Add Featured Video in a Post
First, you need to add the featured video to a post. Here’s how to do that;
- Go to WordPress Dashboard → Posts. Now look for your desired post from the “All Post” page and click “Edit.”
![PostX All Post Editing](https://wpxpo.com/docs/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PostX-All-Post-Editing.png)
- Scroll down till you see “Featured Video” in the right sidebar. In the ‘PostX Featured Video” box, enter Youtube/ Vimeo/Self-Hosted URL or Click “Upload/Use Media” to add your video from the media library.
![PostX Adding Featured Video in Posts](https://wpxpo.com/docs/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PostX-Adding-Featured-Video-in-Posts.png)
Creating a Single Post Template
You need to create a single post template with PostX Dynamic Site Builder. Here’s a complete documentation of creating a single post with PostX’s Dynamic Site Builder.
Now once you have created the single post template, before publishing it, you need to go through the following settings:
- In every Post List/Post Grid block, go to block settings in the right sidebar. Then locate Video settings and enable the following options:
- Popup Title Enable
- Enable Video Popup
- Enable Popup Auto Play
![Enabling Video Options in Post Grid or List](https://wpxpo.com/docs/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Enabling-Video-Options-in-Post-Grid-or-List.png)
- In the “Post Featured Image/Video” block, Enable the toggle bar of “On Scroll Sticky Enable.”
![Enabling On Scroll Sticky](https://wpxpo.com/docs/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Enabling-On-Scroll-Sticky.png)
You can publish it or update the page to get your featured video thumbnail.
Customizations for Post Featured Image/Video
PostX lets you do a ton of customization with the featured thumbnail options. Which are:
Video Setting:
![PostX Featured Video Block Settings](https://wpxpo.com/docs/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PostX-Featured-Video-Block-Settings.png)
- Change/adjust Video Width.
- Change/adjust Max Video Height.
- Select Video Alignment (Left / Center / Right).
- Adjust Sticky Video Width.
- Change the sticky Video Position (Bottom Right / Bottom Left / Top Right / Top Left).
- Perfectly adjust the sticky video window position with Flexible Sticky Position.
- Fully customize Background, Border, BoxShadow, and Padding.
Close Button Style:
- Adjust Sticky Close Size.
- Change the Sticky Close Color and the Close Background Color.
Output
Here’s the featured video of a post:
![PostX Featured Video in Post Output](https://wpxpo.com/docs/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PostX-Featured-Video-in-Post-Output.png)
Here’s an output for featured video popup:
![PostX Featured Video Popup Output](https://wpxpo.com/docs/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PostX-Featured-Video-Popup-Output.png)
Here’s the on sticky scroll video:
![PostX Featured Video On Sticky Scroll Output](https://wpxpo.com/docs/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PostX-Featured-Video-On-Sticky-Scroll-Output.png)
Customizations for Post Grids/Lists
The thumbnail can only be seen with the Post Grid/List of PostX. They also have customization settings.
When you select a post grid/ list, you’ll see the following customization option:
![PostX Post Grid or List Featured Video Thumbnail Settings](https://wpxpo.com/docs/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PostX-Post-Grid-or-List-Featured-Video-Thumbnail-Settings.png)
- Enable Popup Auto Play
- Change Video Icon Position
- Modify Icon Color, Icon Hover Color, and Icon Size
- Enable Video Popup
- Adjust Popup Video Width
- Enable Popup Title
- Customize Title Color
- Change Close Icon Color, Close Hover Color, and Close Icon Size
Output
Here’s the output:
![PostX Featured Video Thumbnail Output](https://wpxpo.com/docs/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/PostX-Featured-Video-Thumbnail-Output.png)