Plugin info

Total downloads: 86,480
Active installs: 10,000
Total reviews: 6
Average rating: 4.7
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 4 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 12/4/2025 (26 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 8/24/2022 (3 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 6.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.9
Minimum PHP version: 7.4

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 26 days ago • 6 reviews

70/100

Is Video Popup Block by WPZOOM abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 26 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 6.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 7.4

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Description

Video Popup Block by WPZOOM – a simple yet powerful single-block WordPress plugin designed to enhance your website with engaging video content. This plugin adds a Gutenberg block to your WordPress editor, enabling you to effortlessly create customizable buttons that, when clicked, open a responsive popup containing a YouTube, YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Vimeo, or Self-Hosted (MP4) video.

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Features

  • Works with Vimeo & YouTube videos
  • Supports YouTube Shorts videos in portrait orientation — NEW
  • Supports TikTok videos in portrait orientation — NEW
  • Supports self-hosted (MP4) videos
  • Customize the Play button as you want
  • Choose your Play icon
  • Simple & Lightweight block
  • Single-block plugin that can be installed directly in the editor. No bloat!

Perfect for Block Themes (FSE – Full Site Editing Themes)!

Recommended Themes & DEMO

Inspiro BlocksNEW
Inspiro Lite
Inspiro Premium
Inspiro PRONEW

Quick Tips

Place this block inside a Cover block.

Read more –> How to add a Video Popup in the Header Hero in Inspiro Lite using Gutenberg

Additional Resources

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

  1. Go to Plugins > Add New
  2. Search for plugin name
  3. Install & Activate.

In the Block editor click on the “+” button to add a new button. Search for “Video Popup Block” to add the block in the editor.

Frequently Asked Questions

No FAQ available

Review feed

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Screenshots

  1. Block settings

    Block settings

Changelog

1.1.4

  • Added support for TikTok videos with portrait orientation
  • Added support for YouTube Shorts URLs with portrait orientation

1.1.3

  • Bug fix with the Close icon not showing

1.1.2

  • Added a new option to control the size of the popup
  • Minor bug fixes

1.1.1

  • Added preview for self-hosted videos

1.1.0

  • Added the ability to use self-hosted videos

1.0.0

  • Initial plugin release