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Divi Video Modal
Open YouTube and Vimeo videos in a popup.
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Why use the Divi Video Modal module?
An embedded video is the heaviest thing on most pages. It loads a player, a stylesheet and a tracking script before anyone has decided to watch, it fixes your layout to a 16:9 box, and on a phone it usually pushes the thing you actually wanted people to read below the fold.
The Video Modal puts a poster image and a play button on the page, and opens the video in an overlay when someone asks for it. You choose the poster, the play mark and how the overlay looks.
The poster beside this is the live module. Click the play mark and the video opens over the page.
What you get out of it
A picture, not a playerThe page holds your poster image and a play mark. The video only loads when someone clicks.YouTube, Vimeo or your own fileThree video types. Paste a link for the first two, or upload an MP4 and serve it yourself.Six play marks, or your ownSix built-in icons, or upload an image. Colour, size, background, radius and an optional pulsing wave behind it.The trigger can be textAn icon, a line of text, or both together, with alignment and an optional pill behind the text.The overlay is yours to stylePopup background and close icon colour are settings, so the modal matches the site rather than the plugin.In every plan, native on Divi 5Included in every Divi Torque Pro plan, and Divi 4 layouts convert across.
Everything the Divi Video Modal module does
Every option below is included in every Divi Torque Pro plan.
Video type: YouTube, Vimeo or an uploaded MP4Video URL, or an MP4 file from the media libraryPoster image with its own alt textPoster image heightA background group on the poster overlayTrigger: icon, text, or icon and textSix built-in play iconsOr upload your own icon imageIcon colour, size and opacityIcon background, height, width and radiusAnimated pulsing wave behind the iconWave colourTrigger text with its own font groupOptional text box with size, colour and radiusAlignment: left, centre or rightSpacing between the icon and the textPopup background colourClose icon colourCustom CSS hooks for image, icon wrapper, icon and text
See the Divi Video Modal in action
Every poster below is the live module. Click one and the video opens over the page. The demo film is Big Buck Bunny, the Blender Foundation’s openly licensed short.
What the trigger is
An icon, a line of text, or both. Alignment and the gap between them are separate settings.
Text only
No icon at all, just a line of text you write.
Icon and text
Both together, with the spacing between them set on the module.
Six play marks, and a wave
Six built-in icons, or upload your own. The animated wave is a separate toggle with its own colour.
The poster, and the overlay on it
Poster height is a setting, and the overlay above it takes a full Divi background group, so a tint or a gradient needs no custom CSS.
Tinted overlay
A flat colour over the poster, which keeps a white play mark readable on a busy photograph.
No poster at all
Turn the overlay image off and the trigger stands on its own, which suits a text link in a paragraph.
Building one takes under a minute
Three steps, and none of them involve custom CSS.
1Add the moduleDrop Video Modal into any row. It arrives with a play icon in place, ready for a link.2Point it at a videoChoose YouTube, Vimeo or Custom Upload, then paste the link or pick the MP4 from your media library.3Set the poster and the markUpload a poster image, choose one of the six play icons, and decide whether the trigger also carries text.
Questions people ask first
Short answers, all of them checked against what the module actually does.
Is the Video Modal included in Divi Torque Pro?Yes. Every Divi Torque Pro plan includes it. It lives in the free Divi Torque Lite core, which Divi Torque Pro installs in one click.Does the video load before someone clicks?No. The page holds your poster image and the trigger, and the video is only requested when the modal opens.Which video sources work?Three: a YouTube link, a Vimeo link, or an MP4 you upload to the media library and serve yourself. There is no Wistia or generic embed option.Where does the poster image come from?You supply it. The module does not pull a thumbnail from the video, which is deliberate: it means you can use a frame that suits the page rather than whatever the platform picked.Can it play automatically, or follow the reader down the page?No. It opens on click and closes on demand. For a player that sticks as the reader scrolls, Sticky Video is a separate module.Can I use my own play button?Yes. Set the icon to Custom and upload an image. The six built-in marks are there for when you do not want to.
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