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.

Modern Tribe, Inc.

Antonio Sejas

joshliston

Chris Kindred

maxgarceau

nickpelton

bdavisdesigns

vimeodev

andrewadam

aykanburcak

Vimeo is the world’s leading all-in-one video platform that brings professional-quality video to all.
With the Vimeo plugin for WordPress and Woocommerce, you can easily create, upload, and embed powerful videos that engage audiences and inspire them to take action – no video experience or big marketing budget required.
Create a new video in just a few minutes right from your website or product pages. Either start with a customizable template from Vimeo Create, or select assets from your Woocommerce product pages to build something from scratch. Vimeo’s stock library offers a vast selection of imagery, reels, and music to choose from to make your brand pop.
Benefits 
– Easily create high-impact videos with your own branding and product images to increase engagement & conversion 
– Build more compelling web experience by uploading and embedding Vimeo videos from within your WordPress site and Woocommerce product pages 
– Customize your video player on your WordPress site to showcase your brand 
– Track insights to understand the impact of video on your pages and how customers are engaging with your content 
– Repurpose high-performing videos across social media, email campaigns, and more to maximize impact
<a href="https://vimeo.com/?vcid=40638" rel="nofollow ugc">Vimeo Account is required</a>

Vimeo

I'm really impressed and excited for the potential of this plugin. This plugin connects your WordPress site directly to your Vimeo account. Once connected, you can search all of your Vimeo videos right in your WordPress site, upload new videos, and even create videos (creating videos is an awesome feature!). For e-commerce sites, the plugin also integrates with WooCommerce and videos can be added to the product gallery or a video tab. Videos can even be created automatically from the product images. All types of video settings can be controlled such as displaying the video title, changing the accent color, or uploading a thumbnail image. All of this is done right inside of WordPress. It's a really powerful plugin for Vimeo users.

Must have plugin for Vimeo users

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