Video Popup
A poster image with a play button that opens a video in a lightbox. Like every block in the library, it is a second authoring surface, not a second renderer: the canvas preview and the front end are both produced by the Video Popup element — the same server-side code as the page builder — so the output is identical either way.
Options
Select the block and open the Settings (block) tab; the whole sidebar is generated from the element's option schema, so it stays in step with the page builder.
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
Poster (poster, image) | The still image shown before play, with an alt-describable subject. |
Video URL (video_url) | A YouTube, Vimeo or self-hosted video URL to open in the lightbox. |
Play button (play_label, play_size) | The accessible label and size of the play button. |
Ratio (ratio) + Rounded (rounded) | The aspect ratio of the poster and its corner radius. |
Overlay (overlay) + Hover zoom (hover_zoom) | A scrim over the poster, and a subtle zoom on hover. |
Caption (caption) | An optional caption beneath the video. |
The block also opts into WordPress Margin / Padding (and, where it makes sense, alignment), which inherit the site's design system from theme.json.
Sample content
A block stores only what you change as one upOptions object; the element's declared defaults fill in the rest at render time. The demo above is:
<!-- wp:unysonplus/video-popup {"upOptions":{"image":{...},"video_url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…"}} /-->
The image/poster value is a media reference ({"attachment_id":123,"url":"…"}), so use the block's image picker rather than typing it by hand.
The video popup element
The block and the page builder's Video Popup element are two doors onto the same code. Its full option, markup and behaviour reference is documented there.