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Akshat Saxena
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Story Video Block
A fast video embed block for Gutenberg — YouTube, Vimeo & more, with a click-to-play embed that only loads when a visitor presses play.
Story Video Block ranks #51,912 among WordPress.org plugins with 0+ active installations, is #5,906 of 6,299 in the Media category, and was last updated Sep 14, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
Compatible with WP 7.1
v1.0.2
Current Version v1.0.2
Updated 1 day ago
Last Update on 14 Sep, 2026
Refreshed 12 hours ago
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- Version
- 1.0.2
- Last Updated
- Sep 14, 2026
- Requires WP
- 6.8+
- Tested Up To
- 7.1
- PHP Version
- 7.4 or higher
- Author
- Akshat Saxena
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Story Video Block
YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Facebook, Twitch, Wistia, Loom, TikTok, VideoPress, and self-hosted video files (.mp4, .webm, .ogg, .mov).
The play button overlays a poster image so the real video embed isn't loaded until a visitor actually presses play. For providers without an automatic thumbnail, you'll need to upload one.
Yes. Every visual value is a CSS custom property. Add a filter in your theme's functions.php: add_filter( 'story_video_block_css_vars', function ( $vars ) { $vars['--story-video-block-bg'] = '#000'; $vars['--story-video-block-font-family'] = '"Poppins", sans-serif'; return $vars; }, 10, 3 ); Every variable the block reads (with its default) — set any subset of these from the filter above: Card --story-video-block-bg (#21759b) — background color --story-video-block-color (#fff) — text color --story-video-block-font-family (inherit) — font --story-video-block-padding (24px) — card padding --story-video-block-gap (32px) — gap between media and content --story-video-block-media-overflow (80px) — how far media pokes out in the "overlapping media" card style --story-video-block-block-gap (40px) — extra spacing reserved above/below for that same overlap Media (video/facade/poster) --story-video-block-radius (12px) — corner rounding --story-video-block-shadow (0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,.25)) — drop shadow --story-video-block-media-margin-bottom (12px) --story-video-block-facade-bg (#000) — poster background before the image loads Play button --story-video-block-play-btn-size (64px), --story-video-block-play-btn-padding (18px), --story-video-block-play-btn-radius (50%), --story-video-block-play-btn-bg (rgba(255,255,255,.9)), --story-video-block-play-btn-color (#111) — default style --story-video-block-play-btn-minimal-size (56px), --story-video-block-play-btn-minimal-color (#fff), --story-video-block-play-btn-minimal-shadow — "minimal" style --story-video-block-play-btn-branded-size (80px), --story-video-block-play-btn-branded-padding (22px), --story-video-block-play-btn-branded-bg (#e63946), --story-video-block-play-btn-branded-color (#fff) — "branded" style Testimonial quote & author --story-video-block-quote-margin (0 0 16px), --story-video-block-quote-size (1.25em) --story-video-block-quote-mark-open (“), --story-video-block-quote-mark-close (”) --story-video-block-author-gap (12px), --story-video-block-avatar-size (48px) --story-video-block-author-name-weight (600), --story-video-block-author-title-opacity (0.8) Anything not covered by a variable can still be styled with plain CSS targeting .wp-block-create-block-story-video-block from your theme, or via the story_video_block_content filter for full markup control.
No. Nothing loads until a visitor clicks play, at which point the browser requests the embed directly from the video provider (e.g. YouTube) the same way any embedded video would.
