Automating Video Ad Injection in WordPress

I built a WordPress plugin that adds pre-roll video ads directly to Elementor's native Video widget, because the usual setup for video monetization is messy. Most WordPress sites end up juggling external players, shortcodes, or ad scripts that do not fit the page builder workflow. The core idea is simple: keep ad configuration where editors already work. Instead of sending users to a separate ad platform, the plugin extends the Elementor widget panel with ad-specific controls. That lets me attach an ad source, skip timing, and an optional click-through action to the same video component that renders the main content. Under the hood, the plugin intercepts the widget's playback flow and inserts an ad phase before the primary video starts. If the ad completes, or the viewer skips after the configured delay, playback continues into the original video. I also added per-widget overrides, so a page can run a custom campaign without breaking site-wide defaults. For broader campaigns, I impleme