Adam Preiser
February 7, 2024

Presto Player 2.1: Introducing Automatic Video Schema

We are excited to announce a new feature in Presto Player – Automatic Video Schema!

With this latest update, we have integrated video schema functionality into Presto Player, providing significant Search Engine Optimization (SEO) benefits for your videos.

Video schema, also known as structured data or schema markup, is a standardized format that allows search engines to understand and interpret the content of your videos better. It provides search engines with specific details about your video, such as its title, description, duration, thumbnail, and other relevant information.

By adding automatic video SEO schema to Presto Player, you can enhance the visibility and discoverability of your videos in search engine results. Here are some of the SEO benefits you can expect:

  1. Improved Click-Through Rates (CTR): Video schema enables search engines to display rich snippets in search results, including video thumbnails, titles, and descriptions. These eye-catching snippets can attract more clicks from users, increasing your CTR.
  2. Enhanced Video Visibility: With video schema, search engines can understand the context and content of your videos more accurately. This helps them index and rank your videos appropriately, making them more visible to potential viewers.
  3. Increased Organic Traffic: By optimizing your videos with schema markup, you can improve their chances of appearing in video carousels, featured snippets, and other prominent positions in search results. This can lead to an increase in organic traffic to your website.
  4. Better User Experience: Video schema markup allows search engines to provide more relevant video recommendations to users. By leveraging this feature, you can deliver a better user experience and engage your audience effectively.

To take advantage of the automatic video SEO schema in Presto Player, make sure to provide a poster image for each video. This image will be used as the thumbnail in search engine results and helps to attract viewers’ attention.

Upgrade to the latest version of Presto Player now and unlock the power of automatic video SEO schema. Enjoy improved visibility, increased organic traffic, and a better overall SEO performance for your videos!

We hope you enjoy this new feature and look forward to bringing you more exciting updates.

New:

  • New: Add automatic video SEO schema (poster image required).
Adam Preiser
January 31, 2024

Presto Player 2.0.16

This is a maintenance release.

Fix:

  • Fix: Captions getting stuck off when muted preview captions are turned on and the video is played.
  • Fix: LifterLMS video progression tracking not working in latest version of Lifter Advanced Videos.
Adam Preiser
January 18, 2024

Presto Player 2.0.15

This is a maintenance release.

Fix:

  • Fix: Issue with Learndash video progression not working if media hub is added to lesson instead of a video.
Adam Preiser
December 21, 2023

Presto Player 2.0.14

This is a maintenance release.

Improvement:

  • Improvement: Change default mobile behavior to play inline.
Adam Preiser
December 12, 2023

Presto Player 2.0.13

This is a maintenance release.

Fix:

  • Fix: Add compatibility for Beaver Builder Responsive iFrame UI.
Adam Preiser
December 7, 2023

Presto Player Pro 2.0.4

This is a maintenance release.

Fix:

  • Fix: PHP deprecation notices with PHP 8.1+
Adam Preiser
December 7, 2023

Presto Player 2.0.12

This is a maintenance release.

Fix:

  • Fix: Search bar styling issue in plugin sidebar.
  • Fix: Various style tweaks and fixes in admin video options popups.
Adam Preiser
November 21, 2023

Version 2.0.3

Fix:

  • Fix: Issue with Kadence CSS variables not applying to playlist styles.
Adam Preiser
November 13, 2023

Version 2.0.11

Fix:

  • Fix: Issue with bunny.net block placeholder not loading due to changes in instructions prop with a11y.
Adam Preiser
November 9, 2023

Version 2.0.10

Fix:

  • Fix: Issue with bunny.net blocks not loading on backend due to WordPress 6.4 update.