A video can be a great way to illustrate your content. There are many WordPress video plugins out there to embed a video in a post/page. Some of them can be used to embed a video from a video-sharing site such as YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia. Some plugins also support self-hosted video embedding. As of WordPress 3.6, This feature is available in WordPress.
Table of Contents
- Embedding Video From Media Library
- Embedding Video From URL
- Embedding Video Using a Plugin
- Selling Video
Embedding Video From Media Library
To upload a video to your WordPress Media Library, click on the Add Media button of the post/page you are currently viewing.
Once you have uploaded the video select Embed Media Player and hit Insert into page.
Additionally, you can customize some video attributes by clicking on the Edit icon,
Preload: It defines how the video should load when the page loads.
- metadata – default is “metadata”. That means only metadata should load.
- none – video should not load.
- auto – video should load entirely.
Autoplay: It causes the video to automatically play when the page loads. The default value is “off”.
Loop: It causes the video to loop to the beginning when finished.
Poster: It defines an image to show as a placeholder before the video plays.
Embedding Video From URL
If you are hosting the video in a custom directory on your server or a remote server you can directly paste the URL into the Insert from URL field.
Embedding Video Using a Plugin
Easy Video player is a WordPress video player plugin which allows you to embed a MP4 video using flowplayer.
Selling Video
WP eStore is a popular plugin for selling video or any type of media in WordPress. You can check out the plugin here: https://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/?p=1059&ap_id=naa986.
