Vidly Documentation

Overview

Add YouTube, Vimeo or MP4 videos to product pages, with a Watch the video button and a lightweight player that loads only when clicked.

• YouTube, Vimeo or MP4 on product pages
• Watch the video button
• Loads only on click

Best for: Products that are better in motion: fashion, beauty, tools, decoration

Installation

1. Download vidly-product-videos.zip from My account › My plugins or from your order email. Do not unzip it.
2. In WordPress, go to Plugins › Add New Plugin › Upload Plugin, choose the zip and click Install Now, then Activate.

Requires WordPress 6.0+, PHP 7.4+, WooCommerce 7.0+. Works with any theme, block themes and page builders.

Features

• YouTube, Vimeo and MP4 / WebM videos, several per product, with titles
• Watch the video button and video thumbnails under the gallery
• Player in a window, loaded only on click
• Privacy-friendly: youtube-nocookie and Vimeo do-not-track, no YouTube request before a click (optional thumbnails)
• Video badge on products in the shop
• Videos tab in the product data
• Classic and block themes, shortcode [vidly]

Shortcodes

Paste a shortcode in any page, post, widget or page builder text block.

• [vidly]

Options of each shortcode are described in the Features above and in the plugin settings page.

For developers

Customize the plugin from your theme’s functions.php or a small plugin, without editing its files (your changes survive updates).

Filters

• vidly_sanitize
• vidly_show

add_filter( 'vidly_sanitize', function ( $value ) {
	// Change $value here.
	return $value;
}, 10, 1 );

Actions

• vidly_admin_after_form
• vidly_admin_before_form
• vidly_admin_form_end

Updates

Updates are free. When a new version is out, it appears in Dashboard › Updates of your WordPress site and you can install it in one click, or turn on automatic updates in Plugins. This works for the zip downloaded from your Woo-Plugins account; older copies can be replaced by downloading the latest version from My plugins. See the changelog.

Frequently asked questions