Best player plugins for WordPress
The most popular player 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 HTML5 Audio Player (10K+) and Videojs HTML5 Player (7K+). All 140 plugins tagged “player” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 player plugins
- 1.
Easy Video PlayerThe most installed player plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 57 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
HTML5 Audio Player10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 169 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 3.
Videojs HTML5 Player7K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 18 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 4.
Simple YouTube Responsive3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
Meks Audio Player1K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 6.
Protected Video1K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 15 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
Smartideo1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 4 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.
WP YouTube Player1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 9.
Podbean Shortcode900+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 10.
WaveSurfer-WP400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 11 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
All 140 plugins tagged “player”
Easy Video Player
Up in the last 7 days:4#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
- 170/day
HTML5 Audio Player
#1,581by bPlugins7 days ago
Maximize your WordPress site's potential with our versatile HTML5 Audio Player plugin. Seamlessly play .mp3, .wav, .ogg, and more audio files.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(169)
- Downloads
- 343/day
Videojs HTML5 Player
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,500by 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
- 34/day
Simple YouTube Responsive
Up in the last 7 days:7#4,106by Eirudo9 months ago
Easily embed responsive YouTube videos using a simple shortcode. Lazy load included.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 20/day
Meks Audio Player
Down in the last 7 days:9#5,742by Meks2 years ago
Easily enhance your podcast, music or any audio files with a full-featured and customizable sticky audio player.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Protected Video
Down in the last 7 days:29#5,949by Alec Rust6 months ago
YouTube/Vimeo player that prevents easy sharing of the video.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Smartideo
Down in the last 7 days:13#6,104by Fens Liu4 months ago
Smartideo 是为 WordPress 添加对在线视频支持的一款插件（支持手机、平板等设备HTML5播放）。
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 22/day
WP YouTube Player
Up in the last 7 days:2#6,502by Kodetop9 years ago
Insert Youtube Videos on WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Podbean Shortcode
Up in the last 7 days:21#7,101by podbean9 years ago
A simple and easy way to embed Podbean player into your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WaveSurfer-WP
Down in the last 7 days:38#9,735by X-Raym9 months ago
Customizable HTML5 Audio controller with waveform preview (mixed or split channels), using WordPress native audio and playlist shortcode.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP GIF Player
Down in the last 7 days:78#10,371by Roel Magdaleno5 years ago
Insert GIFs that can be played and paused into your WordPress posts and pages using shortcodes and Gutenberg blocks.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Retro Winamp Block
Up in the last 7 days:95#11,671by 10up1 month ago
A Winamp-styled audio block for all your retro music player needs.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
EsAudioPlayer
Up in the last 7 days:3#12,048by aueda9 years ago
This is a simple, cross-browser, accessible audio player (MP3 player) plugin.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTML5 Video Player for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:8#12,657by 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
Kernel Video Sharing Integration
Down in the last 7 days:51#13,326by kvsteam1 year ago
Kernel Video Sharing plugin for WordPress
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Player Barra WebRadio
Down in the last 7 days:5#14,419by matheuscarvalhobr8 years ago
Player barra webradio é um plugin para que você possa inserir a url do player de sua webradio no topo ou rodapé do seu site, sem precisar alterar qual …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
hearthis.at
Up in the last 7 days:77#14,867by 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
Plyr
Up in the last 7 days:365#15,032by Brandon Lavigne10 years ago
Plyr.io HTML5 video player.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Quran Radio
Up in the last 7 days:1,011#15,923by edckwt4 days ago
Quran Radio plugin is the first WordPress plugin that allows you to add a widget that plays an online Radio station for the translation of the Quran.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(13)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Mux Video Uploader
Up in the last 7 days:854#16,120by 2Coders Studio, S.L.5 months ago
The Mux Video Uploader for WordPress by 2Coders simplifies video uploads, video streaming, and video management.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Easy Waveform Player
Up in the last 7 days:72#16,237by tymotey2 months ago
Add Waveform players easy and fast to your WordPress.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
RuTube Widum Player
Down in the last 7 days:150#17,053by Widum Creative Studio1 year ago
RuTube Widum Player позволяет легко встраивать видео с RuTube на ваш сайт WordPress.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Media Downloader
Down in the last 7 days:74#17,593by Ederson Peka10 days ago
Lists MP3 files from a folder.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.3(4)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Podigee Player Shortcode
Up in the last 7 days:71#18,805by podigee8 years ago
Shortcode for embedding the Podigee Podcast Player into a post.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DEL Embed for Bandcamp
Down in the last 7 days:56#18,902by davidlilja6 months ago
Display your Bandcamp releases on WordPress with embedded players and customizable layouts.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day
MediaElement.js Skin
Down in the last 7 days:7#19,074by 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
Mine CloudVod
Down in the last 7 days:775#19,233by mine274 days ago
Cloud-hosted video and online courses for WordPress: add video players, lessons and LMS features with optional add-ons.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Stream Player by netmix®
Down in the last 7 days:213#19,479by Tony Zeoli1 year ago
Free, open source streaming audio player plugin by netmix®. Works with Icecast, Shoutcast, and Live 365 streams. For additional features, upgrade to S …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ToneDen Player Shortcode
Up in the last 7 days:24#19,616by elsbree12 years ago
Enables shortcode to embed ToneDen's new SoundCloud player in WordPress blogs.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AnyClip Luminous Studio
Down in the last 7 days:68#19,734by AnyClip Video Platform2 years ago
Manage video media and integrate playlists from your AnyClip account into your WordPress-powered site
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day
WP-Parsi JW Player
Up in the last 7 days:24#19,927by Morteza Geransayeh7 years ago
Create player with JW Player shortcode on-the-fly!
