Basic usage

Before going through this post, please take a moment and read the general plugin description here. This is important as it explains how to use the plugin in a less-technical fashion.

Example shortcode to embed a YouTube video:

[wp-video-popup video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlUKcNNmywk"]

Example shortcode to embed a Vimeo video:

[wp-video-popup video="https://vimeo.com/136696258"]

Trigger/open the lightbox

CSS class that needs to be added to the element you want to open the lightbox:

wp-video-popup

Example link to open the lightbox:

<a href="#" class="wp-video-popup">Play Video</a>

Live demo: Play video

Shortcode attributes

There are attributes available to add parameters to the embed-URL that’s dynamically generated from the video URL provided in the shortcode.

Mute video

mute="1"

Hide related videos

hide-related="1"

Portrait mode

Only available for Vimeo & self-hosted videos.

portrait="1"

Start video at a specific time (value in seconds)

start="24"

Example shortcode with shortcode parameters:

[wp-video-popup mute="1" start="24" hide-related="1" video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlUKcNNmywk"]