Title: [Plugin: JW Player Plugin for WordPress] Using JW Player Thumbnails
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: JW Player Plugin for WordPress] Using JW Player Thumbnails

 *  [HelgaTheViking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helgatheviking/)
 * (@helgatheviking)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress-using-jw-player-thumbnails/)
 * When I add external media (say from youtube) i see that jwplayer is aware of 
   the video’s URL. but where is this information stored? when i insert the jwplayer
   into my post and save there is a custom field for the thumbnail src but it is
   empty.

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 *  Plugin Author [JW Player](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longtail-video/)
 * (@longtail-video)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress-using-jw-player-thumbnails/#post-1984455)
 * [@helgatheviking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helgatheviking/),
 * Media in WordPress is saved in the wp_posts table with the type set to attachment.
   Additional metadata is saved in the wp_postmeta table. The thumbnail url is saved
   in the wp_postmeta table. The meta_key is jwplayermodule_thumbnail_url.
 * Thanks.
 *  Thread Starter [HelgaTheViking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helgatheviking/)
 * (@helgatheviking)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress-using-jw-player-thumbnails/#post-1984491)
 * thanks for the reply. i was aware that the jw thumbnail was being saved as post
   meta for the attachment, but i was/am stuck on how to grab this thumbnail while
   in a loop… so that the jw_thumb is the thumbnail for the post the jw player is
   inserted into in the way that the featured image / the_post_thumbnail() works.
 *  Plugin Author [JW Player](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longtail-video/)
 * (@longtail-video)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress-using-jw-player-thumbnails/#post-1984498)
 * I’m not completely sure what you’re looping through but if you happen to know
   the mediaid at the time, that is actually the id for the attachment. Using this
   id you can grab the thumbnail from the post_meta table.
 * Hope that helps.
 *  [close](https://wordpress.org/support/users/close/)
 * (@close)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress-using-jw-player-thumbnails/#post-1984537)
 * If I change an image in the Media Library (for instance cropping) the newly saved
   image can’t be selected as movie thumbnail by the JW Player. It still shows the
   original (uncropped) image.
 *  Plugin Author [JW Player](https://wordpress.org/support/users/longtail-video/)
 * (@longtail-video)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-jw-player-plugin-for-wordpress-using-jw-player-thumbnails/#post-1984539)
 * [@close](https://wordpress.org/support/users/close/),
 * Hmm, I’ll have to take a look at this. I believe it’s probably a result of me
   pointing directly to the original since WordPress likely creates a new file.
 * Thanks.

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