Featured Image from URL (FIFU) vs mb.YTPlayer for background videos

WordPress plugin for remote featured images and more FIFU has helped thousands of websites worldwide save storage, processing resources, and time since 2015. If you are tired of wasting time and resources with thumbnail regeneration, image optimization, and never-ending imports, this plugin is for you. Featured image Use a remote image as the featured image of your post, page, custom post type, or WooCommerce product. Remote featured image Featured image alternative text Optimized images Make all images square Image search with Unsplash Default featured image Hide featured media Modify post content Auto set image title Featured image column Quick Edit [PRO] Image search with a search engine [PRO] Disable right-click [PRO] Save in the media library [PRO] Replace not found image [PRO] Custom popup [PRO] bbPress and BuddyBoss Platform integration [PRO] Page redirection Category image Use a remote image for categories and other supported taxonomy terms. Remote category image Category image alternative text Automatic featured media Auto set featured media from post content [PRO] Auto set featured image using post title and a search engine [PRO] Auto set featured media using web page address [PRO] Auto set product images from ASIN [PRO] Auto set featured media from custom field [PRO] Auto set screenshot as featured image [PRO] Auto-share on social media Automation WP-CLI integration Developer functions [PRO] Add-on for WP All Import [PRO] WooCommerce import [PRO] Advanced REST API integrations WooCommerce Remote product image Lightbox and zoom Remote product category image [PRO] Gallery for remote images [PRO] Gallery for remote videos [PRO] Category images auto set [PRO] Variable product image tools [PRO] Variation image tools [PRO] Gallery for variation images [PRO] Save in the media library [PRO] FIFU product gallery [PRO] Quick Buy [PRO] Add image to order email Featured video The PRO version supports featured videos from services and external video files. [PRO] Featured video [PRO] Watch later [PRO] Video thumbnail [PRO] Play button [PRO] Minimum width [PRO] Video controls [PRO] Autoplay on mouseover [PRO] Autoplay [PRO] Playback loop [PRO] Mute Widgets for Elementor Featured image [PRO] Featured video Fields for Gravity Forms Featured image [PRO] Featured video [PRO] Featured slider Fields for Dokan Featured image [PRO] Product gallery Other PRO features [PRO] Featured audio [PRO] Featured slider [PRO] Image and video galleries [PRO] Shortcodes [PRO] Advanced WooCommerce media features Functions for developers Featured image: fifu_dev_set_image($post_id, $image_url) Product category image: fifu_dev_set_category_image($term_id, $image_url) [PRO] Featured video: fifu_dev_set_video($post_id, $video_url) [PRO] Featured slider: fifu_dev_set_slider($post_id, $url_list, $alt_list) [PRO] Product image + Image gallery: fifu_dev_set_image_list($post_id, $image_url_list) [PRO] Product video + Video gallery: fifu_dev_set_video_list($post_id, $video_url_list) [PRO] Product category video: fifu_dev_set_category_video($term_id, $video_url) FIFU Cloud Cloud storage Global CDN Optimized thumbnails Automatic cloud upload and deletion scheduling Hotlink protection Links FIFU PRO Dummy site for testing Extension for Google Chrome Smoke Test

A Chrome-less Youtube® video player that let you play any YouTube® video as background of your WordPress® page or post. You can activate it for your home page from the settings panel (no license needed) or on any post or page using the short code (need the Plus version) as described in the Reference section of the settings. If you prefer to use a Vimeo video you can take a look at mb.VimeoPlayer WordPress plug-in note: If you don’t want ADs on your background video and you are the owner of it you can disable this on your Youtube channel as explained here: http://candidio.com/blog/how-to-remove-ads-from-your-youtube-videos . demo: See the Youtube background video in action! video: See a short video tutorial pupunzi blog: Go to my blog pupunzi site: Go to my site This plug in has been tested successfully on: Chrome 11+, Firefox 7+, Opera 9+ on Mac OsX, Windows and Linux Safari 5+ on Mac OsX IE7+ on Windows (via Adobe Flash player) To set your homepage background video: Go to the mbYTPlayer settings panel (you can find it under the “settings” section of the WP backend. set the complete YT video url set all the other parameters as you need. You can also set it by placing a shortcode in the home page via the YTPlayer shortcode window (Plus version). You can open it by clicking on the YTPlayer button in the top toolbar of the page editor. To set a video as background of a post or a page: Use the editor button or write the below shortcode into the content of your post or page (Plus version): [mbYTPlayer url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2rifmjZuKQ” ratio=”4/3″ mute=”false” loop=”true” showcontrols=”true” opacity=1] @ url = the YT url of the video you want as background @ ratio = the aspect ratio of the video 4/3 or 16/9 @ mute = a boolean to mute the video @ loop = a boolean to loop the video on its end @ showcontrols = a boolean to show or hide controls and progression of the video @ opacity = a value from 0 to 1 that set the opacity of the background video @ id = The ID of the element in the DOM where you want to target the player (default is the BODY) @ quality: small: Player height is 240px, and player dimensions are at least 320px by 240px for 4:3 aspect ratio. medium: Player height is 360px, and player dimensions are 640px by 360px (for 16:9 aspect ratio) or 480px by 360px (for 4:3 aspect ratio). large: Player height is 480px, and player dimensions are 853px by 480px (for 16:9 aspect ratio) or 640px by 480px (for 4:3 aspect ratio). hd720: Player height is 720px, and player dimensions are 1280px by 720px (for 16:9 aspect ratio) or 960px by 720px (for 4:3 aspect ratio). hd1080: Player height is 1080px, and player dimensions are 1920px by 1080px (for 16:9 aspect ratio) or 1440px by 1080px (for 4:3 aspect ratio). highres: Player height is greater than 1080px, which means that the player’s aspect ratio is greater than 1920px by 1080px. default: YouTube selects the appropriate playback quality. mb.YTPlayer Plus With the Plus version you’ll get: Remove the water-mark from the video Set the video opacity Set the video quality Set the video aspect ratio Set the video start point Set the video end point Show the control bar Choose the full screen behavior Set the starting audio volume Choose if the video should start mute or not Choose if the video should loop Add a raster image over the video Track the video views on Google Analytics Choose if the player should pause if the windows blur Add any YTPlayer video as background of any page or as backgraund of any element of your page enabling the short-code editor. Use the YTPlayer to display a clean Youtube video as player (via short-code). What about mobile The mb.YTPlayer now works on mobile devices! The video starts as soon the device screen is touched.