Best embed plugins for WordPress
The most popular embed plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. EmbedPress leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of iframe (60K+) and Advanced iFrame (40K+). All 531 plugins tagged “embed” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 embed plugins
- 1.
EmbedPressThe most installed embed plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 308 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 2.iframe
60K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 56 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 3.
Advanced iFrame40K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 54 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 4.Insert Pages
30K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 71 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 5.
Compact WP Audio Player20K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 69 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick …20K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 169 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 7.
PDF.js Viewer20K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 53 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.Embed PDF Viewer
20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 19 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.Code Embed
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 45 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.Disable Embeds
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 20 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
All 531 plugins tagged “embed”

EmbedPress
Up in the last 7 days:2#433by WPDeveloper4 days ago
EmbedPress lets you embed videos, pages, social feeds, embed PDF 3D flipbooks & other content on WordPress without coding & enhance storytelling.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(308)
- Downloads
- 2.2K/day
iframe
Down in the last 7 days:1#627by webvitalii5 months ago
[iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7_nAZQt9qu0" width="100%" height="500"] shortcode
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.4(56)
- Downloads
- 183/day

Advanced iFrame
Up in the last 7 days:2#851by mdempfle5 days ago
Include content the way YOU like in an iframe that can hide and modify elements, does auto-height, forward parameters and does many, many more...
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.4(54)
- Downloads
- 417/day
Insert Pages
Up in the last 7 days:2#925by Paul Ryan4 months ago
Insert Pages lets you embed any WordPress content (e.g., pages, posts, custom post types) into other WordPress content using the Shortcode API.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.8(71)
- Downloads
- 151/day

Compact WP Audio Player
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,164by mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ2 months ago
A Compact WP Audio Player Plugin that is compatible with all major browsers and devices (Android, iPhone, iPad)
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.1(69)
- Downloads
- 63/day

Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick …
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,180by Nicolas Jonas28 days ago
Level up your basic video embeds! Advanced features, privacy. Use URLs, Shortcodes or Blocks to customize videos to your needs.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.2(169)
- Downloads
- 249/day

PDF.js Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:6#1,181by Ben Lawson13 days ago
Embed a beautiful PDF viewer into pages.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.4(53)
- Downloads
- 368/day
Embed PDF Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:3#1,195by Andy Fragen2 months ago
Embed a PDF from the Media Library or elsewhere via oEmbed or as a block into an iframe tag.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(19)
- Downloads
- 126/day
Code Embed
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,492by David Artiss2 months ago
Code Embed provides a very easy and efficient way to embed code (JavaScript, CSS and HTML) in your posts and pages.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(45)
- Downloads
- 94/day
Disable Embeds
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,742by Pascal Birchler2 months ago
Don’t like the enhanced embeds in WordPress 4.4? Easily disable the feature using this plugin.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.3(20)
- Downloads
- 363/day
PDF viewer for Elementor & Gutenberg
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,164by Kaz Kadalashvili15 days ago
Embed PDF files into Elementor and Gutenberg pages with the PDF.js viewer.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 124/day

Embeds for YouTube
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,195by Embeds For YouTube Plugin Support1 year ago
🎥 An incredibly fast, simple, yet powerful, method of embedding YouTube videos into your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.2(24)
- Downloads
- 34/day

Videojs HTML5 Player
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,500by Noor Alam5 months ago
Embed video file beautifully in WordPress using Video.js HTML5 Player. Embed HTML5 compatible responsive video in your post/page with Video.js.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.7(18)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Embed YouTube Block
Up in the last 7 days:5#2,755by Phi Phan1 month ago
Embed YouTube videos without slowing down your site. Easily embed one or multiple videos, shorts, and playlists.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(16)
- Downloads
- 60/day

Embed Google Fonts
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,036by Adrian Mörchen2 years ago
Embed Google Fonts tries to automatically replace registered Google Fonts from themes and plugin with local versions, directly loaded from your own se …
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Simple YouTube Embed
Down in the last 7 days:8#3,254by Noor Alam2 months ago
Embed YouTube videos in WordPress beautifully. Embed YouTube video with a URL or shortcode and customize the player using this YouTube embed plugin.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.2(15)
- Downloads
- 35/day

Embed Files from Google Drive
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,297by Syed Balkhi1 year ago
Browse for Google Drive documents and embed directly in your posts/pages. Extends Google Apps Login plugin so no extra user auth required.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.0(48)
- Downloads
- 31/day

Spreaker Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:1#3,465by Spreaker2 years ago
A simple and easy way to embed Spreaker player into your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.6(8)
- Downloads
- 23/day

oEmbed Plus
Down in the last 7 days:17#3,622by Ayesh Karunaratne5 years ago
Adds support for embedding Facebook and Instagram posts in Block Editor (Gutenberg) and Classic Editor.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 64/day
Vanilla PDF Embed
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,774by Mike Doherty10 years ago
Embeds PDFs in your pages and posts, without using JS.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.6(32)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Aparat for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:19#3,830by Alireza Sedghi1 year ago
Displaying Aparat videos on website content, along with a widget for showing a list of channel videos.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.1(9)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Unfiltered MU
Up in the last 7 days:12#3,893by Donncha O Caoimh (a11n)8 years ago
This WordPress MU/WordPress 3.0 multisite plugin gives blog Administrators and Editors the ability to post whatever HTML they want.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.9(14)
- Downloads
- 42/day
WP Calameo
Down in the last 7 days:5#3,914by calameo2 years ago
This plugin allows to embed Calaméo publications in blog posts. Copy the WordPress embed code and paste it into your post.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 2.0(4)
- Downloads
- 20/day

