Video Background
by pushlabs 4.5 (63 reviews)

Video Background

Easily assign a video background to any element on your WordPress pages or posts. Now compatible with WPBakery (Visual Composer) and SiteOrigin Page B …

Video Background ranks #2,320 among WordPress.org plugins with 9,000+ active installations, is #392 of 8,543 in the Customization category, a 4.5/5 rating from 63 reviews, and was last updated May 7, 2024. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.5 (Current: 7.1)
v2.7.7 Current Version v2.7.7
Updated 2 years ago Last Update on 07 May, 2024
Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on
#392 of 8,543 in Customization Top 5% by installs Downloads -10.5% this week No update in over a year
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#2,320
-1 this week
Active Installs
9K+
-1.7%
KW Avg Position
89
0.3 better
Downloads
269.6K
+9 today
Support Resolved
0%
No change
Rating
90%
Review 4.5 out of 5
4.5 (63 reviews)

Next Milestone 10K

Total Progress 14.2%
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Growth +0.0%
Peak 0,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

4.5
63 reviews
Overall 90%
5
52 (83%)
4
1 (2%)
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2 (3%)
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5 (8%)

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 2 days ago

  1. Video Background [video-background] < 2.7.5

    CVE-2022-4652 · Fixed in v2.7.5

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and builders who want video backgrounds on their pages or posts. It solves the problem of adding, styling, and configuring video backgrounds via a metabox, shortcode, WPBakery, or SiteOrigin Page Builder integration.

  • WPBakery (Visual Composer) integration
  • SiteOrigin Page Builder integration
  • MP4 and WEBM video support
  • Poster fallback image
  • Color overlay with alpha control
  • Video loop toggle
  • Tap to unmute button
  • Shortcode support

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Video Background

15mb is usually best, I try to not exceed that. Any video after 15mb starts to slow down and sometimes will not load. Check with your hosting provider to make sure you have enough bandwidth for video backgrounds.
Video background works for Internet Explorer 9 and above. Any version below that will use the fallback image.
Simply fill out the 4 easy fields. Be sure for the container you enter "body" (without the quotes)
The best way to achieve this is to use a page builder like SiteOrigin or WPBakery (Visual Composer) to add a full width row, and apply the video background to it through the integration.
Fallback images can be .jpg, .png, and .gif.
This can be an issue with the file size of the video you are uploading. Make sure that you video is compressed and is does not exceed 15mb.
To add a video background to a class called header add ".header" to the container field. (without the quotes)

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