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How To Create a Shortcode for HTML5 Video in Posts and Pages

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Are you looking for a way to create a shortcode for HTML5 video? This snippet will create a new shortcode for adding HTML5 video to your posts and pages.

  1. Add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin.
  2. function html5_video($atts, $content = null) {
    	extract(shortcode_atts(array(
    		"src" => '',
    		"width" => '',
    		"height" => ''
    	), $atts));
    	return '<video src="'.$src.'" width="'.$width.'" height="'.$height.'" controls autobuffer>';
    }
    add_shortcode('video5', 'html5_video');
    
  3. Then, add this shortcode to your post or page and configure it as needed. Remember to replace the src attribute value.
  4. [video5 src="http://your-site/videos/your-video.mp4" width="720" height="480"]
    

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly copy / paste code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

If you liked this code snippet, please consider checking out our other articles on the site like: 12 Best WordPress Podcast Plugins Compared (Free & Premium).

Comments   Leave a Reply

  1. How can there be multiple video files – same exact video but different sizes/resolutions for different screen sizes?

    1.  with this sample you really can’t do something like that, if you want to do something more advanced with wordpress and video I would look into http://jplayer.org/

  2. Below, not Bellow. Delete this comment once fixed. Thanks for another great snippet.

    1. Cheers Cliff, fixed the typo. Glad you like the snippet.

  3. this is a very nice snippet sir.

    1. Thanks glad that you like it.

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