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Responsive Video Embeds

Automatically resize WordPress auto-embeds, including video and other iframes, in a responsive fashion.

By Kevin Leary·Embed·Free
3.9(21 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years ago
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As of April 2026, Responsive Video Embeds is a WordPress embed plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 3.9/5 rating from 21 reviews. It has been downloaded 80K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 9% this week. Top alternative: EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed….

3.9/521 reviews
2.0K+active installs
80K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012

Overview

This plugin will automatically resize your WordPress auto-embeds, including video and other iframes, in a responsive fashion. It currently supports the following providers:

  • YouTube
  • Vimeo
  • DailyMotion
  • Blip.tv
  • Viddler
  • hulu.com
  • Revision 3
  • Funny or Die
  • WordPress.tv
  • Scribd

Live Example

Visit the test page where you can resize the browser and watch the videos automatically scale to fit the resolution.

About WordPress Auto-embeds

WordPress has a nifty auto-embed feature, allowing authors to automatically turn a link to a video embed into a video player when a post is viewed. To turn this feature on check the Auto-embeds check box in Administration > Settings > Media SubPanel.

Under the hood

Please note that this plugins modifies the output of modify_embed_output filter, adding HTML &…

Read full description on WordPress.org

Screenshots

Ratings & Reviews

3.921 reviews
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13
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3
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1 ★
5

Recent Reviews

Works great
by alexndlm·7 years ago

WP version 4.9.8

Worksgreat
by denicocc·9 years ago

Still works…

This is a good plugin
by preWeather·10 years ago

Thanks for this great plugin, works really well with youtube video

Good plugin for posts videos
by pixelmort·10 years ago

resizing works fine without any black frame.

Does not work
by Rachel S·10 years ago

Does not work at all, with either YouTube or Daily Motion.

Download Trends

Today: 5Yesterday: 4This week: 30Period total: 1K

Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.7.41
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.2
99.1%
v1.1
0.9%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.2.4

  • Update to validate against WordPress Coding Standards
  • Minor fixes and updates to improve stability
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Kevin LearyKevin Leary
Plugin Info
Version
1.2.5
Last Updated
Nov 28, 2017
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
3.7.41
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
2.0K+
Downloads
80K+
Added
Apr 15, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

embedvideoembedsobjectresponsive

Developer

K
Kevin Leary
4 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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