Protected Video

WordPress plugin that provides a Gutenberg block and traditional Shortcode for embedding YouTube/Vimeo videos, in a way that prevents users easily accessing the underlying video.

Features

• Plyr player used to overlay default player with custom controls
• Player modifications to always prevent clicking the default player
• Encodes video ID in HTML to prevent finding it via “View Source”
• Settings page to configure the player theme to match your site

View Player Demo

Installation

Install from the WordPress Plugin Directory or grab a ZIP from Releases. This plugin supports Git Updater.

To embed a video either search for "Protected Video" in the Block Editor, or use the Shortcode e.g.

[protected_video url="https://youtu.be/c_hO_fjmMnk" service="youtube"]

Development

To develop locally within WordPress, symlink this repository to wp-content/plugins/protected-video.

Then run yarn and yarn build to build the plugin, and activate it in the WordPress admin.

Run yarn start to build/watch files for development within WordPress.

Run yarn start:demo to build/watch files for standalone player demo and open in browser.