As of April 2026, Video Background Block is a WordPress block plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 19K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.8+ and PHP 7.1+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 34% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website….
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I placed a navigation block from the editor inside the video block. But it doesn’t show me the hamburger. The problem is that it doesn’t show the SVG inside the button. It only happens if I place it inside this block outside of it, and it works fine. That’s why I had to uncheck:
Show button icon
Configures the visual appearance of the button that changes the overlay menu.
And so, the word MENU appears.
Is there any way to make the menu hamburger appear?
I’ve literally tested over 6 plugins just today to see which ones work for FREE and which ones are paid. I also played around with the code directly to see if I could get it to work the same, which I did; however, this is by and far the best plugin to use. If you want to do the plugin route, versus custom code!
Great little plugin which adds a Gutenberg video background block which is missing most other plugins. Responsive support too!
An option for cropping the section of the video for mobile viewing would be great!
This plugin did what I needed in a very simple and intuitive way. I gave it 4 stars just because there is a minor setback / bug. When I refresh / update the editor, block is again filled with default content. I think this is because I am using this plugin just to display a full width video block so I don’t use title, paragraph and button.
| WordPress | 5.8+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.1+ required |
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