WP JW Player is customizable flash player with embed function, rss feeds which allows you to publish video and text content at the same time.
As of April 2026, WP JW Player is a WordPress tubepress plugin with 70 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 77K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 15 years ago — may have compatibility concerns.
WP JW Player is customizable flash player with embed function, rss feeds which allows you to publish video and text content at the same time.
Add JW Player to a post/page by inserting [wp-jw-player src=”http://www.example.com/video.flv”] into the post/page.
You can even add a Youtube video with custom width and height like this [wp-jw-player src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsGmZO4N0g0″ width=”400″ height=”350″].
If you want to allow your visitors to embed the player on their websites and blog you can simply do that by adding [wp-jw-player src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsGmZO4N0g0″ width=”400″ height=”350″ embed=”true”].
What about fetching rss feeds related to a certain keyword …
| WordPress | 2.8+ requiredTested up to 3.1.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
1.6 – Added image attribute to allow showing a static image at video init. (This parameter is optional)
1.5 – Fixed bug of not having unique ids for the div element when embedding multiple videos in the same post.
1.4 – Added autoplay option
Fixed embed option in admin panel
Added documentation and usage
1.3 – Updated flash player
1.2 – Added attribution link to embed code
1.1 – Fixed bug…
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