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Super Video player – Fully Customizable Video Player with Playlist

by bPlugins

4.2
(30 ratings)

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. Play self-hosted MP4, HLS (.m3u8) and MPEG-DASH (.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

  1. Open any post or page and click +.
  2. Search for Super Video Player and add the block.
  3. Choose your video, then adjust controls and styling in the block settings.
  4. Publish.

With a shortcode

  1. Go to Super Video Player Add new Player.
  2. Choose your video and configure the player.
  3. Copy the shortcode from the All Players list, e.g. [vplayer id="123"].
  4. Paste it into any post, page or widget and publish.

Screenshots

A single video player with controls, captions and quality selection.

A single video player with controls, captions and quality selection.

Playlist – Default layout.

Playlist – Default layout.

Playlist – Horizontal layout.

Playlist – Horizontal layout.

Playlist – Vertical layout (Pro).

Playlist – Vertical layout (Pro).

Playlist – Grid layout (Pro).

Playlist – Grid layout (Pro).

Adding the Super Video Player block in the block editor.

Adding the Super Video Player block in the block editor.

Block settings: video, playlist and controls.

Block settings: video, playlist and controls.

Creating a player for use with a shortcode.

Creating a player for use with a shortcode.

Choosing which controls to show.

Choosing which controls to show.

Pro global settings: brand colours, custom CSS and player text.

Pro global settings: brand colours, custom CSS and player text.

Plugin Details

Active Installs
2K+
Total Downloads
99,452
Version
1.8.17
Requires WP
6.5
Requires PHP
7.4
Tested Up To
7.1.4
Added
2019-01-23
Last Updated
2026-11-01 3:44am GMT

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