It’s best to do it in a theme that you control because if you change the code in the WordPress Core files, you will lose your custom code when WordPress gets updated. What it entails is changing the default way WordPress calls in the wp-custom-header and hosting the script locally in your own theme and changing the settings to suit your needs. The process of adding the custom video header with sound and other settings by customizing the code in our DevWP theme isn’t that difficult.

Are You Ready to Get Your Hands Dirty and Start Coding? If you want to go the route of creating a WordPress Plugin, then subscribe to my YouTube Channel PixemWeb so you’ll be notified when that playlist becomes available. If you’re looking to create a child theme, then watch this video on How To Create a WordPress Child Theme where I demonstrate how to get this functionality in a way where you won’t lose your custom code when the original theme developer updates the theme. The video at the top of this post where I show you how to enable this functionality is part of a larger YouTube Playlist titled WordPress Theme Development with DevWP. I created a video where I demonstrate this process. By doing it this way, you won’t lose your custom code. Or you can create a child theme to the parent theme that you’re using.You can create a custom plugin that works in conjunction with your theme.

Only attempt this if you’re the original theme developer and code updates are handled by you.

You can add the custom code needed to enable this feature.

But if you want to have sound and not have it set to auto-play, then how do you change this type of functionality when there are no settings to alter this behavior? Well, if you don’t mind the default settings of no sound and auto-play without the ability to change these settings, then you’re good to go.

and place the URL to the YouTube Video you want to display.

Have you thought about using a YouTube Video as a Custom Header on your WordPress Powered Website?

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