wpvideogallery

It looks like the issue is caused by the LiteSpeed Cache plugin on your website. Specifically, it enables Lazy Loading for <iframe> elements, which interferes with the proper loading of our video player.

Solution 1: Disable Lazy Loading for Iframes in LiteSpeed Cache

1. Go to your WordPress dashboard.
2. Navigate to LiteSpeed Cache → Page Optimization → Media Settings.
3. Find the option that enables Lazy Load Iframes and disable it.
   LiteSpeed Documentation – Media Settings Tab

Solution 2: Enable JavaScript-Based Player Initialization

1. In your WordPress dashboard, go to Video Gallery → Settings → Player tab.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the page.
3. Enable the option “Force JavaScript Based Initialization.”

Let us know if this resolves the issue — happy to help further if needed!

Thank you for reporting this and for the detailed explanation.

We’ve reviewed your message thoroughly and also double-checked the behavior by creating new pages and testing with our latest version of the plugin. We added the [aiovg_videos] and [aiovg_categories] shortcodes and edited/saved the pages multiple times. In all our tests, we did not encounter the additional HTML or empty block content you’re seeing.

Please note that the extra blocks like:

<!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- /wp:paragraph -->
<!-- wp:html --><!-- /wp:html -->

are not added by our plugin. These typically appear when empty blocks are added in the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg) — either manually or sometimes due to how certain themes or editor-related plugins handle the content structure.

The shortcode itself ([aiovg_videos]) remains unchanged and functions as intended. The visual appearance of those extra blocks in your page’s source does not affect the output of our plugin but may be cleaned up if they are not needed.

We recommend checking:

• If any editor-enhancement plugins or page builders are enabled that might modify block content.
• Whether these blocks were accidentally added during editing.

If needed, you can safely remove those empty blocks by editing the page directly and deleting the unnecessary blank lines or blocks.

Let us know if you need help with that or if we can assist further.

Sure, kindly submit a ticket here https://plugins360.com/support/ with the following details:

• The full URL of the MP4 file you’re trying to stream.
• The URL of the page on your website where the video is embedded.

Kindly follow this tutorial https://plugins360.com/all-in-one-video-gallery/translate-to-your-language/ to translate any word from the plugin.

If you did not find the word, kindly refer to the “Sync to the latest version” section on the same tutorial link above.

Hope this helped you!

Still stuck or need a hand? No worries! Just send us a quick message here:
https://plugins360.com/all-in-one-video-gallery/support/
We’ll be happy to have one of our developers take a closer look and help you out privately.

Thanks for reporting the issue and providing detailed information.

We’ve looked into the error you’re seeing in Google Search Console:
“The itemListElement field is missing” on your category pages.

We’d like to clarify that this issue is related to how Yoast SEO handles breadcrumb schema, and not directly caused by our plugin.

Our plugin uses the wpseo_breadcrumb_links filter to add support for breadcrumb links when Yoast SEO is active. However, the actual generation and output of the BreadcrumbList structured data, including required fields like itemListElement, is fully managed by Yoast SEO.

In this case, it seems the breadcrumbs are partially configured on your category pages, but Yoast may not be outputting the complete schema—especially for custom or dynamically generated archive URLs like the ones used in our plugin.

For further clarification or a potential fix, we recommend reaching out to Yoast SEO support, as they control how the schema is generated and rendered.

If Yoast suggests any changes or specific adjustments that need to be made from our end, please let us know—we’ll be happy to integrate them.

Thanks for reaching out! Unfortunately, this option isn’t available in the current version. We’ve taken note of your suggestion and will definitely consider it for a future update. We appreciate your patience and continued support!

When inspecting the page source on your website, I found the following custom CSS code:

.single-aiovg_videos .aiovg-single-video {
    position: relative;
    padding-bottom: 185px;
}

This code was likely added by you or your developer. Please try removing it, as doing so should resolve the issue.

Thanks so much for your kind words and suggestion!

We’re glad to hear you’re enjoying the All-in-One Video Gallery plugin.

Regarding your request to support short-form videos like YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels — great news! Our plugin already supports both, and here’s how you can add them:

📹 Adding YouTube Shorts

YouTube Shorts work just like regular YouTube videos. Here’s how to embed them:

1. Open your YouTube Shorts URL in your browser.
2. The URL will automatically redirect to a format like:
   https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XXXXXXXXXX?app=desktop
3. Copy this redirected URL.
4. In your WordPress Dashboard, go to Video Gallery → All Videos → Add New.
5. In the video form, set Source Type to YouTube and paste the URL.

We understand it would be more convenient to add Shorts URLs directly without needing to copy the redirected link. We’re happy to share that this enhancement is planned for our next update!

📱 Adding Instagram Reels

To embed Instagram Reels:

1. Follow this guide to get the embed code:
   How to Embed Instagram Videos
2. Go to Video Gallery → All Videos → Add New (or edit an existing one).
3. Scroll to the Video metabox, select Source Type as Iframe Embed Code.
4. Paste the embed code into the Iframe Embed Code field.

📐 Adjusting Player & Thumbnail Sizes for Portrait Videos

Since short videos often use a portrait aspect ratio, you can fine-tune the player and thumbnail sizes like this:

🔧 Player Size

• Go to Video Gallery → Settings → Player.
• Set the Height (Ratio) field to 177 (or adjust as needed).
• Save your changes.

🖼️ Grid Thumbnail Size

• Go to Video Gallery → Settings → General → Videos Layout.
• Set the Height (Ratio) to 177.
• Save your changes.

📌 Note: If your gallery contains both portrait and landscape videos, they will all follow the same global ratio settings. While everything will display correctly, the layout might not be ideal.

We’re currently working on better support for mixed aspect ratios — and we’d love your feedback to help shape it!

💬 We’d Love Your Input!

We’re planning to introduce:

• The ability to set different ratio values per shortcode, so you can group videos by format.
• An option to override the ratio per video, especially for single video pages.

What do you think would work best when mixing portrait and landscape videos in one gallery?

Your insights will help us build a feature that works exactly how you need it.

Thanks again for your suggestion — and for being part of our plugin journey!