As of April 2026, Video Player Block is a WordPress block plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 26K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.5+ and PHP 7.1+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 24% this week. Top alternative: Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website….
5/58 reviews
2.0K+active installs
26K+total downloads
4 yearssince 2022
Overview
Play various video files in the Gutenberg editor. A Simple, accessible, Easy-to-use & fully Customizable video player that works on all devices. You can play/embed awesome video players in posts, pages, widget areas as well as template files. It has tons of options that fit your video player needs.
Features
- The video player is compact so it does not take a lot of real estate on your webpage
- HTML5 compatible so the video files embedded with this plugin will play on iOS devices
- Works on all major browsers – IE7, IE8, IE9, Safari, Firefox, Chrome
- The video player is responsive.
- Use the autoplay option to play a video file as soon as the page loads
- You can play unlimited video
- User-friendly interface
- Powered by html5
Pro Version Features
What’s New in PRO?
- Color chang…
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Ratings & Reviews
58 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Best video player… period!
by carlosvai·2 years ago
I’ve tested absolutely every player out there. Some require you to add the video outside the post, others won’t accept posters, some look awful and many simply don’t work.
I don’t understand why this plugin has so few installations and reviews. This is BY FAR the best video player I tested.
Hopefully will get the love it deserves in the near future.
Thanks a lot to the devs, excellent job!
Excellent plugin
by bkudrle·3 years ago
Works well with .webm files, which is not the case with some other video plugins that I use. Also, the variable speed control works well for the public view of the video. So far, this looks like my go-to video plugin for WordPress.
This plugin fixed my issue right away
by alafair505·3 years ago
I was going on my 2nd hour of trying to figure out how to get an embedded video smaller instead of taking up the whole page; within 5 min of installing Video Player Block – Ultimate Video Player For WordPress I typed 2 numbers and it was fixed. Yeah! very happy
Works great with private uploads on S3
by unreal1wp·3 years ago
No issues using signed S3 urls
Video not playing
by garyjones10·3 years ago·1 reply
Hi
I have installed the plugin and inserted a Youtube url but the video doesn’t play. I have tried various urls and various browsers. But when I click the PLAY button I just get a rolling effect on the progress bar. No video plays.
- This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by garyjones10.
Download Trends
Today: 15Yesterday: 7This week: 68Period total: 6K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.5+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.1+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.0
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0.6 – 20 Nov 24
- Fix: multiple render issue
Contributors
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