Title: Using YouTube thumbnails Last modified: August 7, 2018 --- # Using YouTube thumbnails * [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/) * (@mstudioil) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-youtube-thumbnails/) * Can I use the thumbnails YouTube generate? I do not what to create image for each video. How these the shortcode will look this way? Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * Thread Starter [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/) * (@mstudioil) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-youtube-thumbnails/#post-10566653) * OK, found it by using `auto_thumb="1"` how I can control the size of the image? It is too small, I using site with ‘WPBakery Page Builder’ with 3 columns and‘ Raw HTML’ element * Plugin Support [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/) * (@mbrsolution) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-youtube-thumbnails/#post-10566774) * Hi, please check the following [documentation](http://lightbox.tipsandtricks-hq.com/resize-automatic-thumbnail-image-video-lightbox/). Let me know if this helps you. * Thank you * Thread Starter [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/) * (@mstudioil) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-youtube-thumbnails/#post-10566832) * Thanks, it helps. I added this on my child theme CSS, I do not edit plugin core files. If I make changes on the plugin files they will lost when I update the plugin? The `auto_thumb="1"` gets 1,2 or 3 if I remember right? — EDIT: Some of the videos gives me error that there are not available but I can see them on the YouTube site, can this because they are old? - This reply was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/). Reason: adding question * Plugin Support [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/) * (@mbrsolution) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-youtube-thumbnails/#post-10569169) * Hi, * > I added this on my child theme CSS, I do not edit plugin core files. If I make > changes on the plugin files they will lost when I update the plugin? * No, you will not loose your custom CSS because it is added to your child theme. * > The auto_thumb=”1″ gets 1,2 or 3 if I remember right? * No, only 1. * > Some of the videos gives me error that there are not available but I can see > them on the YouTube site, can this because they are old? * Did you add the following to the shortcode auto_thumb=”2″ or auto_thumb=”3″? * Regards * Thread Starter [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/) * (@mstudioil) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-youtube-thumbnails/#post-10569899) * > No, you will not loose your custom CSS because it is added to your child theme. * I know that on my child theme it will be saved, the question was about the plugin, why you saying the edit the CSS of the plugin? the changes will lost on update. * > No, only 1. * YouTube has some thumbs, I can use only the first? I can use auto_thumb=”2″ or auto_thumb=”3″? * > Did you add the following to the shortcode auto_thumb=”2″ or auto_thumb=”3″? * I using this code `[video_lightbox_youtube video_id="XXX&rel=0" width="640" height="480" auto_thumb="1" alt="some text"]` XXX is the video ID. * Plugin Support [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/) * (@mbrsolution) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-youtube-thumbnails/#post-10569921) * Hi, * > If I make changes on the plugin files they will lost when I update the plugin? * Yes if you make changes to the plugin core files. * > YouTube has some thumbs, I can use only the first? * Yes you can only use the first. * > I can use auto_thumb=”2″ or auto_thumb=”3″? * Unfortunately no. * Thread Starter [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/) * (@mstudioil) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-youtube-thumbnails/#post-10570089) * Thanks, so I can use the first thumbs and I set it on the movie setting on YouTube. So what I can the reason I can see the video on YouTube but not on my site? Can the video setting blocking this, so it can view only on YouTube? I know there is some setting for this, but I do not remember for sure * Plugin Support [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/) * (@mbrsolution) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-youtube-thumbnails/#post-10570148) * Hi, can you carry out a test. Deactivate all of your other plugins. Then carry out a test? Let me know if you can see the video. If you can’t, can you test one of WordPress default themes like Twenty Seventeen. Then carry out another test to see if you can see the video. * Can you also share the URL where the video is. * Thank you - This reply was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/). * Thread Starter [mstudioIL](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mstudioil/) * (@mstudioil) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-youtube-thumbnails/#post-10570245) * I will try to make a test, but if most of the works and some do not work, I do not think a plugin or a theme can make the problem. Here a link: [http://80.244.168.168/video/](http://80.244.168.168/video/) the 3 on the first row works, the 1 on the second does not work, also on the 6 row the 3 form the right does not work, and on last row the 2 from the right does not work. * Plugin Support [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/) * (@mbrsolution) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-youtube-thumbnails/#post-10580448) * Hi, have you been able to carry out a test? Also it is very strange that many videos work in that page but a few don’t. What if you copied the content of this page into a test page or post? Just for testing purposes. There are times that a page or post becomes corrupted. * Regards Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Using YouTube thumbnails’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-video-lightbox/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=981252) * [WP Video Lightbox](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-video-lightbox/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-video-lightbox/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-video-lightbox/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-video-lightbox/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-video-lightbox/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-video-lightbox/reviews/) * 10 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/) * Last activity: [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-youtube-thumbnails/#post-10580448) * Status: not resolved