WP Theater
Shortcodes for YouTube and Vimeo. Includes embeds, "Theater" embed, thumbed previews, playlist, channel, user uploads and groups.
4.6(5 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 10 years agoAs of April 2026, WP Theater is a WordPress embed plugin with 200 active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 14K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed….
4.6/55 reviews
200active installs
14K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
WP Theater provides shortcodes for integrating YouTube and Vimeo video embeds and feeds into your posts or widgets. Some options include traditional embedding, single video previews, a wrapped “Theater” embed, and video listings from playlists, channels, albums and groups. WP Theater was built with developers in mind, those who need flexibility. With that said, great effort was put into making sure this plugin stayed simple.
Requirements
- Current version tested on WordPress version 3.9 and later.
- PHP 5.3 or later with cURL
Usage
For parameters and their usage please visit:
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Boring Embed – The classic
Preview – Thumbnail and title of a single video
Theater – Traditional embed that’s wrapped for styling, has op…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.6+ requiredTested up to 4.2.39 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.2.3 (4/26/2015)
- Added notification for dealing with the YouTube’s v3 ugrade issue.
- Fixed missing icons due to character code changes in Genericons by switching to a (semi) custom icons font and merged the css into one file.
- Fixed video listings margins and inheritance.
- Fixed issue where updating the plugin settings would delete the version number and cause an unexpected output error during activation as well as resetting all plugin settings
- Updated styling to compensate for the admin bar, when present.
Contributors
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