Using ACF tag, show oEmbed in place of featured image if value exists

The snippet uses the custom-featured-image class for the featured image block, but when I inspect the page, that class isn’t present on the featured image. Did you modify the class name in the snippet?

Unfortunately, the Disable Elements option does not affect featured images added via blocks or content templates—it only hides the featured image when using the theme’s default post layout.

In this case, we can use custom CSS to hide the featured image for the specific post you want. Would that approach work for you?

For a CSS solution, you can try this:
1. Create a new Hook element.
2. Add this snippet to the hook editor:

<style>
	.custom-featured-image {
		display: none;
	}
</style>

3. Set the Hook to wp_head.
4. In the Display Rules, set the location to Post and specify the posts where you want to hide the featured image.

Or, if you have a better solution to replace the featured image with a video if its added to a post? Either via ACF field or other option?

So, if you want to explore this solution, the video is stored in a separate custom field, not the same field used to show when the featured image is not set. Is that correct?

I just can’t seem to turn off featured image with GeneratePress/Blocks Pro if one is not wanted on the edit post page.

Let’s take a more structured approach by using a custom field to control whether the featured image is displayed. This way, users won’t need to manually edit the element to add each post inside the display rules location.

Edit the Post Field field group and add a new Select field named Hide Featured Image. Under Choices, add yes and no, set the Default Value to no, and change the Return Format to Value.

Add the following PHP snippet:

function hide_featured_image_block_on_singles() {
  // Only apply on single post pages
  if (is_single()) {
    global $post;
    
    // Check if we should hide featured image for this post
    $hide_featured = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'hide_featured_image', true);
    
    if (strtolower($hide_featured) == 'yes') {
      // Add custom CSS to hide featured image blocks
      ?>
      <style>
        body.single-post.postid-<?php echo $post->ID; ?> .custom-featured-image {
          display: none !important;
        }
      </style>
      <?php
    }
  }
}
add_action('wp_head', 'hide_featured_image_block_on_singles');

Now, whenever users create a post, they can select yes or no from the custom field to control the visibility of the featured image without modifying any elements manually.

I’ve made slight changes to the snippet above. Try replacing the previous snippet with the updated one.

Check your shortcode snippet for the featured video. You’re still using custom-story-video as the custom field name, but it should be featured_video.

I’ve made a slight adjustment to your snippet that dynamically displays either an image or a video, and it seems to be working now. Can you check?

Glad to hear that! 🙂