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How To Auto Add YouTube Video Thumbnails As Featured Images

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Brad Dalton

One of the easiest ways to add a thumbnail image from your YouTube video as a featured image is to to install a plugin.

Video Thumbnails is one of the best plugins for this purpose.

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I have tested this plugin locally and it works very well and even supports Custom Posts Types.

You can use this plugin to add thumbnail images to all your archive pages and portfolio style pages as well.

2 responses to “How To Auto Add YouTube Video Thumbnails As Featured Images”

  1. Ileane Avatar
    Ileane

    In my experience the size of the YouTube thumbnail doesn’t fit the featured image size on most themes but if you have a theme where the size works, this is perfect.

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    1. Brad Dalton Avatar
      Brad Dalton

      That’s right and you can also set a default image in the plugins folder

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