videos are blocking the text beneath them

  • Unknown's avatar

    I have searched for this problem high and low but nobody else seems to be having the same problem. When I put a video in a page, it blocks the text below it in the post. I’ve tried pasting the link directly into a text box; I’ve tried creating a video block. I’ve tried inserting the video in between paragraphs; I’ve tried typing my first paragraph, then adding the video, then typing the second paragraph. No matter what I do – the video is so big it blocks the next paragraph. This happens in preview mode for desktop, tablet, AND mobile. If I risk it and hit Publish, nothing changes and the text is still covered up. It’s happened in both Chrome and Firefox on my PC desktop. It’s happened on multiple pages I’ve written recently, and I can’t make it stop happening. What am I doing wrong here???

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  • I checked a few pages with videos on your site, but I don’t see the problem as described.

    Would you please give us a link to a specific page or two where we can see the problem?

  • Unknown's avatar

    Ah, that would be because I left the newest page as a draft! I published it, and enlarged the font in the last paragraph; if I have it the same size as the rest of the page, the entire paragraph is invisible.
    https://katewagnerfilmmaker.wordpress.com/portfolio/punk-the-capital/

  • Hmm it’s not invisible so much as it’s hidden behind the YouTube embed (plus also the text size is too big of course.)

    After taking a closer look this appears that the last paragraph block does not have any sizing information.

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    Your other paragraphs are set to 16px, but on this one the setting is blank, so I think the theme is getting confused by this and handling the text incorrectly.

    If you set that block to 16px as well does it resolve the issue? Thanks!

  • Unknown's avatar

    That would make sense, but unfortunately that doesn’t solve the issue. Changing the font on the last paragraph block to 16 px leaves the entire paragraph blocked by the video embed.
    I’ve tried adding several empty blocks between the video and the last paragraph to no avail – the empty blocks don’t show up and the paragraph is still hidden.

  • Hello there,

    I was able to replicate what you were seeing there.

    I toggled the “Resize for smaller devices” feature on and off during troubleshooting and it looks like this has cleared the issue.

    Are you able to confirm you’re seeing the final paragraph please.

    Many thanks.

  • Unknown's avatar

    Wow, I thought that leaving the toggle on for resizing would be a good idea, but when I switch it off the last paragraph is no longer blocked! Thank you so so much for your time on this!

  • Thanks katewagnerfilmmaker! We’ve let our developers know you ran into an issue with this, too, so hopefully they’ll be able to sort that out.

    Enjoy your weekend.

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