The WordPress coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. development team builds WordPress! Follow this site for general updates, status reports, and the occasional code debate. There’s lots of ways to contribute:
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While some people might think of the CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Editor as being focused on the writing experience, it’s so much more than that, especially with what’s now possible thanks to numerous core blocks and the future site editing world. This post is about one of these new content tools that you might have missed in the last few months of recent releases: the ability to add video subtitles. With more and more people venturing into the video space thanks to them being easier than ever to create, this new feature packs powerful capabilities for content creators and their viewers alike.
To take advantage of this new feature, just upload a video and use the Text Tracks setting to upload your subtitles as shown below:
The Text Tracks setting options now included in the Video BlockBlockBlock is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience..
People viewing your site can enable captions through the settings of the video player. Here’s a screenshot of a video with captions on to get a sense of the experience:
Example of a paused video with subtitles enabled.
Now you can engage with your audiences so they can catch what you’re up to whether they might have limited hearing, don’t want to wake a sleeping baby/pet/person nearby, or prefer reading along while watching your video. Happy creating!
If you’re interested in working on features like this, make sure to join #core-editor, check out the current focuses, and attend the Core Editor weekly meeting @ 14:00 UTC in core-editor.
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