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 142 plugins tagged “player” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 player plugins

1.
Easy Video Player
The most installed player plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 57 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
2.
HTML5 Audio Player
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 169 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
3.
Videojs HTML5 Player
7K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 18 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
4.
Cue by AudioTheme.com
5K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 36 reviews, updated 1 day ago.
5.
Simple YouTube Responsive
3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
6.
Meks Audio Player
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
7.
Protected Video
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 15 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
8.
Smartideo
1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 4 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
9.
WP YouTube Player
1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
10.
Podbean Shortcode
900+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.