by Alex 4.8 (80 reviews)

Featured Video Plus

Name: Featured Video Plus
Rating: 4.8 (80 reviews)
Author: Alex

Add Featured Videos to your posts and pages. Works like magic with most themes which use Featured Images. Local Media, YouTube, Vimeo and many more.

Featured Video Plus ranks #1,981 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #192 of 6,303 in the Media category, a 4.8/5 rating from 80 reviews, and was last updated Dec 17, 2016. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.7 (Current: 7.1)

v2.3.3 Current Version v2.3.3

Updated 9 years ago Last Update on 17 Dec, 2016

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#192 of 6,303 in Media Top 5% by installs No update in over a year

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Aug 6, 2026 UNPATCHED

Featured Video Plus [featured-video-plus] <= 2.3.3 (unfixed + closed)

CVE-2026-66685 · No fix released
Aug 6, 2026 UNPATCHED

Featured Video Plus [featured-video-plus] <= 2.3.3 (unfixed + closed)

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.3.3
Last Updated: Dec 17, 2016
Requires WP: 3.7+
Tested Up To: 4.7
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Alex

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 80
Support Threads: 0
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and theme developers who want to display videos instead of featured images on posts and pages. It solves the problem of manually embedding videos by letting users paste a video URL that displays like a featured image, with automatic insertion, shortcode, or PHP function options.

Automatic featured image replacement
[featured-video-plus] shortcode
PHP theme functions
YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion support
SoundCloud and Spotify support
Lazy loading and lightbox overlay modes
Autoplay and video looping options
Responsive video sizing

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Featured Video Plus

The plugin is ready to go. Now edit your posts and add video links to the Featured Video box on the right! Plugin specific settings can be found under Settings -> Media. Theme integration If the automatic integration fails you can always fallback to either using the shortcode or adjusting your themes sourcecode manually: Shortcode [featured-video-plus] [featured-video-plus width=300] PHP-functions the_post_video( $size ) has_post_video( $post_id ) get_the_post_video( $post_id, $size ) get_the_post_video_url( $post_id ) get_the_post_video_image( $post_id ) get_the_post_video_image_url( $post_id ) All parameters are optional. If no $post_id is given the current post's ID will be used. $size is either a string keyword (thumbnail, medium, large or full) or a 2-item array representing width and height in pixels, e.g. array(560,320).

If the plugin just returns text instead of the actual video the pasted url is probably not valid or not from a valid video provider. Try inserting the raw embed code instead or check the docs to see which providers are supported.

Click the small media icon in the Featured Video input box on the post edit screen and upload your video or choose it from the media library. WordPress does not support all formats tho, check this table for details.

For the videos to be automatically displayed you need to define a Featured Image. Depending on your featured video settings this image will never be shown if a video is set. If your theme does not support featured images the plugin also has no chance of working out of the box.

Sadly not all themes work out of the box. Themes need to make use of WordPress' native Post Thumbnail functionality (specifically get_the_post_thumbnail() and/or the_post_thumbnail()) - these functions are where the plugin can hook into the theme and modify what is displayed. Consider contacting the theme's creator or modifying the theme's sourcecode in order to add the plugin's PHP-functions.

Take a look at your media settings and try using a fixed width instead of responsive sizing.

While the plugin tries to handle infinite scrolling automatically, it does not work for all configurations. In those cases you will want to manually call initFeaturedVideoPlus() using JavaScript everytime new articles have been loaded. Most infinite scroll plugins should have some kind of post-load hook.

Yes, please! Check out the official Featured Video Plus Translation Project.