How to use Cincopa plugin with WordPress Gutenberg Site Editor

If you would like to use Cincopa with WordPress’ Gutenberg Website Builder, you can install the ‘Cincopa video and media plugin’. Cincopa’s plugin allows you to to easily add videos, photo galleries, slideshows, music and playlists and much more from your Cincopa account into your WordPress site.

Steps for installing and activating Cincopa video and media plugin:

1. From the WordPress Plugins page, click on Add New Plugin.

2. Type in Cincopa in the search bar and then click on Install Now button on the Cincopa video and media plugin.

3. Once the plugin is installed, click on the Activate button that shows up to activate the plugin.

You can also download the Cincopa video and media plugin and manually install it using steps provided below.

1. Download the Cincopa plugin zip file from the plugin page and save it on your computer.
   
2. Go to Plugins and click on Add New. 
3. Click on Upload Plugin button.
   
4. Select the plugin file you downloaded earlier to your computer and then click on Install Now.
   
5. Once the plugin is installed, click on Network Activate button to activate it.
   

Steps for configuring the Cincopa video and media plugin:

1. Click on Cincopa Options under Settings or click on the button within the Cincopa plugin welcome prompt that appears on your screen.
2. Click on Get token from Cincopa button.
3. You will be asked to login to your Cincopa account. Once you login, you will see the screen below where you need to click on Connect App button.
4. Once the app is connected, you will be redirected to the wordpress Cincopa plugin configuration page.
   
5. Scroll down on the page and click on the Update button as shown below.
   

Steps for inserting assets from your Cincopa account using Gutenberg editor:

Insert from Cincopa media library

1. Open your site page or post in edit mode or add a new page or post and click on the + option as shown below.
   
2. Click on Cincopa Video & Image Gallery option. You can also type ‘cincopa’ keyword in the search box to look it up.
   
3. You will see two options. Insert from Cincopa and Insert Short Code.
   
4. Click on the Insert from Cincopa button. You will see the option to insert Assets or Galleries. Assets are listed grouped by their tag. 
5. Click on a tag and then click on the asset you would like to insert.
   
6. Click on Insert media option.
   
   The asset will be inserted. You can now save the page.
   
   Similarly, you can also insert galleries by clicking on the Galleries tab and selecting the gallery from the list.
   

Insert using a media or gallery RID

1. Open your site page or post in edit mode or add a new page or post and click on the + option as shown below.
   
2. Click on Cincopa Video & Image Gallery option. You can also type ‘cincopa’ keyword in the search box to look it up.
   
3. Click on the Insert Short Code button.
   
4. You will be asked to enter the Media RID (asset ID to embed an asset) or Gallery RID (gallery ID to embed a gallery). Copy and Paste the ID and then click on Embed.
   Asset or gallery will be embedded on your page.