Best livestream plugins for WordPress
The most popular livestream plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Livestream Embedder leads with 20+ active installs, ahead of Kw LiveStream Plugin (10+) and 3Q Video Connect (10+). All 9 plugins tagged “livestream” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 livestream plugins
- 1.
Livestream EmbedderThe most installed livestream plugin, with 20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 2.Kw LiveStream Plugin
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 3.3Q Video Connect
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 4.liveTV Bundle
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 5.LiveStream.com Thumbnail
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 6.Gather
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.
HDWebmobile Live Shopping with AgoraFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 8.
Livestream NoticeFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 9.
PulpitKitFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 weeks ago.
All 9 plugins tagged “livestream”

Livestream Embedder
#25,464by SAT2 years ago
Embeds a YouTube live stream or the most recent video from a channel using a simple shortcode.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Kw LiveStream Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:10#30,630by leaklords14 years ago
A simple plugin for streaming (live tv) with livestream.com and shortcode with WordPress. Multiple livestream possibility
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
3Q Video Connect
Up in the last 7 days:1,095#36,030by 3qsdn6 years ago
3Q-SDN integration plugin. Add your 3Q-SDN Videos and Livestreams to your Wordpress Blogs or Pages. Upload new VoD videos to your 3Q-SDN Account.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
liveTV Bundle
Up in the last 7 days:2,042#41,526by leaklords14 years ago
LiveTV Bundle for WordPress. Live stream plugin for wordpress compatible with own3d.tv, twitch.tv, justin.tv
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LiveStream.com Thumbnail
Down in the last 7 days:8,531#47,074by fatalmuffin15 years ago
This plugin will allow you to display a thumbnail from any livestream.com account!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gather
Up in the last 7 days:7,879#52,158by ppricegather2 months ago
Display Gather obituaries, search, carousel, and notification subscriptions on your funeral home WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

HDWebmobile Live Shopping with Agora
Up in the last 7 days:9,298#55,239by HDWebMobile26 days ago
Enable live shopping streams on your WordPress site using Agora.io.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Livestream Notice
#71,282by Nathan Henniges3 years ago
Displays a notify type message of twitch channel name when they are live. Great if you're a streamer with a WordPress Blog and or if you're …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

PulpitKit
Down in the last 7 days:455#71,979by jDurham8315 days ago
Sermon library, podcast feed, recurring events, and livestream for small churches. Works with any theme; imports Sermon Manager sermons.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day