{"id":13888,"date":"2025-09-26T10:20:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.help.dailyfy.co\/categories\/planning-and-publication\/publication-errors\/why-hasnt-my-cover-photo-been-added-to-my-youtube-videos\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T10:44:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T10:44:46","slug":"why-hasnt-my-cover-photo-been-added-to-my-youtube-videos","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/help.dailyfy.co\/en\/categories\/planning-and-publication\/publication-errors\/why-hasnt-my-cover-photo-been-added-to-my-youtube-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Why hasn&#8217;t my cover photo been added to my YouTube videos?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13888\" class=\"elementor elementor-13888 elementor-13878\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ede9314 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ede9314\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9beb952\" data-id=\"9beb952\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62f5bfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62f5bfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>If you added a cover photo to your YouTube video but it didn&#8217;t appear on your video on the YouTube platform, this probably means that your YouTube account is not eligible for this feature. 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Here are the steps to customize a cover photo for your YouTube video. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09088d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09088d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Steps to become eligible for YouTube thumbnail customization<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce01d07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce01d07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Just log in to your Google account and go to YouTube.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select your channel<\/li>\n<li>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/studio.youtube.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube Studio<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Settings<\/li>\n<li>Channel<\/li>\n<li>Feature eligibility<\/li>\n<li>Verify that all three features are accepted by YouTube.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you ever see an \u201cEligible\u201d tab, it means that you do not have this feature but can request it.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de2ae63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"de2ae63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/help.dailyfy.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/channel-verification.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13883\" alt=\"v\u00e9rification youtube chaine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.dailyfy.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/channel-verification.jpg 800w, https:\/\/help.dailyfy.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/channel-verification-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/help.dailyfy.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/channel-verification-768x499.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e90b61d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e90b61d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>YouTube clearly states the eligibility requirements. In most cases, you will just need to verify your account with a phone number or official documents. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1475823 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1475823\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/help.dailyfy.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/channel-verification-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13881\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.dailyfy.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/channel-verification-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/help.dailyfy.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/channel-verification-2-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/help.dailyfy.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/channel-verification-2-768x502.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you added a cover photo to your YouTube video but it didn&#8217;t appear on your video on the YouTube platform, this probably means that your YouTube account is not eligible for this feature. 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