5 Top Plug-ins For Displaying Videos On WordPress blog
February 16, 2013
Blogging Guide
Video is a fantastic tool to display information for people to consume it easily. You want to make sure you have a great plug-in which allows you easy use and great features to make your blog look and feel great.
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| 5 top Plug-ins for displaying videos on your WordPress blog |
Below we have listed some of the top video plug-ins for WordPress. They vary in capability and features so make sure you read through and find one that has all of your needs before downloading it.
- VideoPress
This plug-in uses short codes so you can easily upload videos directly to WordPress of up to 1GB in size. Then you can edit them on the blogs admin interface. Some of the features that VideoPress uses are choosing auto play back, sharing options, privacy settings and customization of the size of the video container. All of these customizations are made through short codes which are provided. Another very cool feature is the option to automatically upload your video to iTunes as a video podcast
- Spider Video Player for WordPress
This plug-in includes most of the usual features for a video player such as sharing, full screen option, shuffle and repeating tracks. However it does allow you a lot of choice in the customization of the themes. You can customize the size of the video player, the positions and color of the buttons on the player. You can also choose to have a watermark on the video and you can have a thumbnail image for each video and for whole playlists.Spider video player allows you to have unlimited videos and unlimited playlists in your video player. You can also have multiple video players on one page which have different settings and different playlists on each. With this plug-in you can upload videos if you have the http URL where the page is held or the youtube link to the video
- WordPress Video Gallery
The Wordpress video gallery plug-in allows common customization of the video player such as size and the appearance of the theme. In addition this plug-in has a lot of great features such as social networking comments. It also allows you to have social bookmarking options for sites such as Diggit, Myspace, Facebook, Delicious, Surl, Furl and Google. This video player also has features which show quick options such as recent videos, popular videos and featured videos on the player. Two different features this player offers is a view count for individual videos and also an option to send to friends. The plug-in accepts a wide range of video formats including FLV, MP3, MP4, M4V, M4A, MOV, Mp4v and F4V
- Easy Video Suite
This is my pick of the bunch. One of the most popular video marketing services around at this time is Easy Video Suite and with the features listed below you will know why.
It allows you to record from your web cam or do screen capture videos and then easily convert it into a web ready format for you. On your videos you can create chapters allowing your viewers to jump to different sections quickly and easily. You can even include timed events such as opt-in forms appearing within your video or buy now buttons so your viewers can easily pay you! You can even split test your videos to see what performs best and it comes with real time analytics too!
To use this plug-in you will need to invest in an Easy Video Suite account and from there you can install the WordPress plug-in that comes with your purchase of the software
- Leadplayer
These are just some of the top rated plug-ins for displaying videos on a WordPress blog. Each of them can offer you something different so take a look and see which one works best for your needs before you download or purchase
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Leadplayer seems like an awesome idea. Being able to use embedded YouTube videos makes the difference I think. It’s a cool idea to be able to build in the opt-ins and call to actions directly in the video. Do you have any examples of it that we could see? I’d probably be interested in using that one.