OsKracht Video Compressie helps you make even large video files (up to 2 GB) significantly smaller without visible quality loss, so you can self-host them on your WordPress website — no ads, no third-party branding, and no monthly subscription fees to services like Vimeo.
What can you do with OsKracht Video Compressie?
- Compress large video files (up to 2 GB)
- Optimize existing videos from your WordPress Media Library
- Use the compressed video directly on your website, with a dedicated Elementor widget or a simple shortcode
- Download the optimized video at any time
- Restore the original video if needed
- No YouTube or Vimeo branding
- No monthly subscription required
The plugin sends your video to a secure external processing server (video.oskracht.nl) where compression takes place via FFmpeg. This happens because video compression is very resource-intensive and not suitable for regular shared WordPress hosting.
More technical details:
- Choose between AV1, H.265, or WebM for the compressed output
- Optionally convert to a 9:16 or 1:1 aspect ratio
- Full compression history with file size savings and shortcodes
- Share a compressed video by email directly from your dashboard
- Autoplay-on-scroll option for background-style video placement
Free trial: you can compress your first 2 videos for free, with a small watermark. A one-time upgrade to Premium is available for unlimited use without a watermark.
External Services
This plugin uses an external service to compress videos, because video compression is too resource-intensive to run on regular (shared) WordPress hosting.
Service: OsKracht Video Compressie server (video.oskracht.nl), operated by OsKracht.
When: only when the site administrator deliberately uploads a video via the plugin’s settings screen, or selects an existing video in the media library to optimize. Data is never sent automatically or without the administrator’s action.
What data is sent:
– The video file to be compressed
– The website’s domain name (for license linking)
– The site administrator’s email address (required when activating the plugin, including for the free trial)
– Optional: if the site administrator uses the built-in sharing feature to send a compressed video by email, the recipient’s email address they provide is used once to send that email
Retention period: the uploaded original is removed from the external server immediately after processing. The compressed video remains on the server as long as the account is active. In case of prolonged inactivity (depending on the chosen plan, typically several months), the account holder first receives an email warning, with a reasonable period to become active again before deletion takes place.
Payments: processed via Stripe. OsKracht does not store any payment card details itself.
View the full privacy policy or contact info@oskracht.nl. By activating and configuring the plugin, you agree to sending the data described above to this external service.
Screenshots
Upload and compress a video, choosing your format (AV1, H.265, or WebM) and aspect ratio.
Compression history, with file size savings, download links, and shortcodes.
The dedicated "OsKracht Video" widget in the Elementor widget panel.
Selecting a compressed video and its format directly inside the Elementor widget.
Step-by-step instructions for placing a video on your website, shown right in the dashboard.