Is Fluid Player free?

Yes, Fluid Player is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Fluid Player?

Fluid Player has 400 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Fluid Player alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Fluid Player include Vast Demo Import, Target Video Easy Publish, Vast Package. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Fluid Player work with the latest WordPress?

Fluid Player has been tested up to WordPress 6.3.8. It requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 5.4+.

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Fluid Player

Name: Fluid Player
Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)
Author: fluidplayer

The plugin makes it easy to embed the VAST ready Fluid Player video player.

By fluidplayer·VAST·Free

4.6(5 reviews)

·400 active installs·Updated 2 years ago

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As of April 2026, Fluid Player is a WordPress VAST plugin with 400 active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 61K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 5.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Vast Demo Import.

4.6/55 reviews

400active installs

61K+total downloads

9 yearssince 2017

Overview

This plugin is a wrapper around the html5 video player Fluid Player
Once the plugin is installed and activated, you’ll only need to use the any of the [fluid-player] or [fluid-player-extended] shortcodes at the desired location in your page or post.
The plugin comes with a default sample video, vast file and thumbnail previews.
If no shortcode parameters are provided, the plugin will fallback to the previously listed values.

For issues please refer to the main Fluid Player repository https://github.com/fluid-player/fluid-player

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