diff --git a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
index 90e0ef7431..1471a5fb78 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
+import re
 
 import pyblish.api
 from ayon_core.lib import (
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ class ExtractThumbnail(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     # attribute presets from settings
     oiiotool_defaults = None
     ffmpeg_args = None
+    product_names = []
 
     def process(self, instance):
         # run main process
@@ -103,6 +105,26 @@ def _main_process(self, instance):
             self.log.debug("Skipping crypto passes.")
             return
 
+        # We only want to process the subsets needed from settings.
+        def validate_string_against_patterns(input_str, patterns):
+            for pattern in patterns:
+                if re.match(pattern, input_str):
+                    return True
+            return False
+
+        product_names = self.product_names
+        if product_names:
+            result = validate_string_against_patterns(
+                instance.data["subset"], product_names
+            )
+            if not result:
+                self.log.debug(
+                    "Product name \"{}\" did not match settings filters: {}".format(
+                        instance.data["subset"], product_names
+                    )
+                )
+                return
+
         # first check for any explicitly marked representations for thumbnail
         explicit_repres = self._get_explicit_repres_for_thumbnail(instance)
         if explicit_repres:
diff --git a/client/ayon_core/settings/defaults/project_settings/global.json b/client/ayon_core/settings/defaults/project_settings/global.json
index bb7e3266bd..782fff1052 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/settings/defaults/project_settings/global.json
+++ b/client/ayon_core/settings/defaults/project_settings/global.json
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
         },
         "ExtractThumbnail": {
             "enabled": true,
+            "subsets": [],
             "integrate_thumbnail": false,
             "background_color": [
                 0,
diff --git a/server/settings/publish_plugins.py b/server/settings/publish_plugins.py
index 7aa86aafa6..8506801e7e 100644
--- a/server/settings/publish_plugins.py
+++ b/server/settings/publish_plugins.py
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@ class ExtractThumbnailOIIODefaultsModel(BaseSettingsModel):
 class ExtractThumbnailModel(BaseSettingsModel):
     _isGroup = True
     enabled: bool = SettingsField(True)
+    product_names: list[str] = SettingsField(
+        default_factory=list,
+        title="Product names"
+    )
     integrate_thumbnail: bool = SettingsField(
         True,
         title="Integrate Thumbnail Representation"
@@ -844,6 +848,7 @@ class PublishPuginsModel(BaseSettingsModel):
     },
     "ExtractThumbnail": {
         "enabled": True,
+        "product_names": [],
         "integrate_thumbnail": True,
         "target_size": {
             "type": "source"