Best flash plugins for WordPress
The most popular flash plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Easy Video Player leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Flash Toolkit (10K+) and WP-SWFObject (1K+). All 64 plugins tagged “flash” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 flash plugins
- 1.
Easy Video PlayerThe most installed flash plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 57 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Flash Toolkit10K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.WP-SWFObject
1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 4.Easy Flash Embed
800+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
- 5.Stream Video Player
600+ active installs. Rated 2.6 from 20 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 6.Flash Gallery
200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 7.Creative Clans Slide Show
200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 8.swfObject Reloaded
100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 9.
Add SWF Support for Media Uploader60+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.WP sIFR
40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.7.1.
All 64 plugins tagged “flash”

Easy Video Player
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,150by Noor Alam1 month ago
Easy Video Player is a WordPress video player that allows you to add videos to your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.2(57)
- Downloads
- 164/day

Flash Toolkit
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,705by ThemeGrill1 month ago
Flash Toolkit is a companion for Flash WordPress theme by ThemeGrill
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 70/day
WP-SWFObject
Down in the last 7 days:20#5,927by Kodetop9 years ago
Insert Flash Movies into WordPress.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Easy Flash Embed
Up in the last 7 days:40#7,325by 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
Stream Video Player
Down in the last 7 days:20#8,142by rodrigopolo9 years ago
Stream Video Player for WordPress its one stop solution for high quality video publishing for web or iOS.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 2.6(20)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Flash Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:33#11,704by ulfben15 years ago
Flash Gallery is the only practical way to publish VAST amount of pictures in a post. Features full screen viewing, slideshows, albums and more.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 2.5(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Creative Clans Slide Show
Up in the last 7 days:26#12,670by tonnaer11 years ago
A free widget to use the Creative Clans Slide Show in your Wordpress website.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
swfObject Reloaded
Up in the last 7 days:72#13,013by CodeAndReload14 years ago
Allows easy embedding (shortcode inserted via Add Media button while posting) and better management of swf files.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Add SWF Support for Media Uploader
Down in the last 7 days:234#19,841by Nils Harder2 months ago
Add SWF Support for Media Uploader
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
WP sIFR
Up in the last 7 days:45#21,403by Jupitercow17 years ago
WP sIFR makes any font possible in your Wordpress installation in under five minutes.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gamma Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:122#22,641by ezhil12 years ago
A responsive wordpress gallery with montage image arrangement.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 2.2(11)
- Downloads
- 0/day
The Piecemaker
Down in the last 7 days:137#22,931by Neerav D.16 years ago
The Piecemaker allows you to display famous Piecemaker 3D flash gallery by modular web in your wordpress blog with ease.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Issuu Viewer
#23,943by jocken15 years ago
Uses the api from www.issuu.com to display your files
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
JJ SwfObject
#25,048by jjcoder15 years ago
Allows you to insert a swf file using a widget or a shortcode using the swfobject library.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NextGEN Gallery Date
Up in the last 7 days:102#26,830by roberto.c15 years ago
This plugin will let you sort the galleries by date and get info about gallery creation (and modification) date.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
7feeds ticker
Down in the last 7 days:308#28,553by slawa1914 years ago
7feeds News Ticker is a flash-based tool that allows you to add vertical
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
JW Player Snapshot Tool
Up in the last 7 days:324#29,262by Rangerti14 years ago
JW Player Snapshot Tool is a small JW Player module to create video snapshot
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flash Media Playback
Up in the last 7 days:16#31,927flash-media-playback16 years ago
The Flash Media Playback plugin allows you to easily embed a video component hosted by Adobe based on the Open Source Media Framework ().
