<p>Add more than 25 types of video in your sidebar. Only video Id is required (no HTML code to paste).</p>
<h4>WHAT’S NEW?</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>1.2.3 (2008-12-20)</strong> : Youtube Related Videos are now hidden on player mouseover, SchoolTube videos support. And Merry Christmas 🙂 .</li>
<li><strong>1.2.2 (2008-11-12)</strong> : Some fixes (block panel, html link, flv IE support), Mtv Music & Espn support, video list alphabetic order.</li>
<li><strong>1.2.1 (2008-09-23)</strong> : Debug Random video for Http formats : flv, windowsmedia, quicktime.</li>
<li><strong>1.2 (2008-07-12)</strong> : Random video from your selected list. Great.</li>
<li><strong>1.1.3 (2008-05-05)</strong> : Flv video support. IMPORTANT: be sure that the plugin files are located in wp-content/plugins/video-widget directory. See <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/video-widget/installation/" title="Link to Installation Instructions" rel="ugc">Installation Instructions</a> .</li>
<li><strong>1.1.2 (2008-04-11)</strong> : Taratata video support.</li>
<li><strong>1.1.1 (2008-04-10)</strong> : Flickr, Clipfish, Viddler, Gametrailers, Snotr support.</li>
<li><strong>1.1 (2008-04-08)</strong> : Vimeo support, text to add before and after video.</li>
<li><strong>1.0 (2008-03-31)</strong> : Initial version.</li>
</ul>
<h4>TODO</h4>
<ul>
<li>Navigation for Multiple Video (Ajax, Slideshow…).</li>
<li>A Better display for the bloc in Administration Panel.</li>
<li>Image preview for flv Video. </li>
</ul>
<p>All accepted video sources:</p>
<ul>
<li>Youtube</li>
<li>Dailymotion</li>
<li>Google Video</li>
<li>Flv</li>
<li>Vimeo</li>
<li>Flickr</li>
<li>Metacafe</li>
<li>LiveLeak</li>
<li>Revver</li>
<li>iFilm</li>
<li>MySpace</li>
<li>Blip.tv</li>
<li>CollegeHumor</li>
<li>VideoJug</li>
<li>GodTube</li>
<li>Veoh</li>
<li>Break</li>
<li>Movieweb</li>
<li>Jaycut</li>
<li>Myvideo</li>
<li>Clipfish</li>
<li>Viddler</li>
<li>Gametrailers</li>
<li>Snotr</li>
<li>Taratata</li>
<li>Espn</li>
<li>Mtv Music</li>
<li>Quicktime</li>
<li>Windows media player</li>
<li>SchoolTube</li>
</ul>
<p>This plugin is based on <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/php-code-widget/" title="Link to Executable PHP widget homepage" rel="ugc">Executable PHP widget</a> for multiples widgets, <a href="http://nothingoutoftheordinary.com/2007/05/31/wordpress-youtube-widget" title="Link to YouTube widget homepage" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube widget</a> for the idea and <a href="http://www.gate303.net/2007/12/17/video-embedder" title="Link to Video Embedder homepage" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Embedder</a> for the video html library.</p>
<p>For support and further information about the Video Widget plugin see the plugins homepage at <a href="http://www.nikohk.com/plugin-wordpress-video-widget/" title="Link to Video Widget homepage" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Widget homepage</a>.</p>


Video Widget

Add more than 25 types of video in your sidebar. Only video Id is required (no HTML code to paste).

Sutherland Boswell

<p>Video Thumbnails makes it easy to automatically display video thumbnails in your template. When you publish a post, this plugin will find the first video embedded and retrieve a thumbnail for you. Thumbnails can be saved to your media library and set as a featured image automatically. There’s even support for custom post types and custom fields!</p>
<p><strong>Version 3.0</strong> is on the way soon!</p>
<h4>Video Thumbnails Pro</h4>
<p><a href="https://refactored.co/plugins/video-thumbnails" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Thumbnails Pro</a> adds new options like maximum image sizes, widescreen cropping, more powerful bulk scanning, a customizable upload directory, and more!</p>
<h4>Supported Sites</h4>
<ul>
<li>YouTube</li>
<li>Vimeo</li>
<li>Facebook</li>
<li>Vine</li>
<li>Twitch</li>
<li>Dailymotion</li>
<li>Metacafe</li>
<li>TED</li>
<li>VK</li>
<li>Blip</li>
<li>Google Drive</li>
<li>Funny or Die</li>
<li>CollegeHumor</li>
<li>MPORA</li>
<li>Livestream</li>
<li>Yahoo Screen</li>
<li>Wistia</li>
<li>Youku</li>
<li>Tudou</li>
<li>SAPO</li>
<li>Rutube</li>
</ul>
<p>Video Thumbnails even works with most video plugins, including:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://refactored.co/plugins/video-importer" rel="nofollow ugc">Refactored Video Importer</a></li>
<li>Viper’s Video Quicktags</li>
</ul>
<h4>Help Translate</h4>
<p><a href="http://translate.refactored.co/blog/" rel="nofollow ugc">Register on our translation site</a> to help bring Video Thumbnails to more languages.</p>
<h4>Our Other Plugins</h4>
<p><a href="https://refactored.co/plugins/video-thumbnails" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Thumbnails Pro</a> | <a href="https://refactored.co/plugins/video-importer" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Importer</a> | <a href="http://retinamatic.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Retinamatic</a></p>
<h3>Known Issues</h3>
<ul>
<li>In some cases you may have to manually search for thumbnails on the post editor</li>
</ul>
<h3>Roadmap</h3>
<p>Version 3.0 is being finished up for release soon.</p>


Video Thumbnails

Video Thumbnails simplifies the process of automatically displaying video thumbnails in your WordPress template.

Video Widget vs Video Thumbnails