Title: [Plugin: Video Thumbnails] Not working, or?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Video Thumbnails] Not working, or?

 *  [iamx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamx/)
 * (@iamx)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-not-working-or/)
 * I just downloaded the plugin in hopes my posts with videos would get thumbnails,
   but when I press ‘Scan Past Post’ it just loops and says ‘working…’ ,and when
   I go to edit these post and try it there it just does the same until I refresh
   the whole page and then it says ‘We didn’t find a video thumbnail for this post.’
   
   My theme supports featured images, and on the plugin settings page I have enabled
   Save Thumbnail to Media and Set as Featured Image, but still no change, anyone
   there with the same issue?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/video-thumbnails/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/video-thumbnails/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Sutherland Boswell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sutherlandboswell/)
 * (@sutherlandboswell)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-not-working-or/#post-2605984)
 * How are you embedding your videos?
 *  Thread Starter [iamx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iamx/)
 * (@iamx)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-not-working-or/#post-2606132)
 * sorry for the delay, but here are some of the methods I use/used to embed:
    -
   using yt embed code -using smart youtube plugin -using my themes ET Settings 
   for Video Post Format
 * and btw by now I only manage to add thumbs when i go to img.yt and download them
   to my media gallery manually…
 *  [Daedalon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daedalon/)
 * (@daedalon)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-not-working-or/#post-2606218)
 * So the Scan Past Posts fails to create a thumbnail for any post even after minutes
   of waiting? When it starts working, then typically below the button you clicked
   appear rows of text indicating the status of each post it is trying to retrieve
   a thumbnail for. Does this not happen?

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 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Daedalon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daedalon/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-video-thumbnails-not-working-or/#post-2606218)
 * Status: not resolved