{"id":38251,"date":"2024-12-11T17:04:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T22:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/?post_type=reference-article&#038;p=38251"},"modified":"2025-04-07T18:15:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T22:15:48","slug":"vertical-video-block","status":"publish","type":"reference-article","link":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/reference-article\/vertical-video-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Vertical Video Block"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use Cases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This block is perfect for embedding a YouTube video that has a vertical orientation. Unlike a standard video embed, this block is optimized for sharing short-form video content created for YouTube Shorts. The block also allows you to introduce your video with a title and teaser copy, and features a myriad of colors for the block background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before uploading your video, there are a few important things to note:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>YouTube videos<\/strong><\/td><td>Currently the Vertical Video block <strong>only<\/strong> <strong>supports YouTube video embeds<\/strong>. Videos from other platforms will not work with the block.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Updating your video URL<\/strong><\/td><td>When embedding the video URL, you will need to update the permalink to include <code>\/watch?v=<\/code> in place of <code>\/shorts\/<\/code>. <br><br>For example, <code>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/VkjUDMtsgWg <\/code>would become <code>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VkjUDMtsgWg.<\/code><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Video cover image<\/strong><\/td><td>WordPress requires you upload a still <strong>JPG<\/strong> image to act as the video&#8217;s cover image.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Recommended image size<\/strong><\/td><td>The dimensions of your image should be <strong>844&#215;1500 pixels<\/strong> (9:16 aspect ratio).<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/12\/vertical-video-block-536x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot of Vertical Video block\" class=\"wp-image-38252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/12\/vertical-video-block-536x1024.jpg 536w, https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/12\/vertical-video-block-157x300.jpg 157w, https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/12\/vertical-video-block.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need help?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Have questions? Feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/go.ncsu.edu\/ucomm-dev-request\">go.ncsu.edu\/ucomm-dev-request<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"availability":[72],"content-type":[51],"class_list":["post-38251","reference-article","type-reference-article","status-publish","hentry","availability-nc-state-premium-add-on","content-type-block"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reference-article\/38251","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":9,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reference-article\/38251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38508,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reference-article\/38251\/revisions\/38508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"availability","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/availability?post=38251"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=38251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}