Preface
In the previous article, I used MinIO via Docker to build my own simple COS platform (see:Docker Series: Building a Private COS Platform Based on MinIO), which was originally meant for me to occasionally share some large files with friends. However, setting up a MinIO instance just for this “occasional” use felt like a bit of a waste. To avoid wasting this simple COS platform, I decided to open an MV channel on my blog and put some classic MVs from my collection there, making it convenient to share with friends when needed.
To achieve this effect, I needed to install a video plugin on WordPress that supports “gallery” functionality (I don't have a programming background and don't know code, so I can only try to solve problems with plugins). Of course, the basic principle cannot be abandoned—it must be free~. After some trials, I found a plugin that barely meets the requirements: All-in-One Video Gallery.
This plugin essentially allows each video to be directly generated as a post, as shown below:
And it can generate different pages based on different dimensions (video categories, video tags, user videos, etc.) (essentially generating shortcodes pointing to different dimensions), for example, generating a page based on the MV category:
Setup Steps
Create a New Video Category (Optional Step)
This step is not mandatory, depending on your own needs. If you only have one category, you don't need to bother. I created two categories, film and mv, because I am considering having other categories in the future, such as classic movie clips:
Upload Videos
To present a video gallery using this plugin, you must upload videos within this plugin:
Click "Add New" in the upper right corner:
The red-boxed parts in the image above are some key items (due to resolution issues, the annotations above are a bit blurry, but you can barely see them if you look closely, so I won't write them out separately). The key is still the video upload method. Directly uploading videos has too many limitations and heavily affects WordPress performance, so the URL method is recommended. In this article, the link generated by MinIO COS is used, but other methods are also fine. Just choose according to your actual situation, fill in the options, and click "Publish" in the upper right corner.
At this point, it is basically complete, leaving only the final step of how to present it. Actually, after installing this plugin, you can see in the Pages section of WordPress that some pages have already been added, as shown below:
These are the pages pre-generated by the plugin. In fact, you only need to add this page to WordPress to see it directly, but this may not meet our requirements. For example, if I want a page to present all the content in the MV category, I just need to get a shortcode first:
Follow the red box as shown, and finally click "Generate Shortcode" below to generate the shortcode:
Then you just need to paste the shortcode from the red box into the desired position on any page (remember to put it on a separate line). The final effect is the effect of the MV page above:
In addition, there are many options in the specific settings of the plugin, which you can explore to find what suits you:
However, this deployment method is not perfect. For example, clicking the thumbnail directly does not play the video. I suspect this is due to the COS method; if you upload the video directly, there shouldn't be this issue (you can see the play icon on the video thumbnail). Also, this presentation style is a bit basic. The paid version is much better with several options to choose from, but for the free version, this is probably all we can expect, which is why my title is “Simple” Video Gallery.