Livid – Video Hosting vs oEmbed Plus

Livid is a video hosting platform. This plugin serves two purposes: Enable Livid embeds — Register Livid as an oEmbed provider so pasting Livid URLs into WordPress automatically creates video embeds, just like YouTube or Vimeo. Migrate from Vimeo — Scan your WordPress post content for Vimeo videos and replace them with equivalent Livid videos via the Livid platform. Key Features Automatic embeds — Paste any livid.com URL and it auto-embeds Page builder ready — Native Livid Video elements for Elementor, WPBakery, and Bricks, a Livid video type in Slider Revolution, plus a [livid_video] shortcode LearnDash ready — Livid lesson and topic embeds support LearnDash video progression, resume tracking, and completion Complete scanning — Finds Vimeo iframes, Gutenberg embed blocks, bare URLs, [embed] and shortcodes, Elementor widgets, WPBakery elements, Bricks elements, and LearnDash lesson/topic progression URLs Background processing — Scan and migration run as Action Scheduler jobs so they won’t time out on large sites Safe replacement — Only replaces the specific videos you select through the Livid migration popup Rollback data — Main-content edits create a tagged WordPress revision; supported builder and LearnDash setting edits get an immutable pre-write snapshot Permanent install — Keep the plugin active for continued Livid embed support How It Works The plugin registers Livid as an oEmbed provider, which is active immediately upon installation. For migration: Go to Settings > Livid and click “Start Scan” The plugin scans supported post content, page-builder data, and LearnDash lesson/topic progression settings for Vimeo embeds A popup opens where you select which videos to migrate and map them to Livid video IDs The plugin rewrites the selected embeds in the background Scope Migration scans and rewrites post_content, supported page-builder data for Elementor (_elementor_data) and Bricks (_bricks_page_content_2), and LearnDash’s lesson_video_url setting for lessons/topics. Options, widget content, theme settings, and other post meta are not modified. External Services This plugin interacts with Livid in two ways: 1. Video migration When you initiate a migration, the plugin sends a listing of Vimeo videos found on your site along with basic information about the pages they appear on. This is necessary so that Livid can match the Vimeo videos on your site to the ones you have uploaded to your Livid account. No data is sent unless you actively start a migration. 2. oEmbed provider This plugin registers Livid as an oEmbed provider in WordPress. When a Livid video URL is embedded in a post or page, WordPress will make a request to Livid’s oEmbed endpoint to retrieve embed information (such as the video title and player HTML). This happens whenever a post containing a Livid embed is edited or its embed cache is refreshed. Both interactions are in line with Livid’s terms of service and privacy policy.

Adds support for embedding Facebook and Instagram posts in Block Editor (Gutenberg) and Classic Editor. This feature was removed in WordPress core due to deprecation of legacy APIs WordPress core used. Prior to WordPress 5.5.1, WordPress had support to embed Instagram and Facebook photos, videos, notes, quizes, etc in posts created with Block Editor and Classic Editor. However, Facebook removed this legacy API in October 2020, and this plugin implements the new APIs to bring back support for Facebook and Instagram content embedding. Note that you will need to register a Facebook developer account and create an app to get API credentials that this plugin uses. There is no coding necessary, but an API key needs to be created and set for the plugin. Detailed setup instructions are available in oEmbed Plus guide at PHP.Watch This project is not owned, endorsed, or otherwise affiliated with Facebook Inc. or Instagram LLC.