Hi, Im trying to add a shortcode via gutenberg editor, but I cant find any icon in editor menu in Gutenberg mode. Your videos shows only how to edit with classic editor. Advise please.
my apologies for the slow reply, the emails to let me know a questions was waiting to be answered have been going to spam... :(
it only appears in the classic editor, wont appear in any page designer like Thrive or divi and Gutenberg. But all it does is injects the short code [wpvideomagic id='XX'] where XX is the video ID and the actual shortcode can be seen in the Video Shortcodes list
A: Hi cp0, WP Video Magic just streams from YouTube, it has not control over Ads, and in fact I believe it's against YT TOS to circumvent them. I'm not sure if having the video is set private stops ads, or perhaps having a paid YT account would do it, but WPVM doesn’t have any control over it. cheers, Matt Garrett
Q: Can I track views with this? And then embed the videos elsewhere?
Looking for a solution that will allow me to 2 things: 1. track video views 2. Give a partner site an embed code for the video that is hosted on my site
A: Hi jk71, 1. yes, you can see stats for the number of times a video is shown & the average watch time. 2. no, the embed code link can't shared with a different host, the code works only for the site that the plugin is installed on. however, you could install the plugin on another sire (dependant on your license level) and then simply hook it up to the same S3 account to use the same videos. Hope this helps. Cheers, Matt Garrett
I am looking for a solution to host video on my wordpress site, without lags, slowing down etc... and seemless. the videos are not huge in size or length, however, i wish for it to appear like it on the site diectly and at no cost.
the best place for cheap hosting imho is Amazon S3 - "First 50 TB / Month: $0.023 per GB" - feel free to Google their prices. and yes, the videos will appear to be hosted on your site. cheers, Matt Garrett
If the video is already hosted on yourutbe for example, what exactly does this software do? apart from add a few settings? My wordpress sites curretnly use builder beaver and usure how WP video magic can add value. Please let me know what I am missing here?
A: Hi Casseven, WP Video Magic makes it very easy to add your videos to any posts or pages on your site and they will appear to be hosted on your site. cheers, Matt Garrett
Q: gutenberg?
Hi, Im trying to add a shortcode via gutenberg editor, but I cant find any icon in editor menu in Gutenberg mode. Your videos shows only how to edit with classic editor. Advise please.
Matt_WPToolkit
Jun 16, 2025A: Hi rmroz,
my apologies for the slow reply, the emails to let me know a questions was waiting to be answered have been going to spam... :(
it only appears in the classic editor, wont appear in any page designer like Thrive or divi and Gutenberg.
But all it does is injects the short code [wpvideomagic id='XX'] where XX is the video ID and the actual shortcode can be seen in the Video Shortcodes list
hope this helps,
Matt Garrett
Share WP Video Magic
Q: YouTube and google drive
If I use youtube video will your plugin show its ads. If I upload to YouTube how can I not show ads and other videos in your plugin.
Also is your plugin compatible with Google drive.
Matt_WPToolkit
Jun 16, 2025A: Hi cp0,
WP Video Magic just streams from YouTube, it has not control over Ads, and in fact I believe it's against YT TOS to circumvent them.
I'm not sure if having the video is set private stops ads, or perhaps having a paid YT account would do it, but WPVM doesn’t have any control over it.
cheers,
Matt Garrett
Share WP Video Magic
Q: Can I track views with this? And then embed the videos elsewhere?
Looking for a solution that will allow me to 2 things:
1. track video views
2. Give a partner site an embed code for the video that is hosted on my site
can this do these things?
thanks!
Matt_WPToolkit
Jun 16, 2025A: Hi jk71,
1. yes, you can see stats for the number of times a video is shown & the average watch time.
2. no, the embed code link can't shared with a different host, the code works only for the site that the plugin is installed on.
however, you could install the plugin on another sire (dependant on your license level) and then simply hook it up to the same S3 account to use the same videos.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Matt Garrett
Share WP Video Magic
Q: Costs and Performance?
hi, what are the costs for hosting?
I am looking for a solution to host video on my wordpress site, without lags, slowing down etc... and seemless. the videos are not huge in size or length, however, i wish for it to appear like it on the site diectly and at no cost.
is this the solutiuon?
Matt_WPToolkit
Jun 16, 2025A: Hi pmg100,
the best place for cheap hosting imho is Amazon S3 - "First 50 TB / Month: $0.023 per GB" - feel free to Google their prices.
and yes, the videos will appear to be hosted on your site.
cheers,
Matt Garrett
Share WP Video Magic
Q: Possibly a dumb question but....
If the video is already hosted on yourutbe for example, what exactly does this software do? apart from add a few settings?
My wordpress sites curretnly use builder beaver and usure how WP video magic can add value. Please let me know what I am missing here?
Matt_WPToolkit
Jun 16, 2025A: Hi Casseven,
WP Video Magic makes it very easy to add your videos to any posts or pages on your site and they will appear to be hosted on your site.
cheers,
Matt Garrett
Share WP Video Magic