A multi-featured plugin to embed YouTube in WordPress. Embed a video, YouTube channel gallery, playlist, or Yo...
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Featured Video
Featured video is exactly the same as a featured image. It allows you to easily link a YouTube or Vimeo video to a post.
The facts
- Rating
- 4★ from 4
- Active installs
- 100+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 5 Jul 2012
- Added
- Sep 2011
- Requires WP
- 3.0
- Tested up to
- WP 3.4.2
- Downloads
- 17,835
Our analysis
AI-assistedFeatured Video is a WordPress plugin that allows you to add YouTube or Vimeo videos to your posts using a shortcode or directly in your theme's code. You can customise the video dimensions and settings, such as window mode and fullscreen options, making it flexible for your needs.
This plugin is suitable for users who want to enhance their posts with video content, particularly those who are familiar with using shortcodes and theme code modifications. It is free to use and can be integrated into various types of websites that feature multimedia content.
Best for: This plugin suits bloggers and website owners looking to integrate video content easily into their posts.
What it does well
- ✓Supports YouTube and Vimeo videos
- ✓Customisable video dimensions
- ✓Allows embedding via shortcode or theme code
- ✓Includes functions for video thumbnails
Where it falls short
- •Only supports single video URLs
- •Last updated in July 2012
- •Limited to YouTube and Vimeo only
Verdict
Featured Video provides a straightforward solution for adding videos to WordPress posts, but its age and limited support may be a concern for some users.
From the developer
LucP's own description of Featured Video, lightly tidied.
Featured video allows you to add a YouTube or Vimeo video to one of your posts and get to it using the shortcode [featured-video],
next to that you can also embed it right in the code of your theme with the_post_video()!
the_post_video() returns your video standard with a 560×315 resolution. You can pass along the width and height, if
you would like to change this, so: the_post_video(600,400) will return the video with a resolution of 600×400.
Next to the width and height you can pass along the window mode (only for youtube) which defaults to transparent.
You can also edit the ‘allowfullscreen’ variable of the iframe. So a featured video with different width, height,
windowmode and allowfullscreen would be:
the_post_video(600,400,’window’,”);
There are a few other functions you can use in your theme (all parameters are optional):
has_post_video(post_id) // same as has_post_thumbnail(), returns true or false.
get_the_post_video(post_id, width, height, windowmode, allowfullscreen) // will not echo the video. Has the option to pass a post_id
the_post_video_thumbnail(post_id) // show the video thumbnail
get_the_post_video_thumbnail(post_id) // will not echo the video thumbnail directly.
the_post_video_image(post_id) // get the big version of the thumbnail
get_the_post_video_image(post_id) //will not echo the video image directly
This plugin currently only supports YouTube and Vimeo and works with the url’s of single video’s.
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purpose
Video & Media Players
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