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nickarkell

Video Thumbnailer for Elementor is a simple add-on plugin for Elementor, pulling in the thumbnails for any YouTube or Vimeo videos embedded into pages or posts via Elementor.
The plugin removes the need to manually select and add a thumbnail image in Elementor when adding a video. Instead, the plugin will automatically pull in the image that has been set as the thumbnail on either YouTube or Vimeo.
It performs two main tasks:
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Find any videos that have the image overlay set to show, but do not have an image set, and it resets the media field for the image back to default instead of being blank.
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Add a switch in the image overlay section of videos in the Elementor editor called ‘Auto Thumbnail’. If it is switched on, and the video is from Vimeo or YouTube, the thumbnail is pulled in automatically on the frontend for that video. If a thumbnail is set for that video in Elementor, it will be ignored if ‘Auto Thumbnail’ is on.
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We have developed and continue to maintain this free plugin but if you have found it useful and wish to contribute towards our development costs at Engage Web, donating via PayPal is safe, fast and easy via a button on the plugin settings page. Thank you!

Video Thumbnailer for Elementor

Automatically add thumbnails to YouTube and Vimeo videos added with Elementor.

jschuller

Easily embed video within your posts. Adds a widget to the posting screen that enables you to post videos by simply providing the URL to the video hosted on common video sharing websites.
<h3>Usage</h3>
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<li>Within the WordPress Administration Control Panel, expand the Posts tab and then select Add New.</li>
<li>Create a title for your post and add a description within the post field.</li>
<li>Paste the URL to the video you wish to embed within the Video URL field.</li>
<li>Enter the Width and Height parameters for your video within the fields provided (optional).</li>
<li>Click Update Post to save your options.</li>
<li>Once the page reloads, a full preview of your embedded video should be displayed.</li>
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Simple Video Embedder

Adds a widget to the posting screen that makes posting videos a cinch.

Video Thumbnailer for Elementor vs Simple Video Embedder