Video Player Block – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player
Active Installs
2,000+
Last Updated
March 5, 2026
First Released
January 20, 2022
Download History (Last one month)
Contributors
Play various video files in the Gutenberg editor. A Simple, accessible, Easy-to-use & fully Customizable video player that works on all devices. You can play/embed awesome video players in posts, pages, widget areas as well as template files. It has tons of options that fit your video player needs.
Features
- The video player is compact so it does not take a lot of real estate on your webpage
- HTML5 compatible so the video files embedded with this plugin will play on iOS devices
- Works on all major browsers – IE7, IE8, IE9, Safari, Firefox, Chrome
- The video player is responsive.
- Use the autoplay option to play a video file as soon as the page loads
- You can play unlimited video
- User-friendly interface
- Powered by html5
Pro Version Features
What’s New in PRO?
- Color changing Option.
- Add Videos from external sources such as Amazon S3 / other hosts.
- Support Multiple Subtitle
- Video Quality Switcher
- Increase Page load speed by changing Preload option.
- Added Restart, Fast forward, Rewind button
- No ads
- Show / Hide download button
- Show / Hide Every button and controls
- Control Video speed And Quality Like YouTube
- Added Shortcode Generator in the text editor of post / Page
How to use
- First, install the Video Player Block plugin
- Add the Video Player Block from the block category called “Media” in the Gutenberg editor.
- You can change block settings from the right-side settings sidebar.
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Enjoy!
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For installation help click on Installation Tab
Feedback
- Did you like this plugin? Dislike it? Do you have a feature request? Please share your feedback with us
Check out the Parent Plugin of this plugin-
B Blocks – A blocks collection and page building tool for Gutenberg.
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From Gutenberg Editor:
- Go to the WordPress Block/Gutenberg Editor
- Search For Video Player Block
- Click on the Video Player Block to add the block
Download & Upload:
- Download the Video Player Block plugin (.zip file)
- In your admin area, go to the Plugins menu and click on Add New
- Click on Upload Plugin and choose the
video-player-block.zipfile and click on Install Now - Activate the plugin and Enjoy!
Manually:
- Download and upload the Video Player plugin to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
Screenshot Gallery
You can install as other regular WordPress plugins. No different way. Please see on installation tab.
You can play MP4 and OGG video files.
You can publish unlimited videos, there are no limits.
This plugin is compatible with most themes. But, unfortunately, we cannot check it with all third-party themes (especially paid ones) for compatibility, therefore there are cases when this plugin does not work with a third-party theme. We constantly check this plugin for compatibility with third-party themes. If we find that this plugin is incompatible with a third-party theme, and if we can fix it on our part, we release an update of our plugin to fix the problem.
If you find a conflict between our plugin and a third-party theme, please let us know and we will definitely release an update of our plugin to fix the problem.
This plugin is compatible with most plugins. But, unfortunately, we cannot check it with all third-party plugins (especially paid ones) for compatibility, therefore there are cases when this plugin does not work with a third-party plugin. We constantly check this plugin for compatibility with third-party plugins. If we find that this plugin is incompatible with a third-party plugin, and if we can fix it on our part, we release an update of our plugin to fix the problem.
If you find a conflict between our plugin and a third-party plugin, please let us know and we will definitely release an update of our plugin to fix the problem.
You can post your questions on the support forum here
Changelog
1.0.6 – 20 Nov 24
- Fix: multiple render issue
1.0.5 – 8 Jan 24
- Fix autoplay
1.0.4
- Not loading the assets where the block is not added
1.0.3
- Add translate feature
1.0.2
- Reduce PHP Code.
- Performance Improvement
1.0.1
- Reduce PHP Code.
1.0.0
- Initial Release.
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