Description

Video Callout can display video popups on yer posts ‘n pages. Simply add a video from YouTube, Google Drive, or Vimeo via the WordPress editor ‘n yer site visitors will see the video popup in a modal when they visit yer chosen page.

Featurin’ detailed customisation options, allowin’ ye t’ configure the popup appearance ‘n behaviour from the post editor or globally via yer ship’s settings page.

Enter video details into yer Video Callout box on the page editor ‘n further customisation options will be displayed.

Settings

video – (required) YouTube video URL or ID, Google Drive video URL, or Vimeo video URL.
autoplay – Check dis fer the video t’ play automatically (note: autoplay videos will be muted as required by yer most modern crew).
frequency – How long aft pirates see yer video afore it can be shown again. Choose yer period (seconds, hours, days) ‘n a duration.
delay – Delay ‘n seconds til yer video set sails.
class – Add extra CSS classes t’ the outer div fer custom stylin’.
mute – Turn off sound.
modal – Will cover the page wit’ a tinted overlay.

Layout

Ye can choose where on the page ye wants the callout t’ appear. Plus the size ‘n all properties o’ the window, frame ‘n close button.

The style ‘n layout can be globally managed fer the ship wit’ the option t’ set any overrides on a per page or post basis.

Autoplay

Autoplay ain’t supported by all crews. If ye use autoplay, mute best be turned on fer autoplay t’ work in most cases in those crews dat support it.

Only youtube ‘n vimeo support autoplay

Dashboard widget

The handy dashboard widget neatly shows ye how many video callouts ye ‘ave on yer website ‘n lists the most recent ones ye updated.

Screenshots

Closeup o’ a video callout
Dedicated video-callout panel
Dashboard widget showin’ placements
Configuration ‘n playback options
Example bottom-left placement
Example centre placement
Style can be set ship wide

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Contributors & Developers

“Video Callout” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Web Engineer

“Video Callout” has been translated into 6 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

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Changelog

1.2.4

WordPress 6.7 support

1.2.3

Added support fer callouts t’ appear when an element be skewered. Specifiy a launch class in yer ship’s playback settings, ‘n then elements containin’ the class can sail the callout when jabbed
Added option t’ enable/disable the callout from sailin’ on page load. Dis makes it possible t’ only ‘ave callouts shown when an element be jabbed.

1.2.2

Fixed an ‘undefined array key’ warning that occurred on non callout pages with debug logging enabled.

1.2.1

WordPress 6.6 support
Fixed deprecation warnings

1.2.0

Added start time support. Video callouts can now play from the time found in the video address.
Fixed google drive videos not working. Google drive links no longer support autoplay.

1.1.9

WordPress 6.5/6.5.2 support
Fixed radio buttons displaying incorrectly in wordpress 6.5
‘Revert to defaults’ now works as intended and reverts to values from the plugin’s setting page.

1.1.8

Enabled WordPress playground live preview for all users.
Fixed a bug where global settings weren’t saving in wordpress playground

1.1.5 / 1.1.7

Added support for wordpress playground

1.1.4 / 1.1.3

Metadata changes

1.1.2

13281 – Added blur option to the modal overlay
WordPress 6.4.3 tested

1.1.1

Fixed saving on settings page

1.1.0

14729 bugfix – widget page compatibility
WP 6.2.2 support

1.0.9

14010 bugfix – autoplay and mute broken on some players
13955 googledrive support added
Preview minor bugfix in admin
WP 6.2 support

1.0.8

Minor bugfixes

1.0.7

13182 il8n – compound string handling
13129 / 12966 – z-index user configurable
WP 6.1 support

1.0.6

13162 Minor translation fixes – simplified string handling
13162 Spelling and grammar updates
13157 Dashboard edge case closed

1.0.5

13162 translation updates US first

1.0.4

rebuild language files
13157 dashbaord query fixed

1.0.3

13154 fixes pages without callouts triggerd console output
13127 translations updated
13156 global settings refinement
13119 fixes defaults inconsistent before first save

1.0.2

WordPress 6.1 tested
Bug fixes and refinements

1.0.1

Release refinements – stable tag fixed

1.0.0

WP 6.0.2 tested
Gutenberg support
Many refinements

0.5.0

WP 6.0 tested
Added dashboard view
many incremental improvements