Title: Video Overlayer Author: CobaltApps Published: September 14, 2012 Last modified: September 16, 2012 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/video-overlayer/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=599627) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/video-overlayer_fafafa.svg) # Video Overlayer By [CobaltApps](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cobaltapps/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/video-overlayer.1.0.1.zip) * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/video-overlayer/#description) * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/video-overlayer/#reviews) * [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/video-overlayer/#installation) * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/video-overlayer/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/video-overlayer/) ## Description With this Plugin you can easily overlay all of your iFrame video embeds with either a default image provided by the Plugin or your own custom image. This is ideal for branding your videos, making them load faster, look cleaner and respond to the width of the browser/device. An alternate feature of this Plugin is to simply make your iFrame video embeds fully responsive so that they perfectly fit any smaller browser window or device. Either feature will wrap your iFrame video embeds in unique HTML divs which allow you to easily style your videos independently or as a whole. See more of my work over at [CatalystTheme.com](http://catalysttheme.com). ## Screenshots * [[ * Video Overlayer keeps things simple, yet provides just enough control to work the way you want it to. * [[ * You can overlay your iFrame video embeds with either the included images or your own custom image. ## Installation 1. Upload the video-overlayer folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory 2. Activate the Video Overlayer Plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Configure the plugin by going to the Video Overlayer menu located in the “Settings” section of your WP Dashboard. #### Using Video Overlayer By default the Video Overlay Plugin, when active, will overlay all supported iFrame video embeds with a light-gray video image. In the Video Overlay admin page you can either select an alternate image or select “Custom” and then add a direct link to your custom overlay image. You can also just set Video Overlay to make your iFrame video embeds fully responsive, leaving off the overlay image. This is ideal for basic Responsive Video Embed functionality. #### Removing the Video Overlayer plugin To remove the Video Overlayer plugin just go to the Plugins page in your dashboard ( or the Network Admin dashboard if you’re running a multi-blog setup) and click the“ Delete” link. ## FAQ Does Video Overlayer work with ALL iFrame video embeds? By default, no (YouTube, Vimeo, Viddler and Screenr iFrame Video Embeds are supported), but any non-supported iFrame video embeds can easily be added! Can you exclude certain WordPress Pages or types of Pages from Video Overlayer? Yes. You can use the following function as an example: add_filter( ‘video_overlayer_exclusions’, ‘custom_video_overlayer_exclusions’ ); function custom_video_overlayer_exclusions() { if( is_page( ‘About’ ) ) { return 1; } else { return 0; } } You would just paste the above PHP code into your Themes’s functions file and then adjust it according to your needs. The above code, for example, would exclude the Video Overlayer functionality from a page named ‘About’. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Video Overlayer” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ CobaltApps ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cobaltapps/) [Translate “Video Overlayer” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/video-overlayer) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/video-overlayer/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/video-overlayer/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/video-overlayer/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/video-overlayer/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.1 * Fixed bug where an iFrame with no src=”” attribute could “break” the Plugin’s functionality. #### 1.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.0.1** * Last updated **14 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.4.2** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/video-overlayer/) * Tags * [embed](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/embed/)[responsive](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/responsive/) [responsive videos](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/responsive-videos/) [video](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/video/) * [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/video-overlayer/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/video-overlayer/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/video-overlayer/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/video-overlayer/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/video-overlayer/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/video-overlayer/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/video-overlayer/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/video-overlayer/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ CobaltApps ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cobaltapps/) ## Support Got something to say? 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