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flickr Flash Slideshow
Up in the last 7 days:584#32,432by pezholio17 years ago
Flickr flash slideshow can display a standard Flickr Flash slideshow for a user, set or group inside an iFrame
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
A better prezi Wordprezi
Up in the last 7 days:132#32,767by SocialBlogsite15 years ago
Prezi makes ugly your presentation if embedded in your site, to save bandwith and make titles read-able in thumbnails view. To prevent a GIANT title blocking half of it, a nasty lwo-res thumbnail and waiting for a click…
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flash Feed Scroll Reader
Down in the last 7 days:411#32,910by gfazioli16 years ago
Flash Feed Scroll Reader is a Adobe Flash Feed Reader with horizontal scrolling.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
XVE Various Embed
Up in the last 7 days:1,622#32,994by SaltwaterC14 years ago
XVE (XVE Various Embed) is a simple yet powerful way to add media content to your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
play-button
Down in the last 7 days:178#33,814by jazzigor17 years ago
"play-button" lets you place one or more simple mp3 play buttons to your posts, pages or widget contents.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
flshow Manager
Down in the last 7 days:1,355#34,586by Amie18 years ago
This plugin adds a management interface for the flShow photo carousel as well as template tags to insert the carousel into your WordPress template.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flash Games Page
Down in the last 7 days:132#34,749by scott swan15 years ago
Displays flash games in a post or page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MP3 Scraper
Down in the last 7 days:599#34,825by foobar16 years ago
a simple and secure mp3 audio player
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Embed Videolog Videos
Up in the last 7 days:12,713#35,314by dulcetti14 years ago
Put videos of Portal Videolog.tv on WordPress with shortcodes
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Podcast Searcher by Clarify
Up in the last 7 days:4,073#36,075by caseysoftware11 years ago
The Clarify plugin allows you to make any audio or video embedded in your posts, pages, etc searchable via the standard WordPress search box.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Flex Contact Form
#37,401wp-flex-contact-form17 years ago
Contact Form made in Flex / Flash.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
wp-flxerPlayer
Up in the last 7 days:5,914#37,426by Gianluca Del Gobbo18 years ago
A plugin to embed the FLxER player to play swf, flv, mp4, mp3, h264, jpg, txt, gif, png content in valid XHTML code offering the possibility to manage …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Photo Gallery XML Export
Up in the last 7 days:6,191#38,343by lahrah15 years ago
The plugin generates an XML feed from your Wordpress posts using the excerpt field, permalink and five custom fields of your choosing.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Netlife’s Tag Cloud (FatCloud)
Up in the last 7 days:2,471#38,502netlifes-tag-cloud-fatcloud17 years ago
Netlife's Flash Tag Cloud plugin for WordPress - FatCloud! Wordle your WordPress. Beautiful tag clouds that are accessible & SEO friendly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
MK Auto Youtube Player
Up in the last 7 days:6,481#38,637by codewithmark12 years ago
MK Auto Youtube Player will help you increase your sales conversion up to 50%.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flash Video Resizer
Up in the last 7 days:9,395#38,935by bernabauer15 years ago
Resize flash and HTML5 video to a specific size without having to edit HTML code.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
open-flash-chart-core
Down in the last 7 days:4,561#39,863by Sudar Muthu12 years ago
Does little else but load the core Open Flash Chart PHP library for any Plugin that wants to utilize it.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP_Meteo3D Widget
#40,263by steve196417 years ago
With WP_Meteo3D Widget you can display weather near real time conditions for over 200 cities in a 3D earth environment.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Top 5 Games for School / Education from Primary Games Arena
Down in the last 7 days:3,567#40,719by johnyma2215 years ago
Primary Games Arena widget for wp.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
iOS Alternate Theme
Up in the last 7 days:4,975#41,249by Steven Vachon15 years ago
Automatically switch to an alternate theme for Apple iOS devices (iPod, iPhone, iPad).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Remote My Project Playlist Plugin for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:2,048#41,942by ursasmar15 years ago
This plugin is provided by Hollywood Tools LLC. It enables you to configure and embed a Remote My Project Playlist for use on your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MK Smart Player
Up in the last 7 days:708#41,978by codewithmark12 years ago
MK Smart Player will allow you to play any video from the web or from Youtube.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flash CountDown Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:5,857#42,011flash-countdown-plugin16 years ago
A count down plugin made in Adobe Flash and Flex.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
BillyBenSWF
#42,435by Billyben15 years ago
Simple shortcode for swf/flash embedding. Autodetect original size. Can set size, object id+class, flashvar, attributes and parameter.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
NO SSL Flash Upload
#43,428by aaron4412614 years ago
Turns off SSL for the Flash uploader when you have FORCE_SSL_ADMIN enabled, in case you are having trouble getting it to work ("IO Error").
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DarkOnyx Plugin for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:1,717#43,671by nebuchadrezzar15 years ago
DarkOnyx Web Video Plugin for Wordpress
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Xiami 虾米音乐同步
Down in the last 7 days:4,077#43,782by mu feng12 years ago
WP-Xiami 虾米音乐同步:支持Html5+Flash的虾米音乐播放器,支持同步个人虾米专辑和精选集。
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SWFObject jQuery
Down in the last 7 days:7,925#45,260by CJ_Jackson16 years ago
A simple plugins that uses jQuery and SWFObject!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AutoTube
Down in the last 7 days:5,788#45,335by autin18 years ago
ENGLISH: It scans for the best matching video in the whole YouTube archive with more than 100 Million videos. You can either specify a search term or …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Welcome Announcement
Up in the last 7 days:931#46,264by jmbamba16 years ago
Displays a welcome animation in flash on your website. Uses a cookie to show it only to new visitors. Returning visitors will see it when cookie expires.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
wordpress-flowplayer
Down in the last 7 days:7,889#46,349by leef18 years ago
Adds a flow tag to your new post and new page section, that allows you to easily add videos to your posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Browser Check
Up in the last 7 days:1,098#47,168by Yarick10 years ago
Check browser version, JavaScript, Cookie, Adobe Flash Player version. Warn user if old.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day