Best html5 plugins for WordPress
The most popular html5 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 Videojs HTML5 Player (7K+) and Gravity Forms (2K+). All 93 plugins tagged “HTML5” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 html5 plugins
- 1.
Easy Video PlayerThe most installed html5 plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 57 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Videojs HTML5 Player7K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 18 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 3.
Gravity Forms2K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 24 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 4.
Video Player for WPBakery2K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
Bradmax Player1K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 11 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
mb.YTPlayer for background videos1K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 28 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 7.
Flowplayer Video Player900+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 8.
Modernizr for WordPress800+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 5 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 9.
Able Player, accessible HTML5 media player300+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 4 months ago.
- 10.
oEmbed External Video200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
All 93 plugins tagged “HTML5”
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
Videojs HTML5 Player
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,503by 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
- 32/day
Gravity Forms
Down in the last 7 days:2#4,502by neojp9 years ago
Adds HTML5 placeholder support to Gravity Forms' fields with a Javascript fallback. Javascript & jQuery are required.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(24)
- Downloads
- 14/day
Video Player for WPBakery
Up in the last 7 days:5#4,849by nutttaro5 months ago
Video Player for WPBakery add-on for WPBakery Page Builder allow add YouTube, Vimeo and Self-Hosted videos (HTML5) to your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Bradmax Player
Down in the last 7 days:15#6,281by kostalski8 months ago
Embed video stream easily in WordPress using Bradmax Player. Use responsive HTML5 video player for playing HLS, MPEG-DASH, MSS streams.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(11)
- Downloads
- 22/day
mb.YTPlayer for background videos
Down in the last 7 days:8#6,323by pupunzi3 years ago
Play any Youtube video as background of your page or as custom player inside an element of the page.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(28)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Flowplayer Video Player
#7,125by 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
Modernizr for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:29#7,469by Ramoonus7 years ago
This plugin adds the Modernizr to your WordPress installation.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 8/day
Able Player, accessible HTML5 media player
Up in the last 7 days:160#10,249by Joe Dolson4 months ago
Accessible HTML5 media player
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 10/day
oEmbed External Video
Down in the last 7 days:70#11,701by Ali Qureshi2 months ago
oEmbed External Video plugin converts any external mp4 url into HTML5 video tag
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
HTML5 Video Player for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:131#12,691by onigetoc9 years ago
Embed MP4, M4V, OGG, Youtube, WebM, FLV, HLS, M3u8 videos in your post or page using HTML5. Self-hosted or CDN hosted responsive HTML5 Video player.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Acronyms 2
Up in the last 7 days:26#14,132by Chris2 years ago
A plugin to automatically mark up known acronyms and abbreviations in posts and comments. Allows users to manage lists of acronyms through the WordPre …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTML5 Slideshow Presentations
#14,546by Justin Sternberg13 years ago
Create HTML5 slideshow presentations using our favorite cms, WordPress. Host your own presentations and share/present them anytime.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Contact Form 7
Down in the last 7 days:25#14,698by sgc20007 years ago
Extension to Contact Form 7 to allow HTML5 datalists to be used.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
HTML5 Videos
Down in the last 7 days:51#14,842by powercat7414 years ago
Easily embed HTML5 videos from the Media Library into posts and pages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Rapid Canonical URLs
Down in the last 7 days:70#14,888by Peter Wilson2 months ago
Reduce 301 redirects and HTTP requests by using HTML5’s history API to show visitors the correct, canonical URL.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
hearthis.at
Up in the last 7 days:11#14,918by hearthis9 months ago
Embed hearthis.at audio players with shortcodes. Supports tracks, playlists, profiles with customizable colors, themes, and waveforms.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Responsive P5JS for WP
Down in the last 7 days:90#15,381by cageehv4 years ago
Embed your P5JS sketches in posts and pages in a responsive way
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Disable Video Download
Down in the last 7 days:22#15,644by Jairo Cortés3 years ago
Este plugin desactiva la opción "Guardar vídeo como..." en los vídeos embebidos en tu sitio web de WordPress.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Tag Cloud Canvas
Down in the last 7 days:155#16,039by Javier López Úbeda14 years ago
This widget add a tag cloud 3d to your sidebar.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DS Custom Audio Player
Up in the last 7 days:91#17,752by Dennis Knake5 months ago
DS Custom Audio Player adds a modern, responsive and customizable HTML5 audio player. Works in Gutenberg Block Editor and Classic Editor.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DICOM Support
Down in the last 7 days:127#18,050by ivmartel1 year ago
Adds DICOM (standard for medical image format) support to Wordpress!
