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Featured Video Thumbnails

Add Featured Video in a Post

First, you need to add the featured video to a post. Here’s how to do that;

  • Go to WordPress Dashboard → Posts. Now look for your desired post from the “All Post” page and click “Edit.”
PostX All Post Editing
PostX All Post Editing
  • Scroll down till you see “Featured Video” in the right sidebar. In the ‘PostX Featured Video” box, enter Youtube/ Vimeo/Self-Hosted URL or Click “Upload/Use Media” to add your video from the media library.
PostX Adding Featured Video in Posts
PostX Adding Featured Video in Posts

Creating a Single Post Template

You need to create a single post template with PostX Dynamic Site Builder. Here’s a complete documentation of creating a single post with PostX’s Dynamic Site Builder.

Now once you have created the single post template, before publishing it, you need to go through the following settings:

  • In every Post List/Post Grid block, go to block settings in the right sidebar. Then locate Video settings and enable the following options:
    • Popup Title Enable
    • Enable Video Popup
    • Enable Popup Auto Play
Enabling Video Options in Post Grid or List
Enabling Video Options in Post Grid or List
  • In the “Post Featured Image/Video” block, Enable the toggle bar of “On Scroll Sticky Enable.”
Enabling On Scroll Sticky
Enabling On Scroll Sticky

You can publish it or update the page to get your featured video thumbnail.

Customizations for Post Featured Image/Video

PostX lets you do a ton of customization with the featured thumbnail options. Which are:

Video Setting:

PostX Featured Video Block Settings
PostX Featured Video Block Settings
  • Change/adjust Video Width.
  • Change/adjust Max Video Height.
  • Select Video Alignment (Left / Center / Right).
  • Adjust Sticky Video Width.
  • Change the sticky Video Position (Bottom Right / Bottom Left / Top Right / Top Left).
  • Perfectly adjust the sticky video window position with Flexible Sticky Position.
  • Fully customize Background, Border, BoxShadow, and Padding.

Close Button Style:

  • Adjust Sticky Close Size.
  • Change the Sticky Close Color and the Close Background Color.

Output

Here’s the featured video of a post:

PostX Featured Video in Post Output
PostX Featured Video in Post Output

Here’s an output for featured video popup:

PostX Featured Video Popup Output
PostX Featured Video Popup Output

Here’s the on sticky scroll video:

PostX Featured Video On Sticky Scroll Output
PostX Featured Video On Sticky Scroll Output

Customizations for Post Grids/Lists

The thumbnail can only be seen with the Post Grid/List of PostX. They also have customization settings. 

When you select a post grid/ list, you’ll see the following customization option:

PostX Post Grid or List Featured Video Thumbnail Settings
PostX Post Grid or List Featured Video Thumbnail Settings
  • Enable Popup Auto Play
  • Change Video Icon Position
  • Modify Icon Color, Icon Hover Color, and Icon Size
  • Enable Video Popup
  • Adjust Popup Video Width
  • Enable Popup Title 
  • Customize Title Color
  • Change Close Icon Color, Close Hover Color, and Close Icon Size

Output

Here’s the output:

PostX Featured Video Thumbnail Output
PostX Featured Video Thumbnail Output
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