Title: Shortcode in ligthbox?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Shortcode in ligthbox?

 *  Resolved [questionmarc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/questionmarc/)
 * (@questionmarc)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-in-ligthbox/)
 * hi.
 * i hate to use the word ‘urgent’ but this is urgent 😉
 * I have a shortcode, for example:
 * [KGVID width=”720″ height=”405″]http://myurl.com/path/video.mp4[/KGVID]
 * This works. Nicely embedded video. But now, my client wants to show this video
   in a lightbox. How can i put the above code in a lightbox? I am unable to find
   a lightbox or other solution for my problem. When i strictly embed the video 
   url in a lightbox then it works, on some machines, depending if the have quicktime
   of media player installed. That’s why i need to post the above shortcode so that
   the plugin can handle the streaming part instead of hoping that a system can 
   handle .mp4 files.
 * Please help!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/video-embed-thumbnail-generator/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/video-embed-thumbnail-generator/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Kyle Gilman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegilman/)
 * (@kylegilman)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-in-ligthbox/#post-3932161)
 * Try making a single-video gallery. The shortcode would be like this:
 * `[KGVID gallery="true" gallery_include="123" gallery_thumb="720"][/KGVID]`
 * Where “123” is the ID of the video attachment. This will only work if your video
   is in the WordPress Media Library.
 *  Thread Starter [questionmarc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/questionmarc/)
 * (@questionmarc)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-in-ligthbox/#post-3932168)
 * thank you. I’ve tried it, but doesn’t seem to work?
 * For me:
 * [KGVID gallery=”true” gallery_include=”9291″][/KGVID]
 * Where 9291 is the post ID of the video in my library. When i put the code in 
   my page, it doesn’t show up.
 *  Plugin Author [Kyle Gilman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegilman/)
 * (@kylegilman)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-in-ligthbox/#post-3932185)
 * Is the video with the ID 9291 a child of the post you’ve embedded it in? If you
   go to the Media Library page, does the video have the name of the post in the“
   Uploaded To” column? If it’s the only video that is a child of that post, you
   could omit the gallery_include attribute and just do
 * `[KGVID gallery="true" gallery_thumb="720"][/KGVID]`
 * Also, it can be difficult to get the correct ID for media posts. WordPress is
   making it harder and harder to find. The best way I know of is to go to the Media
   Library page and click on the video title. You’ll get to a URL like [http://www.your-site.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=2571&action=edit](http://www.your-site.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=2571&action=edit)
 * The number after “post=” is the ID of the video.
 *  Thread Starter [questionmarc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/questionmarc/)
 * (@questionmarc)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-in-ligthbox/#post-3932196)
 * Thank you for the quick support. To be honest, i don’t know what happened but
   it works now. your advice was perfect. Thx!

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