It looks like this feature is no longer making it into 3.6, and instead will be released as a separate plugin. Once that plugin is out I can have Video Thumbnails automatically check if the plugin is enabled and scan the appropriate field.
In the meantime you shouldn’t have a problem getting the same functionality working for your clients by simply setting up a meta box with a custom field for a video.
Bo
(@bjorn123)
The post format (http://wprocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/post-format-icons-supported-theme-coffeetime2.jpg) functionality is in 3.6, but the plugin doesn’t seem to check the field ‘External video code’ in the ‘Video’ metabox. Am I correct? Will it in the future?
Are you sure you aren’t using a plugin or theme that adds the “Video” metabox? Post formats have been around awhile (that screen shot is from 2011), but 3.6 was originally planned to include new special meta boxes that would only appear after you’ve selected certain post formats. This feature ended up being removed from 3.6 before it was released so the meta box your video is being stored in must be created by a different plugin or possibly your theme. Please open up a new thread and I’d be happy to help you figure out a solution.
I was totally heartbroken when they removed the metaboxes from the core. With them in the core like they were in the beta I was finding it much easier to get plugin and theme authors to consider adding support. Now that it is a separate plugin, I have found that every author I talk to has no more interest as the work just isn’t worth it to many of them.
@sutherland
I would make one suggestion and that is if you could come up with an easy function where we could extend video images to work in other custom fields that would help a lot. Just some code we could add to the theme functions.php.
Just thinking something that says, add_video_thumbnail_support(‘metabox/custom-field-id’); would be awesome.
Bo
(@bjorn123)
@sutherland: you’re right. It shows in my 3.6 version because of theme functionality. I wasn’t aware of it.
@anointed There’s already a way to do this, just hadn’t gotten around to documenting it! Check out this tutorial and let me know if you need any help.
@sutherland
Absolutely perfect!
