HTML5 Video Player – embed fast, responsive videos with ease vs HTML5 Video Player for WordPress

Embed beautiful, responsive videos anywhere on your site – no code required, trusted by 30,000+ websites worldwide. HTML5 Video Player | Documentation | Pricing | Support | Demo Why HTML5 Video Player? HTML5 Video Player is a flexible, fully responsive video player plugin for WordPress. Embed MP4 and other video formats with ease, customize the player to match your site design, and enjoy smooth playback across all major browsers and devices. Add players to posts, pages, or widgets using shortcodes or the Gutenberg block – no code needed. Built-in options let you control video behavior such as autoplay, loop, mute, and more, while schema markup helps search engines understand and index your videos. Free Features Responsive HTML5 Video Player: Seamlessly adapts to all devices and screen sizes. No-Code Embedding: Use shortcodes to quickly add videos anywhere on your site. Cross-Browser Compatibility: Works perfectly on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and more. iOS & Mobile Friendly: Plays video files on all major devices without extra plugins. Autoplay, Loop & Mute Options: Customize how your videos behave. Preload Options: Choose how much of the video loads up front (metadata, auto, none) to balance speed and bandwidth. Inline iOS Playback: Play videos inline on iOS devices instead of forcing fullscreen. Skins & Color Customization: Style the player to match your brand. Supports Multiple Formats: Embed MP4, WebM, OGG, and MOV files. Preview for Paid Content: Great for selling digital video files with previews. Lightweight & Compact: Doesn’t take up unnecessary space on your page. Custom CSS Support: Fine-tune your player with custom styles. SEO Optimized: Schema markup helps search engines understand and index your videos. Video Playlist Block: Build a playlist of videos with a simple list layout, auto-play next with a 5-second “Up Next” countdown, custom thumbnails, and duration badges. HLS Streaming: Play .m3u8 adaptive streams, with automatic quality levels. Subtitles & Captions: Add a .vtt caption track to any player, with your own language label. Player Alignment: Align the player left, centre or right from the block editor, the classic metabox, the Quick Player settings, the shortcode or Elementor. Audio Player Block: A skinnable audio player with four skins — Modern Bar, Waveform, Podcast Card and Compact Pill — plus speed, skip, volume and download controls. Pro Version The Pro version adds more flexibility and advanced controls for managing video playback and customization: Color Picker: Change player colors to match your site perfectly. External Hosting Support: Embed videos from Amazon S3 and other sources. Multiple Subtitles Support: Add more than one caption track and let viewers choose the language. Advanced Playlists: Three extra playlist layouts (List With Thumb, List on Right Side, Grid), a live search filter, prev/next arrows, plus a playlist post type and [video_playlist] shortcode. DASH Streaming: Play .mpd adaptive streams alongside HLS. Quality Switcher: Viewers can toggle video quality like on YouTube. Page Load Optimizer: Defer player assets and video loading for better page speed scores. Restart, Rewind, Fast Forward: Full playback control buttons. Download Button Toggle & Custom Download URL: Enable, hide, or redirect video downloads. Customize Every Control: Show/hide any button or control. Speed & Quality Control: Let users adjust playback speed and resolution. Advanced Shortcode Generator: Right inside your post/page text editor. Autoplay When Visible on Screen: Smart autoplay triggers only when the video enters the viewport. Disable Pause: Prevent viewers from pausing the video. Show Thumbnail on Pause & Sticky on Scroll: Keep viewers engaged as they browse. Seek Time & Start Time: Customize jump distance and auto-start position. Google VAST Tag URL: Integrate ad tags using Google VAST for monetization. Chapters & Overlay: Add chapter markers and custom overlays for a better experience. End Screen & Popup Player: Show a custom end screen or open videos in a distraction-free modal. Password Protected Videos: Restrict video access to users with a valid password. Watermark Support: Add branding or copyright with a watermark. Additional ID/CSS Class: Add unique IDs or CSS classes for advanced custom styling. Try the Pro Version – Unlock all premium features today! How to Use HTML5 Video Player – Quick Start Install and activate the plugin. Go to the HTML5 Video Player menu in the WordPress dashboard. Create a new video player and configure your settings. Copy the shortcode displayed for your player. Paste the shortcode into any post, page, or widget. Prefer the block editor? Add the HTML5 Video Player block, select your player, and publish – your video is live! Quick Player shortcode: [video_player src="video src"] More attributes you can use: controls="play-large, restart, rewind, play, fast-forward, progress, current-time, mute, volume, captions, settings, pip, airplay, download, fullscreen" autoplay="true/false" muted="true/false" preload="auto/metadata/none" playsinline="true/false" width="500px" align="left/center/right" caption="https://example.com/subtitles.vtt" caption_label="English/en" reset_on_end="true" Live Demo | Buy The Pro Use Cases Product Demos: Embed demo videos on landing and product pages. Courses & Tutorials: Display video tutorials and course content. Testimonials: Showcase client testimonial videos. Portfolios: Build a video portfolio of your work. Digital Sales: Add previews for paid video content. What Users Say ❛❛We got multiple support from the developer. Outstanding and fabulous! 100 % satisfied and my personal recommendation for video player plugin!❜❜ -newbie2004 ❛❛This guy is the future of WordPress plugins. The interface is the very definition of simplicity and everything just works right out of the box.❜❜ -amallulla Like the plugin? Missing a feature? Send your feedback Check Out Our Other WordPress Plugins Html5 Audio Player – Listen audios with awesome visuals. PDF Poster – Display/Embed PDF files with different styles. StreamCast – Customizable radio player with different skins. 