by webdevstudios 4.6 (36 reviews)

Automatic Featured Images from Videos

Name: Automatic Featured Images from Videos
Rating: 4.6 (36 reviews)
Author: webdevstudios

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.

Automatic Featured Images from Videos ranks #2,644 among WordPress.org plugins with 7,000+ active installations, is #323 of 6,303 in the Media category, a 4.6/5 rating from 36 reviews, and was last updated Jul 14, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1)

v1.2.9 Current Version v1.2.9

Updated 2 months ago Last Update on 14 Jul, 2026

Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#323 of 6,303 in Media Top 5% by installs

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#2,644

-1 this week

Active Installs

7K+

-7.2%

KW Avg Position

59.2

0.2 worse

Downloads

137.4K

+16 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

92%

Review 4.6 out of 5

4.6 (36 reviews)

Next Milestone 8K

Total Progress 55.3%

7K+ 8K+

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Reviews & Ratings

4.6

36 reviews

Overall 92%

31 (86%)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 2 days ago

Jan 23, 2026

Automatic Featured Images from Videos [automatic-featured-images-from-videos] < 1.2.8

CVE-2026-24535 · Fixed in v1.2.8
Apr 1, 2025

Automatic Featured Images from Videos [automatic-featured-images-from-videos] < 1.2.5

CVE-2025-31820 · Fixed in v1.2.5

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.2.9
Last Updated: Jul 14, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: webdevstudios

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6
Reviews: 36
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and bloggers who embed YouTube or Vimeo videos in their posts. It automatically sets a video thumbnail as the post's featured image when no featured image has already been set, saving the manual step of uploading one.