Playlist Thumbnail

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  • Plugin Author Sutherland Boswell

    (@sutherlandboswell)

    YouTube doesn’t provide a thumbnail for a playlist, but I could probably add support by simply retrieving the playlist and finding the thumbnail for the first video. Can’t guarantee when I’ll be able to add this feature though.

    +1

    This would make the plugin even better.

    I found a work around, but it involves going to YouTube, getting the latest embed coded with the first video and playlist. Which looks like this:
    <iframe width=”853″ height=”480″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/W2z1_G6Fb8I?list=PL8EE92AB683D0F59F” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Inserting this playlist in the post editor. Publish post which grabs the latest video thumbnail. Then going back into the post editor and modifying the embed code to not specify a start video. Which looks like this:
    <iframe width=”853″ height=”480″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed?listType=playlist&list=PL8EE92AB683D0F59F” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>

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