Skip to content
WPPoland Documentation

Getting started

Requirements

Section titled “Requirements”
  • WordPress 6.5 or newer.
  • WooCommerce active.
  • PHP 8.1 or newer.

Setup

Section titled “Setup”
  1. Upload the plugin to /wp-content/plugins/reel, or install it via Plugins → Add New.
  2. Activate it. WooCommerce must be active.
  3. Open the Reel menu and enable the features you want.
  4. For a product video, set the video URL in the product’s _reel_video_url meta.

Video sources

Section titled “Video sources”

Self-hosted files (MP4, M4V, WebM, OGV) play with WordPress’s native video player. Any oEmbed-supported URL (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) is embedded automatically. The video sits in a fixed-ratio 16:9 frame that reserves its space before loading.

Performance and accessibility

Section titled “Performance and accessibility”

Reel ships a single small vanilla-JavaScript file, deferred and in the footer, only on the single product page. The lightbox is a fixed overlay that starts hidden, the zoom transform is clipped to the gallery frame, and the video frame reserves space - so there is no Cumulative Layout Shift. The lightbox is fully keyboard operable, traps focus on its close control, restores focus on close and dismisses on Escape or a backdrop click.

Free and PRO boundary

Section titled “Free and PRO boundary”

The free edition covers hover zoom, the lightbox and a featured video. Reel Pro is planned for 360-degree spin, video autoplay rules and CDN-backed lazy media.