Best live stream plugins for WordPress
The most popular live stream plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. StreamCast leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Twitch TV Embed Suite (80+) and sermon.net display (60+). All 10 plugins tagged “Live Stream” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 live stream plugins
- 1.
StreamCastThe most installed live stream plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 7 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Twitch TV Embed Suite80+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 9 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 3.
sermon.net display60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 4.
SDAweb Channels for YouTube40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 5.
Plugtuner Radio Player10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
LiveTwitch10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 7.
Spirit Events10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 8.
Manual Orders for Woocommerce10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 9.
Legacy MediaTech Live ScheduleFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 weeks ago.
All 10 plugins tagged “Live Stream”
StreamCast
Down in the last 7 days:18#6,278by bPlugins12 days ago
Embed a responsive live radio streaming player in WordPress – IceCast, Shoutcast, RadioCo, RadioJar & more via shortcode or Gutenberg block.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 56/day
Twitch TV Embed Suite
Up in the last 7 days:75#17,648by plumwd10 years ago
Twitch TV Embed Suite allows easy placement of a twitch tv stream and/or chat anywhere on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.0(9)
- Downloads
- 4/day
sermon.net display
Down in the last 7 days:159#19,688by Michael1 year ago
A plugin that brings in your sermon.net data (sermon audio, sermon video, pdf, and live stream) for display on your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SDAweb Channels for YouTube
Up in the last 7 days:286#22,445by rstake8 days ago
Show one or many YouTube channels on your site: grids, tabs and sliders, live-stream badges, a lightbox player, and zero API calls per page view.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Plugtuner Radio Player
#32,150by radiotuner2 months ago
A realistic analog dial radio tuner with an audio visualizer and a persistent player that keeps streams playing as visitors browse.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LiveTwitch
Down in the last 7 days:195#33,311by Jerry7 years ago
With this plugin you can display specified streams that are live on Twitch.tv
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Spirit Events
Down in the last 7 days:807#38,324by Matej Podstrelenec6 years ago
Simple event calendar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Manual Orders for Woocommerce
Up in the last 7 days:2,550#44,472by w4press8 years ago
A great extension for WooCommerce that helps you manually add new orders as a customer fast and easy.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Legacy MediaTech Live Schedule
Up in the last 7 days:6,639#58,782by legacymediatech1 month ago
Live stream player that switches on and off air by itself, with a weekly program schedule, next-show countdown and "Live now" badge.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day