Sutherland Boswell

Looks like they have a new embed code, will add support in beta 5.

Update: Also looks like thumbnail URLs have changed, I’ll check it out.

Wistia support is coming soon! Sign up for the beta if you’d like to help test before release.

There should be plugins out there that add a bit of meta information in your site’s header for sites like Facebook to use when sharing posts. I’d take a look around for one that includes featured images and you should be good to go!

There’s really no need for a tutorial, just embed a video from the list of supported sites into your post and if your theme supports thumbnails it should do all the work for you!

If your theme doesn’t support thumbnails or you need more help, check out the FAQ section.

I’d strongly advise against modifying core WordPress files. There’s a plugin that looks like it will create subfolders for each day. Video Thumbnails uses the built in media library which decides what subdirectory to place images in, so any plugin that modifies the media library should also modify where video thumbnails are stored.

Because it’s a paid theme you’ll have to ask the theme’s creator what the name of the custom field is where the video is being stored or check out the theme’s code yourself. Once you have the name of the custom field, you can enter it in the plugin’s settings.

If you’re up for editing your theme, you can find the file responsible for the single post page (this may help) and then remove the section of code displaying the featured image. If you want it to still show for non-video posts, you could go a step further and just wrap the code in a conditional statement like

<?php if( get_video_thumbnail() == null ) : ?>
FEATURED IMAGE CODE HERE
<?php endif; ?>

As for the Facebook issue, you can use meta tags in the site’s source to tell sites which image to use for sharing. A quick search turned up this plugin which should do it for you.

The deTube theme uses a modified version of video thumbnails (as it should say in your plugin list) which means you’ll need to contact the theme’s author if you’re having trouble.