[Heinz]

Hey! I havent updated my Slider Images for a while and was wondering if it would be possible to embed a youtube video instead of the image slider. Thanks for any help in advance!

Heinz

[Sakin]

Hi Heinz,

There is no option to replace the slider with the Video. So for this, you need to build a child theme and add a custom function.
There is also a plugin called Catch Featured Video Pro which will add an option to upload a video instead of a Featured Image on a Page/post. After installing this plugin, you can add a YouTube video URL to the page/post “Catch Featured Video Pro URL box”. Finally, go to “Appearance => Customize => Featured Slider => Slider Options” and select Slider type as “Page/Post” and then select the page/post that has a video URL.

Regards,
Sakin

[Heinz]

Sakin, thanks a lot! I’ll go for the plug-in option since I have no idea how to build a child theme 🙂 though 25 bucks is no bargain for placing/embeding a video/code on a website … 🙂

Greez from vienna,

Heinz

[Heinz]

Hey Sakin!

That plugin does the job pretty god except for one thing.

I followed your instructions. Still the featured slider displays a little grey box in the video Thumbnail as if it wants to print the post title. If I ad a post title it prints the title “over” the video thumbnail.

How could one hide this box?

Thanks in advance !

Regards,

Heinz

[Heinz]

Ah got it! added the custom css in the theme Options -> additional css

#main-slider .entry-container { display: none; }

and that worked fine!

[Sakin]

Hi Heinz,

Yes, Additional CSS is the best way to solve that. Thanks for sharing it.

Regards,
Sakin

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