If you want to create a video portfolio in WordPress without any difficulties you have come to the right place. By default, you can simply embed videos in WordPress, but you cannot show the multiple videos in portfolio style content. In this article, I will guide you how to easily create a video portfolio in WordPress CMS without slowing down your site or writing code.
If
you want to create a video portfolio in WordPress without any difficulties you
have come to the right place. By default, you can simply embed videos in
WordPress, but you cannot show the multiple videos in portfolio style content.
In this article, I will guide you how to easily create
a video portfolio in WordPress CMS without slowing down your site or
writing code.
Getting Started with Your Video Portfolio
Before
getting started the first thing you will need to perform is start a WordPress
blog or a site. If you have a website, then you can easily move to the next
step. WordPress will allow you to simply embed videos in your blog posts and
pages at the same time. After all, it will not allow you to easily make a beautiful video portfolio out of the box at all. For your video portfolio, you will
want to show your videos in a beautiful grid based design, so that more videos
can be easily viewed without a lot of scrolling. You also require ensure that
it works fine on mobile devices and it only offers good user experience. Once
you can upload a video to your WordPress website, I will recommend using a
third-party service like YouTube or Vimeo as videos are resource intensive, and
they can only slow down your website.
Creating a Video Portfolio in WordPress Website
At
the first time you will need to do is setup and activate the Envira Gallery
plugin. Envira Gallery is known as a paid WordPress photo gallery plugin, and
you must have at least Pro plan to inter videos add-on. You can get this information from your username on
Envira Gallery website at all.
Enter your Envira Gallery license key
In
the next step, you will need to head over to Envira Gallery » Add-ons page. You
will notice all the add-ons available for you to install properly. You need to
look for the Videos add-on and install it.
Install videos add-on
Envira
Gallery will now completely fetch and install the videos add-on. Then you need
to click ‘Activate’ to start using it on your site.
Activate video add-on
Now
you are prepared to make your first video portfolio gallery.
Add videos to your gallery
You
have to click on the Add Video button and access the title of your video as
well as paste the video URL. You can also include more videos by clicking on
the Add Video button again and do that again for the process until you have
included all the videos you wished to show in your portfolio. When you will
finish, you need to click on the ‘Insert into Gallery’ button to complete. Envira
will now display thumbnails it fetched from your videos in the photo section.
Video thumbnails
You
can modify, hide, or include more items to the gallery at many times. Now let’s
set up the video gallery a bit. You have to click on the ‘Config’ tab and under
‘Number of Gallery Columns’ options choose two or three column layout. This
will ensure that your video thumbnails seem nicely with suitable space between
each video. So you have to select number of columns In the next step you have
to switch to the ‘Videos’ tab and check the box near ‘Display play icon over
gallery image’ option.
Show play button over videos
Now
you can easily click on the publish button to create
your video portfolio gallery available to WordPress.
Add your video portfolio gallery in the Dashboard
This
will bring up a popup where you will notice your video portfolio gallery. Click
to select it and then click on the Insert button.
Insert your video gallery
Envira
Gallery shortcode will now exist in your post editor. You may now update or
publish your page and brows the page to brows your portfolio gallery in action.
Video portfolio preview
By
clicking on each video you will open it in a light box popup. Your users will
be capable to view the video without exiting from your website. They will also
be capable to browse other videos by browsing on the thumbnails below the
player. Now you have successfully finished making
video portfolio in WordPress.
I
think you have got a very clear concept about this article. I think this
article will help you to create video portfolio in
WordPress. If you like this article, please
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