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  • Plugin Author Archetyped

    (@archetyped)

    Hi, no secrets here. Just like SLB itself, no shortcodes are required.

    As demonstrated by the demo link (large blue button) on the video add-on’s page, SLB automatically activates supported video links in post content.

    If you can provide a link to where this is not working for you, I would be glad to take a look.

    For future reference, using the support and feedback links on the video add-on’s page is the best way to get support for this add-on.

    Thread Starter retrocool

    (@retrocool)

    With respect, although you consider this very simple and obvious, and I’m not denying that it’s simple, there are a lot of different ways a plug-in like this might work and if you don’t spell it out, people may be left wondering.

    Lots of plug-ins work with just the video url on a line. (This is what I assumed)
    Others need a shortcode.
    Yours, it seems, processes the href in a standard link. This is unusual, and deserves a mention.

    Please note that the demo on your site does NOT show how the code was generated. It might be have to be generated from a shortcode, even if it’s only a link. We don’t see what you typed into the back end.

    Anyway, thanks for your quick response. You might also give some thought to providing the simple installation instruction ‘put this folder in wordpress/wp-content/plug-ins’. As a dependent of SLB it might feasibly have gone in the SLB folder.

    Yes, this stuff is simple, but simple stuff with no instructions can be harder than difficult stuff!

    Plugin Author Archetyped

    (@archetyped)

    Hi, thanks for the feedback, I do appreciate it. You’re right, most plugins do require shortcodes and extra steps to make them work. This is why SLB was created in the first place– to make it as simple as possible to display links in a lightbox.

    To be clear, SLB works specifically with links. Add-ons such as the video add-on do not change this behavior, but rather add support for different types of links to be displayed in the lightbox (e.g. video links).

    You may also be interested in SLB’s beginner’s guide for more information on how SLB works with links in posts.

    Thanks again.

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