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You can now use YouTube videos as your cover video on DEV Posts (Also Mux and Twitch videos)

Ben Halpern on December 03, 2025

You can now use a YouTube video as the cover for your post—meaning it will appear above the title and feature prominently in the feed. Just go to ...
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Angie Jones

love this!

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adriens

Just on time for the TMUX DEV challenge !

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Shahrouz Nikseresht

Finally YouTube cover videos, this is gonna make posts pop! 🔥 Thank you DEV team!

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Varshith V Hegde

Wow!!! I even saw the AI generated cover image feature

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Jess Lee The DEV Team

Wooohoo!

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Ben Sinclair

Do Peertube next!

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TheBitForge

Amazing 🤯🤯🤯

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Art light

👍

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Allison

Great ! Its a Wow feature.

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Varshith V Hegde

@ben @jess Is there any way to embed mux video player in dev,to post itself ? i am not able to find liquid tag for that

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Jess Lee The DEV Team

@varshithvhegde our standard {% embed video_link %} syntax should work. You'll want to grab the playback URL from mux. Let me know if you have questions!

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Varshith V Hegde

Thanks ! Will check

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Web Developer Hyper

Great idea for making the articles more creative and informative!
Thank you for the update.🎥

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Ali Shary

Nice update. Being able to use YouTube, Twitch, or Mux links as cover videos makes posts a lot more eye-catching, and it’s great that it works just by pasting a URL. This should be really useful for tutorials or project demos, especially with the Mux challenge going on.

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Diego

This is a really solid update. Using YouTube clips as cover videos makes posts way more engaging—especially for tutorials or project breakdowns. I’ve been reorganizing some of my older posts lately, and visual covers really help people understand what the content is about at a glance.

Funny enough, I was watching a performance comparison video for a minecraft java edition apk build the other day while working on a write-up, and a video cover would’ve explained the context much quicker than a static image. Definitely a nice quality-of-life upgrade for creators here.

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张爱利

good post! thanks!

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Cloudhooks

Congratulations on your work! It looks great!
I wish you luck!

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Hala Kabir

Wow, this is awesome! 🔥 Adding YouTube cover videos is a game-changer. Super excited to try it on my next DEV post! 🚀💻