# Has anyone found a reasonably easy way to feature a video instead of an image? **URL:** \ **Category:** Developer help\ **Created:** [June 19, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/has-anyone-found-a-reasonably-easy-way-to-feature-a-video-instead-of-an-image/7850 "2019-06-19T19:06:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![James\_Kerley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/james_kerley/32/3833_2.png) [@James\_Kerley](https://forum.ghost.org/u/James_Kerley)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/has-anyone-found-a-reasonably-easy-way-to-feature-a-video-instead-of-an-image/7850/1 "2019-06-19T19:06:57Z")
It’d be great to be able to insert a link or embed for a video as a featured image, you know, instead of an image. Anyone figured out a workaround to get this done that’s not too super technical? I’m pretty comfortable with code but not an engineer by any means. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![vikaspotluri123](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/vikaspotluri123/32/24_2.png) [@vikaspotluri123](https://forum.ghost.org/u/vikaspotluri123)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/has-anyone-found-a-reasonably-easy-way-to-feature-a-video-instead-of-an-image/7850/2 "2019-06-19T20:29:03Z")
I have a feeling you might be able to do it with the Admin API, but I’ve never tried. > **[Ghost Admin API Documentation](https://ghost.org/docs/admin-api/)** > > Manage content via Ghost's Admin API, with secure role-based authentication. Read more on Ghost Docs 👉 Then you can use internal tags to output a video or img tag based on what the feature image is ---
**Author:** ![Caucasus-and-Mercury](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/caucasus-and-mercury/32/2467_2.png) [@Caucasus-and-Mercury](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Caucasus-and-Mercury)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/has-anyone-found-a-reasonably-easy-way-to-feature-a-video-instead-of-an-image/7850/3 "2019-06-19T23:26:41Z")
I solve it by converting a short movie clip to a gif with [gifski](https://gif.ski) and upload. It’s not the same thing, but kind of almost… ---
**Author:** ![Stromfeldt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/stromfeldt/32/13572_2.png) [@Stromfeldt](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Stromfeldt)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/has-anyone-found-a-reasonably-easy-way-to-feature-a-video-instead-of-an-image/7850/4 "2019-06-20T02:36:09Z")
The [Eston theme](https://themeforest.net/item/eston-a-simple-notebook-theme/9497657) allows for embedding video, audio, and other items as the feature image. Documentation for users can be found [here](https://support.mikedidthis.co.uk/article/94-post-types) and an example of it in action can be found [here](http://demos.mikedidthis.co.uk/ghost-eston/working-with-cats/). Don’t ask me how the underlying code makes it possible though. You’d have to check out its source code or buy the theme yourself 😕 ---
**Author:** ![James\_Kerley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/james_kerley/32/3833_2.png) [@James\_Kerley](https://forum.ghost.org/u/James_Kerley)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/has-anyone-found-a-reasonably-easy-way-to-feature-a-video-instead-of-an-image/7850/5 "2019-06-20T16:00:37Z")
Thanks for the ideas guys! I’ll let you know what I figure out … ---
**Author:** ![thebear.dev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/thebear.dev/32/13956_2.png) [@thebear.dev](https://forum.ghost.org/u/thebear.dev)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/has-anyone-found-a-reasonably-easy-way-to-feature-a-video-instead-of-an-image/7850/8 "2021-04-10T07:25:15Z")
@Caucasus-and-Mercury Sounds like a simple workaround that does not require third party embed. ---
**Author:** ![EmpiricalEE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/empiricalee/32/15201_2.png) [@EmpiricalEE](https://forum.ghost.org/u/EmpiricalEE)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/has-anyone-found-a-reasonably-easy-way-to-feature-a-video-instead-of-an-image/7850/9 "2021-10-13T04:19:58Z")
Other workarounds discussed [here](https://forum.ghost.org/t/uploading-video-locally/8275/6).