A quick overview and guide to Workbox's popular WordPress video gallery plugin. This plugin allows you to create a gallery of video thumbnails on a page or post, as well as create a shortcode. Works with Vimeo, Wistia & YouTube. Simple but powerful! - How to download and install the WordPress video gallery plugin. - Quick guide to getting started with the plugin.

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2. Installing Workbox Video Plugin
• Option 1: install from WordPress Admin Panel
• Step 1: go to Admin Panel, select Plugins -> Add new
• Step 2: search for our plugin. Enter something like “workbox”
or “video plugin workbox”
• Click install!
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3. • Option 2: install by downloading from WordPress site
• Step 1: go to wordpress.org/plugins/workbox-video-from-
vimeo-youtube-plugin/
• Step 2: Click download.
Download the plugin and
unzip it. Then upload to
FTP into /plugins/
directory
• In the admin panel go to Activate the plugin.
Installing Workbox Video Plugin
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4. • Regardless of the method of installation,
activate the plugin by going to Plugins ->
Installed plugins
Activating the Plugin
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5. The plugin menu in the WordPress admin panel consists
of the following items:
• Videos – list of uploaded
videos
• Galleries – list of existing
galleries with ability to
control settings
• Options – for advanced users – control gallery html/css.
• List of galleries – ability to add videos to galleries,
control sort order.
Plugin Menu
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6. 1. Go to Videos - > Galleries
2. Click Add New.
1. Fill out the gallery name field
2. Select which page or post you want the
gallery to show on
3. Enter some basic description text that will
appear above videos
4. Do not forget to check the “is live”
checkbox to be sure your gallery will
appear on the page/post
5. Stack videos vertically – this controls the
orientation of the video list on the
page/post. See next slide for details
6. To edit an existing gallery, go to Videos ->
Galleries and click the edit icon for the
gallery you want to edit.
Adding a Gallery
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7. Vertical or Horizontal Orientation
Horizontal layout
Vertical layout
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8. • There are 2 ways to add a video
• Option 1: Go to Videos and click add new
• Option 2: Go to a specific gallery and add a
video there.
Adding a Video
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9. • Fill out the fields:
– Video title – name of the video as you’d like it to appear next to the
video on your page/post
– Gallery – select the gallery you want to attach the video to. Make
sure you have at least 1 gallery created before you create any videos
– Video URL – copy and paste URL of your video from Youtube, Vimeo
or Wistia. See screenshot. Both http and https will work
– Description – add some text
– Show video checkbox -
ability to hide videos
from galleries without
deleting them from admin
panel
– Click publish.
Adding a Video
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10. • There are 2 ways to make a gallery appear on a
post or page:
1. When creating or editing a gallery, select the
page/post you want the gallery to appear in. This is
the simplest method, but you can only show one
gallery on a page or post.
2. Use a shortcode: paste the following shortcode
into page or post:
[workbox_video_YV_list gallery_name="Test Post
Gallery"] where “Test Post Gallery” is the name of
the gallery you want to use on the page. To add
several galleries to one page or post, add several
shortcodes one after another.
Map Galleries to a Page/Post
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11. • To sort videos inside a
gallery, in the Admin
Panel go to Videos ->
[Gallery name]. Using
the up and down links
change the sort order in
which the videos will
appear on the website.
Sort Videos in a Gallery
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12. • After Workbox publishes a new version of
Workbox Video Plugin, you see a notification
in the Admin Panel’s dashboard. Please go to
Plugins -> Installed and click update. The auto-
update process will download the files and
install the new version without losing any of
the videos or settings.
Update Plugin
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13. To suggest a new feature, ask a question about the plugin, or
submit a comment:
• support@workbox.com
• blog.workbox.com
• wordpress.org/plugins/workbox-video-from-vimeo-youtube-
plugin/
Questions? Comments? Suggestions?
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