Best self-hosted-video plugins for WordPress
The most popular self-hosted-video plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Video Player for WPBakery leads with 2K+ active installs, ahead of SmartVP Video Player (fewer than 10) and Product Feature Video and Gallery (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “self-hosted-video” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 self-hosted-video plugins
- 1.
Video Player for WPBakeryThe most installed self-hosted-video plugin, with 2K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
SmartVP Video PlayerFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 3.
Product Feature Video and GalleryFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 3 plugins tagged “self-hosted-video”
Video Player for WPBakery
Up in the last 7 days:5#4,849by nutttaro5 months ago
Video Player for WPBakery add-on for WPBakery Page Builder allow add YouTube, Vimeo and Self-Hosted videos (HTML5) to your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day
SmartVP Video Player
Up in the last 7 days:7,171#62,623by alaazaoug20 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
Product Feature Video and Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:8,299#63,549by Ruhul Amin7 months ago
This plugin enables to add feature video to product.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day