OS media – HTML5 Featured Video for WordPress Plugin Directory
By mario marino
OS media – HTML5 Featured Video is the #318 ranked video app on WordPress, with a 5.0 average rating from 2 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
OS media – HTML5 Featured Video is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by mario marino. With a rating of 5.0★ from 2 reviews, it currently ranks #318 in the Video category.
AppRanks data: OS media – HTML5 Featured Video ranks #318 in Video on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 59% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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OS media – HTML5 Featured Video is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Video category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 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
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by mario marino — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (2) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How OS media – HTML5 Featured Video works
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OS-media allow streaming of mp4/webm/ogv video progressively through PHP. It works with all WP themes, but is designed specifically for OS-media theme, a Twenty Fourteen Child Theme that is able to properly handle the layout of Custom Post for Featured Videos.
DEMO ONLINE: http://openstream.tv/demo/
OS-media WP theme: http://www.mariomarino.eu/os-media-wordpress-theme/
You can insert multimedia content:
in normal post or page with the classic shortcodes added to the post textarea through control panel.
in Custom Post Type for “Featured Video”, a dedicated area where we have a single “Featured video” for each page (like WP Featured Images).
There are 5 ways to insert video:
from local WP installation (after upload video files through FTP): you must place the PATH of this local video resource (for example: /opt/lampp/htdocs/wp/wp-content/uploads/video)in general settings and files list appears in file selector in each control panel of single post.
from any file server or WP installation: you must place the URL (http://…) and files list appears in file selector.
from Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Server) [files list appears in file selector],
directly uploading (or selecting) files through WordPress media uploader (limited size: depends on the configuration of php and WP) [dedicated input for each format: mp4, webm, ogg]
from the platform Youtube & Vimeo. [dedicated input]
NOTE: the way 1 is recommended if you need to hide the video URL and prevents users from easily downloading the source.
For OSmedia Featured video (Custom Post Type), if you don’t use Os-media theme you can insert the function Osmedia_video() in your theme. This content are also optimized for latest WP theme like Twenty Fifteen or Twenty Fourteen, automatically detected by this plugin, which loads the dedicated layout for CPT content. If your theme is not recognized, is loaded by default the file layout/osmedia_cpt.php, that you can edit and customize for display your featured video.
For normal post/page you can place Poster Image for video URL in shortcode (img=””).
In custom Post Field you can use the WP Featured Image, otherwise the plugin try to load image file from the same directory with the same name and .jpg extension.
Some configs parameters in Option settings are general config, not present in single-post settings, this one are effective for post already created (for example: “local video path”, or “player skin”). And some other config parameters for default setting that are overwritten by the same settings parameters present in single-post (for example: “width”, or “autoplay”).
List of all parameters of OS-media video:
http://www.mariomarino.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/OSmedia_vars.pdf
Shortcode example:
[video file=”demo” fileurl="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/” img="http://.." youtube="KTRVYDwfDyU" width="640" height="360"]
You can customize you own Video-js skin player simply generating css file through this tool: http://codepen.io/heff/pen/EarCt.
After that upload this file in the plugin folder: player/videojs/skin. The file name should reflect the name of the main class of the css file (not including the extension .css).
More Info on my personal blog: http://www.mariomarino.eu/en/os-media-wordpress-video-plugin/
Credits:
Video-js video library version 5.2.1
The skeleton for an object-oriented/MVC WordPress plugin by Ian Dunn.
The VideoStream class by Md Ali Ahsan Rana.
IMPORTANT NOTE about old version (1.0):
The old featured video post create through old version of this plugin MUST be simply manually reloaded in Admin Area and, when appear the video data on the metabox form, click “Generate Shortcode” button and save post.
This because in the new version in normal post and page, video are displayed only through shortcode.
Category rankings
As of Sep 5, 2026- Video#318of 539Top 59%
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Where OS media – HTML5 Featured Video stands in the Video category
OS media – HTML5 Featured Video ranks #318 of 539 apps in the Video category, placing it in the top 59% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is OS media – HTML5 Featured Video?
OS media – HTML5 Featured Video is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 2 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Video category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by mario marino.
Who uses OS media – HTML5 Featured Video?
Currently around 10 active stores have installed OS media – HTML5 Featured Video. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Video category on WordPress.
Where does OS media – HTML5 Featured Video rank on WordPress?
OS media – HTML5 Featured Video currently sits at position #318 in the Video category on WordPress. That places it in the top 59% of 539 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.