How to add Interactive Video Player to a WordPress website

Embed Interactive Video Player on WordPress

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Create a Interactive Video Player plugin for WordPress on Common Ninja

First, create a WordPress Interactive Video Player plugin on Common Ninja. On the plugins catalog, find the Interactive Video Player and enter the Editor.

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Save the Interactive Video Player plugin

When you're done creating the Interactive Video Player plugin, click on the Save Changes button at the right top corner of the editor. If you don't have an account on Common Ninja, you'll have to register first.

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Copy the Interactive Video Player Embed Code

When you're ready to add the Interactive Video Player plugin to your WordPress website, click the Add To Website button at the top bar of the Editor. On the window that opens, click the Copy Icon to copy the plugin embed code. In the next steps, you will paste this code into your WordPress website.

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Paste the code to your WordPress website’s HTML field.

Next, go to your WordPress website editor and find the HTML field. It is most likely in the form of an HTML/Code widget or module which you can find on the WordPress’s editor. Add it to your page, and paste the Interactive Video Player Embed Code you’ve copied before to the HTML field. Save and update, and that’s it, you should have Common Ninja’s Interactive Video Player plugin on your WordPress website.

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Alternative Method 1: Through the HTML option in the text’s editing area.

If you can't find the HTML/Code widget or module, there's another way to put Common Ninja’s Interactive Video Player plugin on your WordPress plugin. You can just add the code to a special HTML section in the text editor.

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Alternative Method 2: Add it directly to your WordPress website’s HTML code.

If you're having trouble finding a widget or a special part in your text editor where you can add the Embed Code, you can try a different way to add the Interactive Video Player plugin to your WordPress website. You can do this by putting it straight into your WordPress website's HTML code.

Why Use This Widget

Use the Interactive Video Player widget when you want your videos to do more than play passively. By adding overlays such as links, product cards, hotspots, and buttons, you turn each video into a guided experience that can educate, sell, or qualify users directly. Viewers can click at key moments to learn more, open product pages, answer questions, or jump to sections. This is powerful for ecommerce, onboarding, tutorials, and storytelling campaigns. Interactive layers shorten the distance between interest and action, provide richer analytics about engagement, and make video a direct driver of conversions rather than just a background asset.

This tutorial was written by the Common Ninja product team, creators of interactive, no-code widgets for WordPress website. Common Ninja helps over 500,000 users build engaging online experiences without coding.