Videozoom — Adding Video Posts

Videos in Videozoom are regular WordPress posts with a video attached through the Post Options metabox. Paste a URL and the theme handles the embed, the thumbnail, and the player. This article covers external videos, self-hosted MP4s, and where the video appears in the post.

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Table of Contents

1. The Post Options metabox
2. External videos (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.)
3. Automatic video thumbnails
4. Self-hosted MP4 videos
5. Custom embed code (advanced)
6. Video location in the post

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The Post Options metabox

Create a new post (Posts → Add New) and scroll below the editor to the Post Options metabox. In the block editor, the metabox area sits in a collapsible panel at the bottom of the screen — drag its top edge up if it’s collapsed.

From here you can feature the post in the homepage slider, choose the video’s position in the post, and attach the video itself.

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External videos (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.)

1. Under Embed Video, keep External Video selected.
2. Paste the video’s URL in the Video URL field — for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... or https://vimeo.com/.... Just the URL, not an embed code.
3. A live preview of the video’s thumbnail appears right in the metabox.
4. Publish or update the post.

Videozoom supports videos from virtually every video platform — YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook Video, DailyMotion, Brightcove, Amazon S3, and any other service that supports WordPress embeds.

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Automatic video thumbnails

For YouTube, Vimeo, and DailyMotion videos, the theme automatically fetches the video’s thumbnail and sets it as the post’s Featured Image when you save — no manual upload needed. You can also click Use This as the Featured Image under the preview to set it immediately.

Two things to know:

• The thumbnail resolution comes from Theme Options → General → Video Settings → Video API Thumbnail Size (default: HighResolution — up to 1920×1080 from YouTube):

• The video must be public — private or hidden videos have no accessible thumbnail, in which case upload a Featured Image manually via the Media Uploader (it’s used on archive pages and in the slider).

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Self-hosted MP4 videos

You can host videos on your own site (or a dedicated video server) instead of a third-party platform:

1. Under Embed Video, select Self-hosted Video.
2. Click Upload Video to pick a file from the Media Library, or paste a direct link in the Video URL field.
3. A player preview loads in the metabox. Self-hosted videos don’t have an automatic thumbnail — use the Capture frame as Featured Image button to grab one straight from the video (see Capture Frame as Featured Image).

Recommended format: MP4 (H.264 encoded) — supported by all modern browsers and mobile devices. You can choose the player design (Minimal or Liquid) in Theme Options → General → Video Settings → Video Player Style.

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Custom embed code (advanced)

If a provider doesn’t support URL embeds, click Advanced: Custom Embed Code under the Video URL field and paste the provider’s full iframe embed code there. The URL field is the recommended method for all common platforms.

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Video location in the post

The Video location in the post dropdown at the top of the metabox controls where the video appears when someone opens the post:

• In the middle column (default) — the video shows above the content, inside the content column.
• Before everything else — the video spans above the title, full-width.
• Hide video in post — the video is used only in listings and the slider; the post itself shows no player (useful when you embed the video manually inside the content).

This is how a video post looks on the front end in the Editorial style:

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What’s Next?

• Capture Frame as Featured Image
• Video Background on Hover
• Video Lightbox & Player Options