Mod – Video Background

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You will need to upload a video or choose a royalty-free video from YouTube before populating background

Installing the Plugin

  1. Download the YouTube Background Video Player from the suggested plugin box
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  2. Click Install Plugin on the mb.YTPlayer for background videos plugin pop-up
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  3. Click Activate Plugin
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  4. Go to Settings => mb.YTPlayer
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  5. Go to Pages => Add New
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  6. Create a page and set template to Home Page – YouTube
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  7. Important: Make sure that the Home Page you created is set to the Static Front Page in the theme customizer (Appearance => Customize) or the video background will not display
  8. Go to the url of your YouTube video and click on Share
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  9. Copy the Share URL
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  10. Check the box to activate the background video
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  11. Paste the URL in the YouTube URL field
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  12. Set the static Homepage option
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  13. Customize options based on how you would like your video to display
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