videos

WordPress 5.2.1: Embed video is not working. Showing video link on fronted

I know what tack I would take. I would clip for a specific amount of time and scale it to the size of my desired thumbnail. The video can be auto clipped or they can be clipped manually to ensure the most interesting pieces are captured. HTML <div class=”video”> <video class=”thevideo” loop preload=”none”> <source src=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/353023/PATH/TO/FILE.mp4″ … Read more

I assume “images” folder is wp-content/uploads. It is possible to store videos in seperate folder. You can use “upload_dir” filter like in example code below. add_filter( ‘upload_dir’, ‘some_prefix_upload_dir’, 10, 1 ); function some_prefix_upload_dir( $uploads ) { if ( isset( $_FILES[‘async-upload’][‘type’] ) ) { // not sure if every video format have “video” keyword in its … Read more

It sounds like you want the download attribute. Here is an example: <a href=”/media/my_new_song.mp3″ download>click to download my song</a> Here is a W3Schools article for further reference.

To display shortcodes in widgets , use a regular text widget, and add this line to your theme’s functions.php file: // Use shortcodes in text widgets. add_filter(‘widget_text’, ‘do_shortcode’); This tells WordPress to render the shortcodes in widgets. and if you want to call your shortcode by php you can use do_shortcode() function // Use shortcode … Read more