How to autoplay muted Vimeo video on page load

Product:

Wonder Gallery

Tutorial:

Due to restrictions from web browsers, iOS and Android devices, video autoplay on page load will not work unless the video is muted.

This tutorial will guide you how to create a Vimeo video player that will be muted, and will autoplay on page load. We will also discuss how to loop the video.

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How to create an accessible WordPress HTML5 video player

Accessibility is very important. Player controls in video players are normally buttons. They are not seen by screen readers which makes the player not accessible for blind and vision impaired people.

This tutorial will guide you how to add extra text controls that can be read by screen readers. The text controls include play video, pause video, fast forward, rewind, mute/unmute and go fullscreen.

The tutorial will also show you how to add accesskey attribute to the text controls so the command can be activated with shortcut keys.
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How to add a poster image for HTML5 video lightbox?

Product:

WonderPlugin Lightbox

Question:

I wonder how can I add a poster image for HTML5 video lightbox?

Answer:

The HTML5 poster image feature is available in WonderPlugin Lightbox version 4.0 and above. If you are using an old version, please upgrade your plugin first.

In the plugin, Lightbox Options menu, there is an option "Video poster image (absolute URL)", you can use the option to specify a poster image for all HTML5 videos.

Or you can use a data tag data-html5videoposter to specify a poster image for the lightbox link, for example:

Video Lightbox

The HTML code is as following:

<a href="https://www.wonderplugin.com/wp-content/plugins/wonderplugin-lightbox/images/demo-video0.mp4" class="wplightbox" data-webm="https://www.wonderplugin.com/wp-content/plugins/wonderplugin-lightbox/images/demo-video0.webm" data-html5videoposter="https://www.wonderplugin.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/gallery.jpg">Video Lightbox</a>

DailyMotion WordPress Video Gallery

Product

WordPress Gallery

Question

When searching for a WordPress plugin Embedded Video player that supports Dailymotion, your site always comes up as being DailyMotion compatible. How do I display videos which I have on my DailyMotion profile?

Answer

Our plugin WordPress Gallery supports DailyMotion.

1. In your DailyMotion video page, click the link Export, then copy the Permalink.

2. In WonderPlugin Gallery, step 1, click the button Add DailyMotion, enter the link and add the DailyMotion to the video gallery.

DailyMotion WordPress Gallery