{"id":305,"date":"2020-05-18T22:10:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T22:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/?page_id=305"},"modified":"2026-09-25T16:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:02:46","slug":"video-block","status":"publish","type":"reference-article","link":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/reference-article\/video-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Block"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This block is only featured in the Pro and Premium Tiers of the NC State Web Platform.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Video block can be used to create a clean video embed on a WordPress site. In addition to embedding the video, the Video block allows for a customizable thumbnail that features a play button icon and a wider styling option. At this time the Video block only supports YouTube videos. When uploading video from a source like Vimeo, it is recommended to use a standard video embed<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adding a Video block<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2252\" height=\"1236\" src=\"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/583\/2020\/05\/video-image-setup.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-309\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need Help?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curious about the Video Image block? Feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns at<a href=\"http:\/\/go.ncsu.edu\/ucomm-dev-request\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> go.ncsu.edu\/ucomm-dev-request<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","availability":[113,49],"content-type":[51],"class_list":["post-305","reference-article","type-reference-article","status-publish","hentry","availability-advanced-feature-pack","availability-nc-state-theme","content-type-block"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reference-article\/305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reference-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reference-article"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reference-article\/305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40457,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reference-article\/305\/revisions\/40457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"availability","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/availability?post=305"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}