Description
Client Tutorial Videos makes it easy to provide video tutorials to your clients right inside their WordPress dashboard. Upload videos to the media library or paste YouTube/Vimeo URLs, add them through a simple repeater interface, and your clients will always know where to find help.
Features
- Repeatable tutorial blocks — Add as many tutorials as you need, each with a title, description, and video.
- Searchable library – Find tutorials by title or description without reloading the page.
- Click-to-load players – Viewers choose when to connect to an external video provider.
- Dashboard widget — A compact tutorial list appears on the WordPress dashboard for quick access.
- Dedicated tutorial page — A full admin page with video players and descriptions so clients can watch without leaving wp-admin.
- Role-based visibility — Control which user roles can see the tutorials page and widget.
- Drag-and-drop ordering — Reorder tutorials with a simple drag handle.
- Media library integration — Select videos directly from the WordPress media library.
- YouTube and Vimeo links — Paste a hosted video URL instead of uploading a file.
Use Cases
- Agencies providing training materials to clients after site launch.
- Freelancers who build sites and need to leave behind how-to guides.
- In-house teams onboarding new editors or content managers.
Philosophy
- No front-end output or performance impact — everything runs in wp-admin only.
- No plugin telemetry. Hosted videos connect to their provider only when the viewer chooses to load or open one.
- All inputs sanitized, all outputs escaped.
- Nonces for all actions, capability checks for all settings.
- Clean uninstall removes all plugin data.
Privacy
Tutorial settings are stored in your WordPress database. Media-library videos are served by your site. YouTube and Vimeo videos are click-to-load: no provider request is made until a viewer selects Load video or follows the external video link. Loading a video sends connection information, including IP address, to that provider and is subject to its privacy policy.
YouTube privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Vimeo privacy: https://vimeo.com/privacy
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Installation
Automatic Installation
- Go to Plugins Add New in your WordPress admin.
- Search for “Client Tutorial Videos”.
- Click Install Now, then Activate.
Manual Installation
- Download the plugin ZIP file.
- Go to Plugins Add New Upload Plugin.
- Upload the ZIP and click Install Now.
- Activate the plugin.
FTP Installation
- Extract the ZIP file.
- Upload the
dawsonyweb-client-tutorial-videosfolder to/wp-content/plugins/. - Activate via Plugins in the WordPress admin.
FAQ
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Where do I add tutorials?
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Go to Tutorial Videos Manage Tutorials in the WordPress admin sidebar. You need the
manage_optionscapability (typically Administrator) to add or edit tutorials. -
Who can see the tutorials?
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By default, only Administrators can see the tutorial page and dashboard widget. You can configure which roles have access from the Manage Tutorials settings page under “Settings”.
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Does this plugin affect the front end?
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No. Everything runs in wp-admin only. No scripts, styles, or markup are added to your public site.
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What video formats are supported?
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Any video format supported by the WordPress media library and the HTML5
<video>element (MP4, WebM, OGG). MP4 is recommended for uploaded videos. You can also paste YouTube or Vimeo URLs. -
What happens when I deactivate or delete the plugin?
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Deactivating preserves all settings. Deleting the plugin via the WordPress admin removes all settings from the database. Uploaded video files remain in the media library.
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What PHP version is required?
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PHP 7.4 or higher.
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Is this plugin multisite compatible?
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The plugin works on multisite but settings are per-site. Network-wide settings are not yet supported.
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Contributors & Developers
“DawsonyWeb – Client Tutorial Videos” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.1.0
- Added tutorial search and click-to-load external videos. Hidden tutorials navigation from excluded roles. Refreshed the DawsonyWeb workspace and documented video-provider privacy.
1.0.9
- Added YouTube and Vimeo URL support for tutorial videos.
- Uploaded media-library videos continue to work as before.
1.0.8
- Compatibility: tested up to WordPress 7.0.
1.0.6
- Fix: Renamed plugin slug and main file to match WordPress.org directory slug.
- Fix: Updated text domain to match plugin slug (dawsonyweb-client-tutorial-videos).
- Fix: Applied uniform dawscltu_ prefix to all globally-registered identifiers.
1.0.5
- Fix: Removed locked built-in functionality from the free plugin package.
- Fix: Updated plugin metadata and text domain for WordPress.org compliance.
- Fix: Simplified the admin experience to focus on the free tutorial-management feature set.
1.0.4
- Fix: Watched state now persists correctly on page refresh (ID case-sensitivity bug).
- Fix: Admin tab input sanitisation improved (wp_unslash + sanitize_key).
- Fix: Global variable scoping in template (moved inside closure).
- Fix: Added caching to user progress database query.
1.0.0
- Initial release.
- Repeatable tutorial block manager with title, description, and video.
- Dashboard widget for quick tutorial access.
- Dedicated Tutorial Videos admin page with embedded video players.
- Role-based visibility settings.
- Drag-and-drop tutorial reordering.