About this plugin
A no-code video player for self-hosted and streamed video – trusted by 2,000+ websites.
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Super Video Player is a lightweight, accessible HTML5 video player for WordPress. mpd) video from a Gutenberg block or a shortcode, with playlists, captions and quality switching included in the free version.
It is built for sites that host or stream their own video: courses and tutorials, clubs and organisations, product demos, documentation and business sites.
What’s free
Everything below is included in the free version, with no limit on the number of players.
- MP4, HLS and MPEG-DASH playback – self-hosted MP4 (H.264/AAC) and adaptive HLS (.m3u8) and DASH (.mpd) streams from one player.
- Playlists – several videos in one player, in the Default or Horizontal layout, each with its own title, description and poster.
- Quality switching – add the same video at several resolutions and let viewers choose.
- Captions and subtitles – add WebVTT files in as many languages as you need, and style the caption text and background.
- Choose your controls – show or hide the large play button, play, restart, rewind, fast-forward, progress bar, current time, mute, volume, settings (speed and quality) and fullscreen. Controls hide automatically while the video plays.
- Playback options – autoplay (muted autoplay works in every browser), loop, muted start, click-to-play, tooltips, initial volume and seek time.
- Playlist titles and descriptions – each playlist video shows its title and description, with typography and colour settings.
- Styling – player width, border, playlist colours and caption styles.
- Search engine friendly – every player adds VideoObject structured data so your videos can appear in search results.
- Accessible – full keyboard control, including choosing playlist videos, with screen-reader labels.
- Gutenberg block and shortcode – build players in the block editor, or create them once and place them anywhere with [vplayer id="…"], including classic editor content and page builders.
- Lightweight – a page with a player loads about 170 KB of player assets; a page without one loads none. No jQuery.
What Pro adds
- Vertical and Grid playlist layouts.
- Continuous playlist playback – the next video starts automatically.
- Extra controls – captions toggle, share button, picture-in-picture, download button (with an optional custom download URL) and control-bar shadow.
- Social sharing – a share button that links straight to the video on your page.
- Global player settings – set your brand colours, custom CSS and translated player text once for every player on the site.
- Video widget – place a player in any widget area.
See Pro pricing – a 7-day free trial is available.
Updates keep your players working
Players created with older versions keep their videos, settings and controls when you update – nothing needs to be re-saved.
Loved by WordPress Users
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ So simple to use. Excellent!
❛❛ A very neat and efficient way of playing self-hosted videos via WordPress. ❜❜
– jonthanr
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Getting Started
With the block editor
- Open any post or page and click +.
- Search for Super Video Player and add the block.
- Choose your video, then adjust controls and styling in the block settings.
- Publish.
With a shortcode
- Go to Super Video Player → Add new Player.
- Choose your video and configure the player.
- Copy the shortcode from the All Players list, e.g. [vplayer id="123"].
- Paste it into any post, page or widget and publish.