Video is an excellent medium to convey a message effectively. Using videos can be an effective tool to increase engagement on your website.
With the Video Player widget from The Plus Addons for Elementor, you can easily add videos from YouTube, Vimeo, or self-hosted videos in Elementor.
Required Setup
- Elementor FREE Plugin installed & activated.
- You need to have The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin installed and activated.
- Make sure the Video Player widget is activated, to verify this visit The Plus Addons → Widgets → and Search for Video Player and activate.
Learn via Video Tutorial
How to Activate the Video Player Widget?
Go to
- The Plus Addons → Widgets
- Search the widget name and turn on the toggle.
Key Features
- Multiple Video Sources – You can add YouTube, Vimeo or self-hosted videos.
- Mask Video – You can easily add a mask to a video.
- CSS Filter – You can add different CSS filters to a video.
- Video Popup – You can easily create a video popup.
How to Use the Video Player Widget in Elementor?
Add the Video widget from The Plus Addons for Elementor to the page.
Video
From the Source dropdown, you have to select the video source. Here you’ll find three options –
- YouTube – To embed a YouTube video.
- Vimeo – To embed a Vimeo video.
- Self Hosted – To add a self-hosted video from the media library.
Select the option as per your requirements, based on the selection you’ll find different options to add the video.
Video Options
In this tab, you’ll find different video options. The opinions will vary based on the selected video source.
Image/Icon
From the Only Icon / Full Banner dropdown, you can select an overlay for the video. Here you’ll find two options –
- Only Icon Image – With this option, you can use an icon as a video overlay.
- Banner Image – With this option, you can use an icon and an image as a video overlay.
Select the option as per your needs, let’s select Only Icon Image here.
From the Choose Image section, you can add an image as an icon.
How to Style the Video Player Widget?
You’ll find all the styling options under the Style tab to style the Video Player widget.
Video Title – You’ll see this option only when the Banner Image toggle is enabled under the Image/Icon tab. From here, you can manage video title typography, color and background.
Video Description – You’ll see this option only when the Banner Image toggle is enabled under the Image/Icon tab. From here, you can manage video description typography and color.
Video Styling – From here, you can add a border, box shadow, custom CSS transform and different CSS filters for normal and hover states to the video. When the Banner Image is selected under the Image/Icon tab, you can also open the video in a popup.
Icon Setting – From here, you can style the icon on the video.
Mask Image – You can add a mask to your video from here.
On Scroll View Animation – This is our global extension available for all our widgets, this adds scrolling animation as the widget comes in viewport. You
Learn more about On Scroll View Animation
Advanced options remain common for all our widget, you can explore all it options from here.
