Automatic Featured Images from Videos for WordPress Plugin Directory
Automatic Featured Images from Videos is a WordPress app, with a 4.6 average rating from 36 reviews, as of Jul 14, 2026.
Automatic Featured Images from Videos is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by webdevstudios. With a rating of 4.6★ from 36 reviews.
AppRanks verdict
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Automatic Featured Images from Videos is a highly rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Youtube category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 36 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.6★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by webdevstudios — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (36) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Automatic Featured Images from Videos works
When placing a YouTube or Vimeo video within the first 4000 characters of a post, the thumbnail of that video will automatically be uploaded and set as the featured image for the post as long as the post does not already have a set featured image.
In addition, after setting the video thumbnail as the featured image, an “is_video” post meta field is updated to allow for the use of conditional statements within your loop.
Pluginize was launched in 2016 by WebDevStudios to promote, support, and house all of their WordPress products. Pluginize is not only creating new products for WordPress all the time, but also provides ongoing support and development for WordPress community favorites like CPTUI, CMB2, and more.
Category rankings
As of Jul 14, 2026- Automatic-featured-image#0of 1Top 1%
- Featured images#0of 5Top 1%
- Vimeo#0of 42Top 1%
- Youtube#0of 133Top 1%
- Video#17of 539Top 4%
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Where Automatic Featured Images from Videos stands in the Youtube category
Automatic Featured Images from Videos ranks #0 of 133 apps in the Youtube category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Automatic Featured Images from Videos?
Automatic Featured Images from Videos is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.6-star rating from 36 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Youtube category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by webdevstudios.
Who uses Automatic Featured Images from Videos?
Currently around 7,000 active stores have installed Automatic Featured Images from Videos. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Youtube category on WordPress.