Note: Video file sizes must be kept low or they will take a long time to load. File sizes must be kept under 5mb and preferably under 3mb.
Navigate to the page that contains the video. For example, if the video is on your home page go to the WordPress dashboard > Pages > Home.
The video section will look like this :
To update the video you will need to change out 4 different URL’s in this section. One URL will be for the still image that shows when the video is not playing. The other 3 URL’s are for the different file formats of the video. Once you have chosen a new video, you will have to convert it into three file formats, .ogv, .mp4, .webm. Also, you should create a still image out of the first frame of the video.
To get the URL for each file, navigate to the WordPress dashboard and click the Media tab. Drag the new files in to upload them. You can find the URL to each file if you click on it.
Once you have the URLs….
Enter the still image URL here:
Enter the .mp4 version of the video here:
Enter the .webm version of the video here:
Enter the .ogv version of the video here:
Click “update” and you should be ready to go!