Featured Video Plus

About Featured Video Plus

Featured Video Plus is a plugin that allows you to easily add videos to your WordPress posts. You can automatically insert videos using the featured image functionality, use a shortcode, or manually insert the video using PHP functions. The plugin is compatible with various video providers and allows you to customize the video display options.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I insert a featured video in my post?

There are three ways to get the videos onto your page: Automagically by using WordPress' native featured image functionality, by inserting the [featured-video-plus] shortcode in your posts, or by manually making use of the PHP-functions in your theme's source files.

What should I do if my theme does not support the plugin?

If your theme does not follow the WordPress standards and breaks the plugin, you can check out the FAQ section for more information.

Can I use videos from external providers?

Yes, you can use videos from external providers like YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, SoundCloud, and Spotify. You can also use embed codes or any HTML you like.

How can I customize the video settings?

After installing the plugin, you can go to your site's Media Settings in the administration interface to customize the video settings. You can change the mode (lazy or overlay), tweak video sizing, individualize the look of the most prominent providers' video players, and turn on autoplay or video looping.

Is there support available for the plugin?

Support for the plugin is available in the forums, but due to limited time, the developer may not be able to reply to all support questions. If you need help, consider buying the developer a cookie to get their attention and support future enhancements.

Changelog

2.3.3: 2016-12-17

Fix frontend ajax requests. (*)

2.3.1 & 2.3.2: 2016-12-16

Fix for illegal video message when using oEmbed. (*, *)
Fix for are you sure error on post creation. (*, *)

2.3.0: 2016-12-15

Now compatible with Video SEO! (*, *, *)
Fix AJAX vulnerability reported by @jamesgol.
Disallow raw embeds (iframe, object, embed) by default for new videos — can be enabled in the settings. Could have been misused if somebody had gained access to an editor account beforehand. Reported by @jamesgol.
“Single” now actually means single posts and pages. (*, *)
Fix some problem with fixed size specifications. (*, *, *, *)

2.2.3: 2016-07-19

Fix for bad iframe src attributes. (*)
Fix a problem with image type detection. (*, *)

2.2.2: 2015-09-15

Fix for not correctly hidden preload images. (*, *, *)
Replace features videos more reliably on AJAX requests. (*)

2.2.1: 2015-09-08

Now compatible with infinite scroll! (*, *, *)
Fix bad overlay sizing when loading from cache. (*)
Fix local video responsiveness in recent WordPress videos.
The has_post_video function is now pluggable.
The get_the_post_video_url function post id argument is now optional (*).

2.2.0: 2015-07-20

Shortcodes can now be used as featured content (e.g. [gallery]).
Added fine tuned autoplay options.
New option for hiding YouTube video annotations. (*)
Expose a JS function to manually re-initialize the plugin’s JS behavior like responsive sizing and overlays. Specifically interesting when using FVP in combination with a infinite scroll plugin. (*)
Fetch high quality thumbnails for YouTube and Dailymotion. (*)
Fix bug which suppressed the removal of foreign featured images. (*)
Fix ‘undefined function exif_imagetype’ error. (*, *, *)
Implement a workaround for a bug with iframes in Google Chrome, see [0], [1]. (*)
Fix bug which resulted in a invisible video playing in the background when using autoplay and overlay mode. (*)

2.1.2: 2015-06-16

Fix bug which resulted in missing featured images when a post did not have a featured video. (*, *)

2.1.1: 2015-06-15

Fix play and loading featured image overlay for some themes. (*)
Fix broken remove featured image link. (*, *, *)

2.1.0: 2015-06-11

Display options are now chained using OR – if one of them holds, the replace mode is used.
Added always use replace mode when viewing single posts and pages option, was implicitly true since 2.0.0. (*)
Fixed undefined warnings when using WP_DEBUG. (*)
Fixed double-wrapped .post-thumbnails. (*)
Lazy loading a video no longer breaks other videos. (*)

2.0.3: 2015-06-01

Remove usage of PHP short array syntax in order to support PHP versions lower than 5.4 (*)

2.0.2: 2015-06-01

Fixed undefined warnings when saving posts with fresh featured videos.

2.0.0 & 2.0.1: 2015-06-01

Requires WordPress 3.7 or higher now! This reflects versions of WordPress which are “officially” supported. The plugin will from now on try to stick to supporting all versions listed there.
Major code refactor which results in many bugs scrubbed.
Support for raw embed codes and all WordPress core media providers.
Updated wp.org icon and cover.

1.9.1: 2014-09-06

Last update compatible all the way back to WordPress 3.2!
You can now specify the ‘end‘ parameter for YouTube embeds (*)
Added option for only displaying videos on single posts/pages (*,*,*)
Removed hardcoded http protocol for embeds *

1.9: 2014-01-02

Replaced Video.js with MediaElement.js (ships with WordPress since 3.6 – breaks local videos partially if you use an older WordPress version!)
Added Spanish translations! Translation by WebHostingHub.com
Updated FitVids.js to 1.0.3

1.8: 2013-05-16

Video.js 4.0
Customize the local video player
Better autoplay handling
Remove anchors wrapping videos
General bug fixes

1.7.1: 2013-04-30

Fixed manual usage option (*)
Added featured image mouse over effect for featured video AJAX usage

1.7: 2013-04-30

Added functionality to display featured video in an lightbox using AJAX on featured image click (*)
Added functionality to replace featured image with featured video on demand when image is clicked using AJAX (*)
get_the_post_video_url has a new second parameter (boolean) to get the fallback video’s URL (*)
Tested with WordPress 3.6

1.6.1: 2013-04-18

Fixed removing featured image when no featured video is specified (*)

1.6: 2013-04-16

Added get_the_post_video_url($post_id) PHP-Function
Added YouTube enablejsapi parameter with playerapiid (fvpid + $post_id) and iframe id (*)
Added a filter for get_the_post_video: get_the_post_video_filter (*)
Added option for using the featured image as video thumbnail for local videos
Fixed local videoJS (*)
Fixed auto width and height for the Dailymotion and videoJS players
Fixed YouTube videos for which the plugin cannot access the YouTube API (*)

1.5.1: 2013-03-27

Fixed Featured Video box on new-post.php
Enhanced Featured Image ajax behavior

1.5: 2013-03-22

AJAXified the Featured Video box – just like Featured Images
Added options for a) disabling VideoJS JS/CSS, b) enabling VideoJS CDN and c) YouTube wmode
Plugin no longer breaks WP image editor (*)

1.4: 2013-03-15

WP 3.5 Media Manager seamless integrated
Time-links now available for YouTube and Dailymotion (append #t=1m2s)
New autoplay setting
Specify your Dailymotion Syndication Key
Added get_the_post_video_image & get_the_post_video_image_url
Local videos no longer break when domain changes or attachment is edited
Better Featured Image handling

1.3: 2013-01-16

Internationalization: Added German translations
Added customizations for YouTube and Dailymotion
Revamped video sizing
Better error handling
Contextual help on media settings and post edit screen
LiveLeak (very experimental, they have no API)

1.2: 2013-01-09

Local Videos: mp4, webm, ogg
More dynamic user interface
Minimized JS and CSS

1.1: 2012-12-16

Dailymotion
Fixed YouTube time-links
Enhanced interaction of Featured Videos & Featured Images

1.0: 2012-12-13

Release