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Canvas-Nest.js
#18,121by wzwahl3610 years ago
[正版]A wordpress plugin for canvas-nest.js | 一个很炫酷网页背景效果（canvas-nest.js）的wordpress插件。
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Online Games
Up in the last 7 days:74#18,590by Critic Team11 years ago
Display up to 83 free HD Flash Games in your website easily using shortcodes. Arcade games like Mario, Solitaire, Backgammon, Chess & more.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 3.2(13)
- Downloads
- 0/day
3D WP Tag Cloud-S
Down in the last 7 days:269#18,891by hityr5yr8 years ago
3D WP Tag Cloud-S draws and animates an HTML5 canvas based tag cloud.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.0(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day
MediaElement.js Skin
Up in the last 7 days:26#19,059by Daniel Tara14 years ago
A custom skin for MediaElement.js created by Premium Pixels and coded by One Designs
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SEO Internal Link Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:201#19,740by Steven Vachon13 years ago
Internal links to posts, custom-type posts, pages, categories and tags with any HTML attribute(s).
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.8(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
HTML5 Video Background
Down in the last 7 days:89#20,025by anoobis11 years ago
HTML5 Video Background creates a fullscreen video background using html5 video for your website. Incase the browser viewing the site does not support …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 2.4(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTML5 Details Polyfill
Up in the last 7 days:141#20,786by j14 years ago
Adds fallback support for the HTML5 <details> and <summary> elements in browsers that don't support them.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTML5 Video Player with Playlist
Down in the last 7 days:365#21,619by Sandeep Verma12 years ago
Allows Wordpress users to easily use HTML5 < video > the element enable native video playback within the browser. It supports Android, iOS/iPad/ …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.2(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTML5 Lyrics Karaoke Player
Down in the last 7 days:28#22,407by Sandeep Verma5 years ago
HTML5 Lyrics Karaoke Player Plugin enable wordpress users to sing and play song text lyrics. Free Features Supports MP3 formats Supports Text Song …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTML5 Boilerplate
#22,728by Aaron T. Grogg11 years ago
this plug-in allows for easy inclusion and removal of all HTML5 Boilerplate options that are pertinent to WP. More about this plug-in can be found at …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Floating Window Music Player
Down in the last 7 days:146#22,829by ericzane4 years ago
浮窗音乐播放器支持网易、QQ、虾米、百度、酷狗和酷我等音乐歌单的在线播放。
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-TagCanvas
Up in the last 7 days:7#22,850by harryxuchn15 years ago
WP-TagCanvas is a plugin using Javascript class which will draw and animate a HTML5 canvas based tag cloud. It support three shape
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Sponsor Flip Wall
Down in the last 7 days:124#23,330by samuel_rbo6 years ago
This is a WordPress plugin that use CSS 3 flip animation. This use wordpress post type to create sponsors. This plugin was update to prevent any probl …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Twitter Wings
Down in the last 7 days:23#23,522by joepahl15 years ago
An easy to configure Twitter Plugin with Pretty URLs.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 7/day
HTML5 Swiffy Insert
Down in the last 7 days:35#24,424by yuanga13 years ago
HTML5 Swiffy Insert lets you to insert HTML5 animations generated with Google Swiffy.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Jetpack Infinite Scroll For Genesis
Up in the last 7 days:255#26,101by chrisfromthelc11 years ago
Easily enable Genesis to use Jetpack's Infinite Scroll feature.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scoreboard for HTML5 Games Lite
Down in the last 7 days:141#27,852by demonisblack5 months ago
Scoreboard for HTML5 Games is a WordPress plugin that lets you embed HTML5 Games with a built-in scoreboard. Players can submit their scores and view …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Thematic html5 plugin
Down in the last 7 days:235#29,075by middlesister13 years ago
Convert the markup of the Thematic theme framework to html5
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ZW Player Video Embed
Up in the last 7 days:818#29,112by zwplayer1 month ago
Professional HTML5 video player with VR/360° panoramic playback, multi-audio-track switching, subtitles, chapters, annotations, watermarks, playlists, …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ad Builder for AdRotate
Down in the last 7 days:900#29,152by Broadstreet6 years ago
Do you sell digital ads for your website? There's one surefire way to impress potential advertising clients in sales meetings: Show them somethin …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Ace Tic Tac Toe
Down in the last 7 days:941#30,840by Acewebx1 year ago
A simple and fun Ace Tic Tac Toe game plugin you can embed anywhere on your site using a shortcode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Total Control HTML5 Audio Player Basic
#31,494by gholme414 years ago
This is a jQuery plugin for streaming audio with a manageable playlist.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WebVTT
Down in the last 7 days:590#32,101by bobbywalters9 years ago
Add HTML5 text track files to videos.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
3D WP Tag Cloud-M
Down in the last 7 days:282#32,200by hityr5yr8 years ago
3D WP Tag Cloud-M creates multiple 3D tag clouds widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Annotator
Up in the last 7 days:72#32,798by Moe Loubani10 years ago
This is a plugin that uses the HTML5 canvas and FabricJS to allow you to add shapes and text on top of images and display those images.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wiredrive Player
#32,976by Wiredrive6 years ago
This plug-in allows you to embed Wiredrive video reels and image galleries into your WordPress-powered website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ratify
#33,887by secretsource6 years ago
A plugin that helps keep us from publishing sites with basic configuration errors. It is an automated checklist of common issues in WordPress sites.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cache Manifest for WordPress Themes
#34,356by Patrick Chia15 years ago
Use cache manifest in wordpress themes
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day