post to see if you see the correct thumbnail there? * frank * [inktvusa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/inktv/) * (@inktv) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-playlist-image-is-outdated/#post-9020909) * [@futtta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/) – I had this error occur yesterday for me as well and clearing the cache via cron and other methods that previously worked, no longer cleared the cache. I went into the dashboard and cleared the cache through WP YouTube Lyte settings and it did not work either. I have several hundred videos in my playlist FYI. I am going to install the latest dev-version from GitHub and record the results. Thanks! 🙂 * [inktvusa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/inktv/) * (@inktv) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-playlist-image-is-outdated/#post-9020941) * [@futtta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/) – Installed the GH version and the cache issue still persists. * I am now clearing the cache by using MySQL/MariaDB’s `event_scheduler` function to directly clear meta_value of meta_key `_lyte_xxxx` under `wp_postmeta`. * This immediately works and begins to display the correct image. Wish I did not have to jump through these hoops to avoid 500kB of youtube files loading on embed. Haha. 🙂 * EDIT: * ``` 'CREATE EVENT ON SCHEDULE EVERY 1 DAY STARTS '2017-04-11 00:00:00' DO UPDATE 'my_wp_database'.'wp_postmeta' SET 'meta_value' = '' WHERE 'wp_postmeta'.'meta_id' =11950;' ``` - This reply was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by [inktvusa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/inktv/). * Thread Starter [jasonbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasonbear/) * (@jasonbear) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-playlist-image-is-outdated/#post-9021035) * Excellent, BrotherS! Now, how do we directly clear meta_value of meta_key _\_lyte\ _xxxx_ under _wp\_postmeta_ by way of the WordPress admin? * 🙂 * [inktvusa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/inktv/) * (@inktv) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-playlist-image-is-outdated/#post-9021249) * [@jasonbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasonbear/) – You could theoretically use a plugin like SQL Executioner, but if you are not comfortable with databases, you can destroy your website. I would advise against using it if you are not comfortable. Thanks! * Plugin Author [Frank Goossens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/) * (@futtta) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-playlist-image-is-outdated/#post-9021717) * nice one BrotherS 🙂 * the trick explained [in this blogpost](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-playlist-image-is-outdated/#post-9020909) is somewhat less risky 🙂 * [inktvusa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/inktv/) * (@inktv) * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-playlist-image-is-outdated/#post-9034556) * [@futtta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futtta/) [@jasonbear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasonbear/)– I decided to share the script I am using since it seemed people are not comfortable with working directly with databases. * [https://pastebin.com/JcPJjnjw](https://pastebin.com/JcPJjnjw) * Hope this helps, it is the easiest way I could do it. It has been working flawlessly for me. 🙂 * Cheers! 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