Brad Parbs

webdevstudios

Justin Sternberg

pluginize

Gary Kovar

coreymcollins

When placing a YouTube or Vimeo video within the first 4000 characters of a post, the thumbnail of that video will automatically be uploaded and set as the featured image for the post as long as the post does not already have a set featured image.
In addition, after setting the video thumbnail as the featured image, an “is_video” post meta field is updated to allow for the use of conditional statements within your loop.
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Automatic Featured Images from Videos

Tried this a bunch of times and it doesnt work. No errors or warnings, it just never sets the featured image

No longer works

An essential part of our Wordpress website. Saved hours of work. Thanks very much.

Just cool

If a YouTube or Vimeo video embed exists near the start of a post, we'll automatically set the post's featured image to a thumbnail of the video.

Meks

aleksandargubecka

Meks Video Importer was originally created as a feature for our <a href="https://mekshq.com/theme/vlog/" rel="nofollow ugc">Vlog WordPress theme</a> but now it can be used on any WordPress website.
With Meks Video Importer WordPress plugin you can easily import YoutTube or Vimeo videos in bulk to your posts, pages or any custom post type registered on your website. The plugin is highly configurable and provides you with various options for fetching videos. Whether you want to pull videos from a channel, a playlist, or a specific user and even search query, we got you covered.
Also, there are several smart options related to the import process itself. Choose a post type, post status, automatically add video description into post content, assign categories, tags or any custom taxonomies while importing the videos.
Video Importer WordPress plugin is created by <a href="https://mekshq.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Meks</a>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Bulk import YouTube and Vimeo videos</li>
<li>YouTube import supports Playlist, Channel, User and Search query</li>
<li>Vimeo import supports User, Group and Channel query</li>
<li>Automatically detects custom post types and taxonomies so you can import videos as regular posts, pages or any custom post types, as well as regular categories and tags or any custom taxonomies</li>
<li>Choose a post status for imported videos (published, draft, private, pending review…)</li>
<li>Choose a post format for imported videos (any post format that your current theme supports)</li>
<li>Option to automatically add video description into post content</li>
<li>Option to set post date to original video date</li>
<li>Option to choose any website user as imported video/post author</li>
<li>Save imports as templates and easily import new videos from the same source with a single click later</li>
</ul>

Meks Video Importer

Simple and Usefull

Great plugin I have to say. It works right out of the box and it's super easy to use.

Great and easy to use

Easily import YouTube and Vimeo videos in bulk to your posts, pages or any custom post type.

Automatic Featured Images from Videos vs Meks Video Importer