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 3/day
WP Mp3 Player
#20,375by Neil Hillman11 years ago
WP Mp3 Player is a widgetized audio player for your sidebar. It's easy to setup, and works with any broswer or device.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bg Playlist
#20,401by Vadim Bogaiskov3 years ago
The plugin creates the WP playlist using links to audio files in the posts.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
STN Video oEmbed
Down in the last 7 days:1,349#20,958by STN Video2 years ago
This plugin adds oEmbed support for STN Video videos by registering STN Video as a provider.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
podCloud
Down in the last 7 days:109#21,637by podCloud1 year ago
This plugins allow embedding of the podCloud player by pasting a podcast or episode URL into editor.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
HTML5 Lyrics Karaoke Player
Down in the last 7 days:19#22,397by 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
Plays Block
Up in the last 7 days:240#22,537by AVtheme5 days ago
Play any post type
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 17/day
Floating Window Music Player
Down in the last 7 days:165#22,788by 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
Audio Playlist Manager with Autoresume
Up in the last 7 days:136#22,808by toughride14 years ago
Audio Playlist Manager with autoresume has cool features for embedding mp3 audio into posts or templates. This plugin has the option to chose 'au …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 1.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Jetpack Easy Playlists
Down in the last 7 days:286#23,697by two7s_clash13 years ago
Generate playlists automatically from mp3s attached to your post/page. Requires Jetpack.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stratus
Up in the last 7 days:3#23,801by leemartin14 years ago
Stratus is a jQuery powered SoundCloud player that lives at the bottom (or top) of your website or blog.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ignite Video Player OEmbed
Down in the last 7 days:183#24,317by ignitevideocloud11 months ago
Automatically converts Ignite Video Player URLs into responsive video embeds. Works with WordPress blocks, classic editor, and page builders.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PressPlay Lite
Down in the last 7 days:137#24,535by walkerofbass12 years ago
PressPlay Lite automatically adds a play button along side any MP3 link.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Rotate Soundcloud Player
Up in the last 7 days:308#24,802by gavinr10 years ago
A widget that features the latest track in a soundcloud playlist, with the option to rotate to older tracks. Great for podcasts.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Radio Browser Stations
Down in the last 7 days:385#25,693by Link Nacional13 days ago
Display and play online radio stations from Radio-Browser.info with a beautiful player and customizable radio list.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
api.video
Down in the last 7 days:229#26,898by api.video3 years ago
Embed videos in your website with our responsive HTML5 player. Upload new videos & manage existing ones from your wordpress admin.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dynamic Audio Player Basic
Up in the last 7 days:147#27,552by msalsas10 years ago
Provides an audio player widget with a dynamic playlist and shortcodes. Tracks keep playing during navigation.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bitmovin Streams
#27,732by Bitmovin2 years ago
Bitmovin Streams is Bitmovin’s all-in-one solution to enable you to publish video content online quickly and easily.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
YGZ Music Widget
Down in the last 7 days:434#28,179by yiguangzong9 months ago
WordPress music player widget powered by APlayer and MetingJS, supporting NetEase Cloud Music, QQ Music, Kugou Music, etc.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Molly Theater
Down in the last 7 days:149#28,636by jonathanschmitz5 years ago
Use the Molly Theater plugin to create an easy-to-use and responsive fullscreen player for your Vimeo or Youtube videos. Get rid of the standard stati …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day