Title: [Plugin: Automatic Youtube Video Posts Plugin] No thumbnail image?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Automatic Youtube Video Posts Plugin] No thumbnail image?

 *  [bfwick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bfwick/)
 * (@bfwick)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-no-thumbnail-image/)
 * For some reason the thumbnail of the videos is not showing up on the posts and
   such please take a look and help.
    [http://ronamonroe.com/](http://ronamonroe.com/)
   Thanks, bfwick
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/automatic-youtube-video-posts/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/automatic-youtube-video-posts/)

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 *  Plugin Author [ternstyle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpraetzel/)
 * (@mpraetzel)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-no-thumbnail-image/#post-2781216)
 * There is a function you’ll need to add to your active theme files to display 
   your thumbnails. You can read about it here:
    [http://www.ternstyle.us/products/plugins/wordpress/wordpress-automatic-youtube-video-posts/wordpress-automatic-youtube-video-posts-functions](http://www.ternstyle.us/products/plugins/wordpress/wordpress-automatic-youtube-video-posts/wordpress-automatic-youtube-video-posts-functions)
 *  [pookeyblow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pookeyblow/)
 * (@pookeyblow)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-no-thumbnail-image/#post-2781220)
 * I want the thumbnail to be set as the featured image of the post.
 * I know I have to use this line of code:
    `<?php tern_wp_youtube_image(); ?>`
 * but where should I place the code?
 *  Plugin Author [ternstyle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpraetzel/)
 * (@mpraetzel)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-no-thumbnail-image/#post-2781221)
 * [@pookeyblow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pookeyblow/),
 * That depends on your theme. If your videos are displayed on the homepage you’ll
   most likely edit the index.php or home.php files of your active theme. If your
   videos are displayed on category pages you’ll most likely need to edit you theme’s
   archive.php or category.php files.
 *  [pookeyblow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pookeyblow/)
 * (@pookeyblow)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-no-thumbnail-image/#post-2781222)
 * Let’s say I want to do it on both. Where in the php files should I include the
   code?
 * thanks for helping!
 *  Plugin Author [ternstyle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpraetzel/)
 * (@mpraetzel)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-no-thumbnail-image/#post-2781223)
 * Does you theme include functions like has_post_thumbnail and the_post_thumbnail?
 *  [pookeyblow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pookeyblow/)
 * (@pookeyblow)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-no-thumbnail-image/#post-2781224)
 * I found this in the functions.php:
 *     ```
       // 210px width images for the grid
       if ( function_exists( 'add_theme_support' ) )
       {
       	add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );
       	set_post_thumbnail_size( 210 );
       }
       if ( function_exists( 'add_image_size' ) )
       {
       	add_image_size( 'homepage-thumb', 210 );
       }
       ```
   
 * This is the theme I’m using: [http://wpshower.com/themes/imbalance-2](http://wpshower.com/themes/imbalance-2)
 * Do you think it will work?
 *  Plugin Author [ternstyle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpraetzel/)
 * (@mpraetzel)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-no-thumbnail-image/#post-2781225)
 * Your theme supports featured images but you’ll need to find where in your theme’s
   code the featured image is actually printed to the page.
 *  [shaleshock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaleshock/)
 * (@shaleshock)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-no-thumbnail-image/#post-2781231)
 * Not being that much of a code person, I use a plugin to retrieve video thumbnails
   and use tham as featured images: [http://sutherlandboswell.com/projects/wordpress-video-thumbnails/](http://sutherlandboswell.com/projects/wordpress-video-thumbnails/)
 *  [shaleshock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaleshock/)
 * (@shaleshock)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-no-thumbnail-image/#post-2781232)
 * The problem is, it finds the images when the post is published. I set my youtubeposts
   category NOT to appear on my home page, then I publoish, it fins the images, 
   then I change the category so the video will be displayed in the video carousel
   on my home page.
 *  [pookeyblow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pookeyblow/)
 * (@pookeyblow)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-no-thumbnail-image/#post-2781236)
 * @ mpraetzel
 * I have no idea where to start looking. Do you know what the code looks like so
   I can do a search?
 * @ shaleshock
 * Tried the plugin, but it seems like it won’t work with the Automatic Youtube 
   Video Posts Plugin?
 *  [shaleshock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shaleshock/)
 * (@shaleshock)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-no-thumbnail-image/#post-2781237)
 * @ pookeyblow
 * I started a new this on this. [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-safe-mode-or-open_basedir-error-when-adding-new-channel](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-safe-mode-or-open_basedir-error-when-adding-new-channel)
 * Doesn’t seem to make any diffeence whethe or not Video Thumbnails plugin is activated
   o not. As long as automatic-youtube-video-posts 3 is activated, some, but not
   all, of the featured images won’t display. I am going to try a work-around.
 *  Plugin Author [ternstyle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpraetzel/)
 * (@mpraetzel)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-no-thumbnail-image/#post-2781238)
 * Try searching for:
 * `the_post_thumbnail`
 *  [elbeomar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elbeomar/)
 * (@elbeomar)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-no-thumbnail-image/#post-2781259)
 * Hello mpraetzel,
 * I am using the [Innovation +2 Science](http://themeforest.net/item/innovationscience-2-advanced-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/93906)
   theme that uses a custom post, that you have to manually add images to the blog
   section of the theme. I cant find “post_thumbnail” so that I can add the function
   <?php tern_wp_youtube_thumb(); ?>,anywhere in the template files. Do you have
   any suggestions on how to solve this problem?
 *  [Japh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japh/)
 * (@japh)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-no-thumbnail-image/#post-2781263)
 * Hello Elbeomar,
 * You may find it easier to get support from the author of the theme itself to 
   help you implement this. You can contact them from their ThemeForest profile 
   page here: [http://themeforest.net/user/DigitalCavalry](http://themeforest.net/user/DigitalCavalry)
 *  Plugin Author [ternstyle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mpraetzel/)
 * (@mpraetzel)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-youtube-video-posts-plugin-no-thumbnail-image/#post-2781264)
 * Thanks for the suggestion [@japh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/japh/).
   [@elbeomar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elbeomar/), any luck with that
   approach?

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