FV Player 8 is a WordPress app, with a 4.0 average rating from 2 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
FV Player 8 is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by FolioVision. With a rating of 4.0★ from 2 reviews.
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FV Player 8 is a well-rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 2 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by FolioVision — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (2) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How FV Player 8 works
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FV Player is a free, easy-to-use, and complete solution for embedding MP4 or HLS videos into your posts or pages. With MP4 videos, FV Player offers 98% coverage even on mobile devices.
Features:
Remembering video position for both guest users and members
Chromecast and Airplay support
Video playlists
Automated checking of video encoding for logged in admins
Totally Brandable. Stop selling YouTube and start selling yourself. Even design your own player
Full support for Amazon S3
YouTube support
Integration with the Bunny Stream video encoding service
Integration with the Coconut.co video encoding service – using a free addon plugin: https://foliovision.com/downloads/fv-player-coconut
API for custom video fields
iframe embed codes
Ultra-efficient player: just 41.8kB of Javascript. Rest is loaded later when user is going to play the video
Video presentation options:
Scroll autoplay with the sticky video option
Sticky video playback
Video lightbox (works for images and galleries too, using fancyBox 3)
Video links to point to exact time in the video
Video tracking options:
Built-in video play stats
Google Analytics 4
Matomo
Pro features using the commercial FV Player Pro:
easy AB looped playback for your visitors (great for teaching sites)
Encrypted video support
DRM watermark
Video Chapters
Full-featured Vimeo embedding
Support for URL tokens of different CDNs: Bunny CDN, CloudFront, StackPath and Universal CDN
Support for other video services: Vimeo, OK.ru, Odysee, PeerTube (incuding support for your own instance)
Autoplay video only once for each visitor
Interactive video transcript
Timeline previews
Other extensions:
Alternative Sources plugin for backup CDN configuration
Cloudflare Stream plugin
JW Player platform plugin
Pay Per View plugin for Easy Digital Downloads and WooCommerce
VAST plugin
Viloud Live Streaming platform support
Video Bookmarks and User Playlists plugin
Back to school special 25% off pro licenses until end of September.
Additional Documentation at Foliovision.com
Support |
Change Log |
Installation|
User Guide |
Detailed FAQ
External Services FV Player uses the following external services all of which are optional:
FV Player Pro license checks via foliovision.com – only used if you click the button to install FV Player Pro extension
AWS – if you setup Amazon S3 with FV Player
DigitalOcean Spaces – if you setup DigitalOcean Spaces with FV Player
Google API via googleapis.com and gdata.youtube.com – if you setup YouTube API key to be able to obtain video splash screens, video titles and duration information when inserting videos from YouTube
Bunny Stream API via video.bunnycdn.com – only if you setup Bunny Stream
FV Video Checker on video-checker.foliovision.com – when you install the plugin you are prompted if you allow access to your video files to check for video encoding issues. This can also be disabled using the “Disable Admin Video Checker” setting later.
Wistia embed codes if you use post Wistia videos
Keyword rankings
FV Player 8 ranks for 2 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 2:
- 1.faqRank #399
- Rank #977
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Frequently asked questions
What is FV Player 8?
FV Player 8 is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.0-star rating from 2 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by FolioVision.