{"id":2480,"date":"2021-06-22T07:17:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T07:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/academy\/?p=2480"},"modified":"2023-02-21T12:52:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T12:52:44","slug":"add-video-background-to-your-wordpress-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/academy\/add-video-background-to-your-wordpress-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Add Video Background"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2480\" class=\"elementor elementor-2480\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3de5d36f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3de5d36f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-693c5555\" data-id=\"693c5555\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a6c4d70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"5a6c4d70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=D7ovwGioN9E&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf7859e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf7859e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-37abd3ca\" data-id=\"37abd3ca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dc7d5a6 elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"2dc7d5a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-7681\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7681\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Overview<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-7682\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7682\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Transcript<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7681\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Overview<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-7681\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7681\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p>In this tutorial, you will learn how to add full-screen video backgrounds to your WordPress website using the free Elementor Page Builder plugin.<\/p><p>You can choose any YouTube or self-hosted video, and embed it by adding its URL to the section. You will learn how to set the video:<\/p><p>\u2713 Start and end times<br \/>\u2713 Fallback image (seen on mobile devices)<br \/>\u2713 Background overlay<br \/>\u2713 Blend modes<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7682\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Transcript<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-7682\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7682\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>hey guys sorry Elementor here today<br \/>we&#8217;ll go over the elemental video<br \/>background options video backgrounds<br \/>immediately draw your website&#8217;s viewer<br \/>attention and adds to your overall<br \/>website design so just before we dive in<br \/>be sure to click the subscribe button so<br \/>you will receive more useful tutorials<br \/>tips and tricks to make your workflow<br \/>and web design a whole lot better so<br \/>let&#8217;s begin create a new page and name<br \/>it and click Edit with Elementor I&#8217;m<br \/>using the default 2017 WordPress theme<br \/>it&#8217;s not full width so let me fix this<br \/>real quick click the COG here and choose<br \/>Elementor full width that&#8217;s it it&#8217;s done<br \/>we&#8217;ll choose a pre-designed page so<br \/>click the add template icon and I&#8217;ll use<br \/>this coffee store 1 so clicking insert<br \/>here so let&#8217;s go ahead and change the<br \/>hero section to a nice video background<br \/>click the section handle to edit its<br \/>settings first let&#8217;s go to the advanced<br \/>and get rid of the padding here so just<br \/>delete this great now under layout<br \/>choose mean height and set it to 500<br \/>pixels<br \/>under style click the video background<br \/>icon here and let&#8217;s insert a youtube<br \/>link you can also insert a self-hosted<br \/>video in an mp4 format upload it to your<br \/>library and paste the link here just<br \/>make sure it doesn&#8217;t weigh too much so<br \/>let me copy this link here and paste as<br \/>you can see it works I have a video<br \/>background for my hero section let&#8217;s<br \/>quickly go over the options available<br \/>here you see we have a start and end<br \/>time and that&#8217;s very useful if you want<br \/>to have a looped video let&#8217;s start a<br \/>video here at 10 seconds now let&#8217;s set a<br \/>fallback image this is necessary for<br \/>devices then don&#8217;t preview videos<br \/>automatically so just click it and<br \/>choose an image next we have background<br \/>overlay this is really useful when your<br \/>video is too bright or when you want to<br \/>personalize your video with your own<br \/>touch let&#8217;s see how it works first let&#8217;s<br \/>darken the video a little so the text<br \/>will pop out so click the background<br \/>type and let&#8217;s choose the color black<br \/>play with the opacity slider and leave<br \/>it around 60% now to personalize the<br \/>video look pick a color that suits your<br \/>video I&#8217;ll pick an orange brownish color<br \/>now set the opacity to 100% and let&#8217;s<br \/>click the blend modes here and play with<br \/>those a little I&#8217;ll go would multiply<br \/>well that&#8217;s it now you can add video<br \/>backgrounds to your sections and boost<br \/>your website design don&#8217;t forget to<br \/>subscribe to our YouTube channel to see<br \/>more videos and tutorials see you later<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Transcript Overview In this tutorial, you will learn how to add full-screen video backgrounds to your WordPress website using the free Elementor Page Builder plugin. 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