Best mp4 plugins for WordPress
The most popular mp4 plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. CP Media Player leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of Stream Video Player (600+) and oEmbed External Video (200+). All 18 plugins tagged “mp4” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 mp4 plugins
- 1.
CP Media PlayerThe most installed mp4 plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 46 reviews, updated 21 hours ago.
- 2.
Stream Video Player600+ active installs. Rated 2.6 from 20 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 3.
oEmbed External Video200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Pixreel70+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 months ago.
- 5.
Open Beacon MP4 Conversion and Compression60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 6.
Flowplayer for WordPress40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
- 7.
UnGallery20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 8.
Flowplayer Platform Embed20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 9.
Son of GIFV10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 10.
Podcast Searcher by Clarify10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
All 18 plugins tagged “mp4”
CP Media Player
Up in the last 7 days:20#3,793by codepeopletoday
CP Media Player adds audio and video players with playlists, downloads, subtitles, multiple formats, and support for desktop and mobile browsers.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.4(46)
- Downloads
- 45/day
Stream Video Player
Down in the last 7 days:28#8,147by 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
oEmbed External Video
Down in the last 7 days:113#11,699by 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
Pixreel
#18,740by fenal4 months ago
Add YouTube and MP4 videos to the WooCommerce product gallery. Drag-and-drop reorder, custom thumbnails, built-in lightbox, fully customisable.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Open Beacon MP4 Conversion and Compression
Down in the last 7 days:18#19,974by Thabo David Klass11 years ago
Easily convert video to MP4 and compress existing MP4 files to smaller sizes for WordPress media or to save locally for a variety of other uses.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flowplayer for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:19#21,688by d.busby16 years ago
A Flowplayer plugin for wordpress.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
UnGallery
Down in the last 7 days:124#26,539by mmond12 years ago
Publish thousands of pictures in WordPress, in minutes.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Flowplayer Platform Embed
Down in the last 7 days:615#27,047by flowplayer.com6 years ago
Flowplayer/WordPress plugin is an extremely simple tool to embed videos on your WP site.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Son of GIFV
Down in the last 7 days:1,600#33,141by Pete Nelson10 years ago
Convert animated GIFs to GIFV format
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Podcast Searcher by Clarify
Up in the last 7 days:581#42,863by 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
Floating Video
#48,193by jefferey119 years ago
Display a video that, when scrolled out of view, moves to the corner of the screen so that the user can continue watching it while reading a post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Yoppli Video Player Design
Up in the last 7 days:13,909#53,641by yoppli4 months ago
A comprehensive and customizable video player with a powerful ad manager and analytics dashboard for WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Videos Chapters & Logos
#58,795by Alvin Gil27 days ago
The "Videos Chapters & Logos" plugin allows you to embed MP4 videos with a logo, poster, and markers on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SmartVP Video Player
Up in the last 7 days:4,127#59,314by alaazaoug19 days ago
Responsive MP4 video player built on Plyr, also for YouTube and Vimeo, with captions, quality and speed menus, custom controls and play on scroll.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Video Downloader for X
Down in the last 7 days:5,929#59,733by xdownloader2 years ago
Integrate download buttons next to embedded tweets and X posts, enabling users to download videos in MP4 and MP3 format.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Captyre
Up in the last 7 days:11,318#59,796by captyre1 month ago
Turn your Slider Revolution, Smart Slider 3, LayerSlider, Depicter, and Elementor creatives into pixel-perfect videos with audio using Captyre.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Entronn Video Player
Down in the last 7 days:8,776#67,924by Amit Raj1 month ago
A YouTube-style HLS & MP4 video player with built-in ads, resume playback, subtitles, and auto-generated thumbnails — isolated in a clean iframe.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Emmad Video Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:4,007#67,989by emmad37208026 days ago
A lightweight and powerful video gallery plugin for WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day