WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos

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If a YouTube or Vimeo video exists in the first few paragraphs of a post, automatically set the post's featured image to that vidoe's thumbnail.

Stars: 33
Forks: 22
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 21

Dominant language: PHP
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Last GitHub push: Jul 14, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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Add support for Youtube Shorts videos Open

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#90 · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 27, 2026
Add a filter in main `save_post` callback to allow specifying post types to not process. Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#83 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 26, 2025
Create an OOP setup for providers Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#82 · Opened May 28, 2025
Handle ID locating with `.com/live/xyz` URLs Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#79 · Opened Jan 6, 2025
Convert js assets away from jQuery to vanilla JS. Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#78 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 26, 2024
Better compatibility/conflict resolution with "Video SEO for WordPress" by Yoast Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#77 · Opened Sep 17, 2024
Check and confirm current bulk processing steps and how the results are looking. Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#76 · Opened Sep 10, 2024
Add either video title or post title as alt text for uploaded media Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#75 · Opened Sep 10, 2024
Add ability to limit functionality to certain post types. Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#73 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 30, 2024
Handle Vimeo serving WebP images Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#69 · 13 comments · Opened May 28, 2021
Plugin pulls thumb back down right after removing featured image in WP Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#65 · 6 comments · Opened Mar 25, 2019
Consideration: Add Facebook support Open

provider

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#64 · 8 comments · Opened Mar 12, 2019
Does your plugin work on "Update" Post ? Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#62 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 10, 2019
Gutenberg eating up all of our character limit. Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#59 · Opened Dec 22, 2018
Add support for dailymotion.com Open

enhancement provider

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#50 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 10, 2018
Rework plugin to use filters/hooks that enable easy addition of new video providers Open

enhancement help wanted

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#49 · 10 comments · Opened Mar 3, 2018
Limited number of featured images? Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#40 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 15, 2016
Bulk Processing - Maybe add some progress feedback? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#36 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 30, 2016
Add legacy-ish iFrame parse support Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#35 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 30, 2016
Add "Play" overlay graphic option/functionality Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#19 · Opened Aug 1, 2016
Soundcloud embed support Open

provider

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

WebDevStudios/Automatic-Featured-Images-from-Videos#14 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 6, 2016

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