3D Viewer – Embed 3D models and 3D products with interaction. Advanced Post Block – Show posts and custom posts in different layouts. Source Code You can find the source code, report bugs, and contribute to the development of this plugin on our GitHub repository: HTML5 Video Player on GitHub Third-Party Libraries This plugin bundles the following third-party library: Codestar Framework Source: http://codestarframework.com/ GitHub: https://github.com/Codestar/codestar-framework License: GPLv2 or later – https://github.com/Codestar/codestar-framework/blob/master/LICENSE Purpose: Provides the options framework for the plugin’s settings and shortcode generator. Plyr – Version: 3.8.4 – Purpose: Provides the customizable HTML5, YouTube, and Vimeo media player interface used to render videos. – License: MIT – Website: https://plyr.io – Source code: https://github.com/sampotts/plyr – Bundled file: public/js/plyr-v3.8.4.polyfilled.js bpl-tools Source / GitHub: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools License: GPL-2.0-or-later – https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Purpose: Shared utility library providing admin dashboard components and common Gutenberg editor controls. External Services: The library may connect to bPlugins, WordPress.org, and Freemius services for product data and checkout functionality. See full details: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools#external-requests–why-they-are-made

A video plugin for WordPress built on the Video.js HTML5 video player library. Updated for Videojs 5.0+ with a more beautifull skin. Embed HTML5, Flash video in your post or page. Play HTML5, FLV, HLS, m3u8, mp4, Youtube, Dailymotion, Vimeo. Compatible with the WordPress core [video] shortcode and work with the WordPress insert media button. Videojs didn’t update their Videojs to 5.0+ for WordPress and i decided to do it and share it on the WordPress plugins page. View videojs.com for additional information. Use the [videojs] shortcode in your post or page using the following options. Can use the WordPress default [video] shortcode. Compatible with the old Videojs version. NEW HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) Live Streaming Video m3u8 (Pro Version). Skin Builder – Generate your own skin or choose bettween prebuild skins (Pro Version). Using video Shortcodes Using video Shortcodes Video Pro – Skin builder Build your own skin with Video Pro, Allo you to create your own skin or use the prebuild demos skins to start and help you creating you own skin. Now play HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) like m3u8 streaming video HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) m3u8 Demo: Video Pro skin builder hls demo (m3u8) more infos at: Video Pro skin builder. Demo: Video Pro skin builder demo Demo Video Pro Video Shortcode Options mp4 The location of the h.264/MP4 source for the video. [videojs mp4="http://vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.mp4"] ogg The location of the Theora/Ogg source for the video. [videojs ogg="http://vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.ogg"] webm The location of the VP8/WebM source for the video. [videojs webm="http://vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.webm"] Flash FLV The location of the FLASH/FLV source for the video. [videojs fvl="http://www.sample-videos.com/video/flv/480/big_buck_bunny_480p_10mb.flv"] youtube The location of the YouTube source for the video. [videojs youtube="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcixldqDIEQ"] poster The location of the poster frame for the video. [videojs poster="http://vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.png"] width The width of the video. [videojs width="640"] height The height of the video. [videojs height="264"] preload Start loading the video as soon as possible, before the user clicks play. Use ‘auto’, ‘metadata’, or ‘none’. Auto will preload when the browser or device allows it. Metadata will load only the meta data of the video. [videojs preload="auto"] autoplay Start playing the video as soon as it’s ready. Use ‘true’ or ‘false’. [videojs autoplay="true"] loop Causes the video to start over as soon as it ends. Use ‘true’ or ‘false’. [videojs loop="true"] controls Use ‘false’ to hide the player controls. [videojs controls="false"] muted Use ‘true’ to initially mute video. [videojs muted="true"] id Add a custom ID to your video player. [videojs id="movie-id"] class Add a custom class to your player. Use full for floating the video player using ‘alignleft’ or ‘alignright’. [videojs class="alignright"] Tracks Text Tracks are a function of HTML5 video for providing time triggered text to the viewer. To use tracks use the [track] shortcode inside of the [video] shortcode. You can set values for the kind, src, srclang, label, and default attributes. More information is available in the Video.js Documentation. [videojs][track kind="captions" src="http://vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans-captions.vtt" srclang="en" label="English" default="true"][/videojs] All Attributes Example [videojs mp4="http://vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.mp4" ogg="http://vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.ogv" webm="http://vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.webm" poster="http://vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.png" preload="auto" autoplay="true" width="640" height="264" id="movie-id" class="alignleft" controls="false" muted="true"][track kind="captions" src="http://example.com/path/to/captions.vtt" srclang="en" label="English" default="true"][/videojs] Compatible with WordPress core video shortcode The location of the h.264/MP4 source for the video. [video mp4="http://vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.mp4"] Video.js Settings Screen -------------------------- The values set here will be the default values for all videos, unless you specify differently in the shortcode. Uncheck “Use CDN hosted version?” if you want to use a self-hosted copy of Video.js instead of the CDN hosted version. Using the CDN hosted version is preferable in most situations. If you are using a responsive WordPress theme, you may want to check the Responsive Video checkbox. Uncheck the Use the [video] shortcode? option only if you are using WordPress 3.6+ and wish to use the [video] tag for MediaElement.js. You will still be able to use the [videojs] tag to embed videos using Video.js.