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Add play/pause controls for GIFs #256
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Here's that plugin on GitHub for reference: https://github.com/roelmagdaleno/wp-gif-player-play-and-pause |
This plugin seems a bit heavy for what it is, and it primarily suggests converting gifs to mp4/webm which won't be possible on learn.wordpress.org. The next best option the plugin offers is the Example of the default WP gif embed vs the plugin: https://cloudup.com/cfvpnJCMNGt Libgif-js does support play/pause but the plugin has no implementation of that, and I can't seem to find any WP plugins that do have an implementation that would be "like a video embed, but gif". |
Thanks for checking it out! The |
@hlashbrooke GIFs are not accessible to me and if there's a way to make them accessible, I've never heard of it. I would recommend not going forward with this approach. I think the best way to describe content to users is through text. However, I understand not everyone learns best through text. In my case, I didn't have much of a choice. Will text/videos/images not be enough for lesson/workshop content? I just really can't support the idea of adding GIFs. :( Hope it sort of helps. Thanks. |
That helps a lot - thanks @alexstine! I'm happy to can the idea of using GIFs in our content and sticking with images and videos as needed. Thanks for the input here. I'm closing this issue. |
I did find this but I imagine a plugin would be hard to come by for all these requirements. |
We are planning on using GIFs as part of instructional content on Learn as they are often a great way to illustrate a point in a quick and easy way. In order to use them effectively, they need to be both practical and accessible. In practice, this means that we need for them to not be looped and to have play/pause controls on the GIFs themselves.
This plugin offers the functionality we need, but I haven't looked at the code so I don't know if it's a good fit or not: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-gif-player-play-and-pause/
I realise that GIFs have the additional accessibility issue of not being available to blind users, so in the end, they might not be a good fit at all, but I would like to explore our options here.
@alexstine If you have any input on the accessibility side of things here I would appreciate it :)
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