Simple YouTube Responsive
Up in the last 7 days:7#4,106by Eirudo9 months ago
Easily embed responsive YouTube videos using a simple shortcode. Lazy load included.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 20/day
Interact Quiz & Form Embed
Down in the last 7 days:13#4,161by tryinteract1 month ago
Use this plugin to generate a shortcode to embed your Interact quiz or form into your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.6(11)
- Downloads
- 53/day
Embedly
Down in the last 7 days:3#4,397by Embedly8 months ago
The Embedly Plugin extends WordPress's auto-embed feature to give your blog more media types and style options.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.5(20)
- Downloads
- 23/day

ReactPress
Down in the last 7 days:4#4,429by rockiger16 days ago
Easily create, build and deploy React apps into your existing WordPress sites.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.4(18)
- Downloads
- 48/day

External Store for Shopify
Down in the last 7 days:8#4,444by Fahad Mahmood10 days ago
Display products from your Shopify store on your WordPress website using shortcodes. Fast, cached and secure.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 52/day
Embed Iframe
Down in the last 7 days:3#4,510by brajesh4 years ago
Allows the insertion of code to display an external webpage within an iframe.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Wistia WordPress Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:26#4,733by wistia3 years ago
Enables all Wistia embed types to be used in your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.1(8)
- Downloads
- 25/day

UseStrict’s Calendly Embedder
Down in the last 7 days:10#4,748by Vinny5 days ago
Simple but powerful embedding for Calendly.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 93/day
Responsive Video Embeds
Up in the last 7 days:3#4,820by Kevin Leary9 years ago
Automatically resize WordPress auto-embeds, including video and other iframes, in a responsive fashion.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.9(21)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP YouTube Live
Down in the last 7 days:7#5,442by macbookandrew10 months ago
Displays the current YouTube live video from a specified channel.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(10)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Anchor Episodes Index (Spotify for Podcasters)
Down in the last 7 days:26#5,638by Jesse Sugden1 month ago
A lightweight plugin that allows you to output an anchor.fm podcast player on your site that includes an episode index. Just add two URL's on the …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 24/day

SoundPress Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:15#5,822by emadmessiha7 years ago
The SoundCloud plugin for WordPress! Embed track, user latest tracks, or playlist!
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Hydrogen Calendar Embeds
Up in the last 7 days:56#6,034by LBell14 days ago
The free, simple, lightweight way to embed beautiful, fully customizable ICS calendars into your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 56/day
WP YouTube Player
Up in the last 7 days:2#6,502by Kodetop9 years ago
Insert Youtube Videos on WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Porn Videos Embed
Up in the last 7 days:85#6,599by perteus7 years ago
A very simple wordpress plugin for add shortcode embed videos from porn sites
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Meta Embeds
Up in the last 7 days:281#6,662by Facebook4 months ago
Embed Threads, Instagram, and Facebook content in your WordPress site. Paste a URL and get a rich embed — no access tokens required.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 36/day

PageView
Up in the last 7 days:10#6,671by John Godley9 years ago
Insert an iframe and display an external website directly in a post using just a shortcode.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.2(6)
- Downloads
- 13/day

Simple Photo Feed
Up in the last 7 days:16#6,861by George Pattichis2 months ago
Simple Photo Feed provides an easy way to connect to your Instagram account and display your photos in your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 19/day
Github Embed
Down in the last 7 days:8#6,928by Lee Willis2 months ago
Plugin that allows you to embed details from GitHub just by pasting in the URL as you would any other embed source. Currently supports:
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.9(14)
- Downloads
- 21/day

Content Mask
Down in the last 7 days:53#6,964by Alex2 months ago
Embed any external content on a Page, Post, or Custom Post Type without the need to use complicated domain forwarding or domain masks.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Podbean Shortcode
Up in the last 7 days:21#7,101by podbean9 years ago
A simple and easy way to embed Podbean player into your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Flowplayer Video Player
Down in the last 7 days:2#7,140by Noor Alam4 years ago
Add a video file to WordPress with Flowplayer style. Embed a self-hosted, external or HTML5 compatible responsive video into a page with flowplayer.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
snappify
Down in the last 7 days:1#7,298by snappify1 year ago
Embed your snappify snaps directly into your WordPress site with ease.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Easy Flash Embed
Up in the last 7 days:28#7,330by Vincent Boiardt9 years ago
Embed Flash easily and standard compliant with SWFObject using only a [swf] shortcode!
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Responsive video embed
Down in the last 7 days:24#7,359by lepileppanen1 year ago
Enables you three simple ways to embed responsive video into your content.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
RV Embed PDF
Down in the last 7 days:9#7,389by premek.v11 years ago
Embeds a PDF in your page or post when you insert it with the Add Media button.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.6(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Video Embedder
Down in the last 7 days:17#7,396by forsgren1 year ago
Video Embedder lets you easily add movies from a wide variety of online services, without breaking validation.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day