hdw player

HDW player (video player & video gallery) is an impressive FLV player for WordPress websites. This plugin is different and unique from other plugins available in WordPress. You can effortlessly install this plugin to your WordPress website. You would love the plugin for the look and the versatile options that comes with the player. Start downloading the plugin either from WordPress or from our website and savor the never-ending video experience.
<a href="https://www.hdwplayer.com" rel="nofollow ugc">HDW Player</a>
<a href="https://www.hdwplayer.com/wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Video Gallery</a>
Features include:
<ul>
<li>HDW player (video player & video gallery) can handle variety of Media formats that flash can handle such as flv, mp4, 3g2, 3gp, aac, f4b, f4p, f4v, m4a, m4v, mov(h.264), sdp, vp6. </li>
<li>The Player includes native support for playing back Youtube videos. It can be done by just providing Youtube page URL to the Player.</li>
<li>The Player includes native support for playing back Dailymotion videos. It can be done by just providing Dailymotion page URL to the Player.</li>
<li>RTMP stands for “Real Time Messaging Protocol”. It is a proprietary protocol developed by Adobe Systems for streaming audio, video and data over the Internet, between a Flash player and a server. All the major RTMP servers such as Red5, Wowza and Adobe Flash Media Server are supported by HDW ebplayer.</li>
<li>Pseudo Streaming is a protocol that can be installed on regular HTTP servers such as Apache, Tomcat, IIS or lighthttpd. It uses a server-side script for Flash-to-Server communication that is supported by HDW ebplayer.</li>
<li>A Content Delivery Network (CDN) offers several advantages over a plain webserver for streaming video. For example, a CDN will be able to speedily deliver your videos across the country and globe, it will be able to stream your videos instead of a download and it will be able to scale to large numbers of videos and viewers. The Amazon CloudFront CDN is particularly interesting, since everybody can instantly and easily sign up for it. On top of that, Amazon only charges for usage (in terms of GB of video stored and streamed), so there’s no fixed costs. HDW player (video player & video gallery) supports playback for the streams from Amazon Storage.</li>
<li>The HDW player (video player & video gallery) supports Live HTTP DVR streaming as offered by the Bitgravity CDN.</li>
<li>If you are using a commercial version with the KEY provided by HDW player (video player & video gallery) Sales Team, you will have option to remove HDW Player FREE text and you will be having your own Domain Name in the Context Menu that comes from the Right Click on the Player.</li>
<li>With our HDW player (video player & video gallery), you have freedom of enabling / disabling all the features that you can read in detail from our Documentation part.</li>
<li>Using HDW player (video player & video gallery) you can embed your videos on other websites easily by using the code generated on clicking Share – Embed Button.</li>
<li>HDW player (video player & video gallery) has built-in option to share the video to the famous Social Networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, etc…</li>
<li>HDW player (video player & video gallery) allow you to share the video (that impressed you) to your friend by using the Email option inside the Player.</li>
<li>Button Tooltip is available for each button on the Player.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 2.8.6 or higher</li>
<li>PHP 5.0 or higher</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
Adding Webplayer to your WordPress require three necessary steps :
<ol>
<li>Creating a Playlist Name.</li>
<li>Adding Videos to the Playlist.</li>
<li>Adding the Playlist to the Player.</li>
<li>Creating Gallery.</li>
<li>Adding the Gallery to the Player.</li>
<li>Adding Player to WordPres Page/Post</li>
</ol>
STEP 1 : Creating a Playlist Name
<ol>
<li>Go to Site Admin > Settings > HDW Player > Playlist.</li>
<li>Click on the Add New Playlist button.</li>
<li>Provide a Name to the Playlist and Save it.</li>
</ol>
STEP 2 : Adding Videos to the Playlist :
<ol>
<li>Go to Site Admin > Settings > HDW Player > Videos.</li>
<li>Click on the Add New Video button.</li>
<li>Select the Playlist in which you like the video to be categorized.</li>
<li>Congrats! Now you have created the video and added to the playlist.</li>
</ol>
step 3. Adding the Playlist to the Player.
<ol>
<li>Go to Site Admin > Settings > HDW Player.</li>
<li>Click on the Add New Player button.</li>
<li>Configure the Basic player Options and select the needed playlist in Videos section.</li>
<li>Submit the form and check for the shortcode from Grid View.</li>
<li>Just copy the shortcode to your Post and Experience the Playback.</li>
</ol>
Step 4: Creating a Gallery
<ol>
<li>Go to Site Admin > Settings > HDW Player > Gallery.</li>
<li>Click on the Add New Gallery button.</li>
<li>Fill Gallery Settings and save.</li>
</ol>
Step 5: Adding Gallery to Player
<ol>
<li>Go to Site Admin > Settings > HDW Player.</li>
<li>Click on the Add New Player or Edit button.</li>
<li>Select the Playlist Option under Video Settings.</li>
<li>Change the Display Gallery Option From none to Display</li>
<li>Choose Your Gallery Name and Save it.</li>
</ol>
Step 6: Add Player to WordPress Page/Post 
1. Copy code from HDW Player listing page. 
2. Paste code to WordPress page/post.
Change the Order of videos: 
1. Enter the order no in the text box on video list page. 
2. Choose Change order from Bulk Action and click apply button.
Note : Creating a Playlist is not compulsary. You can also directly add the Video ID instead of Adding as Playlist by just choosing the Single Video Option.

HDW Player Plugin (Video Player & Video Gallery)

This plugin is provided by HDW Player (video player & video gallery). It enables you to embed HDW Player on your WordPress websites.

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Lean Player is a lightweight video and audio player for WordPress with full playlist support. Embed players and playlists anywhere in 3 steps:
<ol>
<li>Create a player or playlist from the admin</li>
<li>Copy the shortcode</li>
<li>Paste it anywhere — or use the Elementor widget, Block Editor, or Classic Editor</li>
</ol>
Works with YouTube, Vimeo, MP4 video (upload or direct URL/CDN), and audio files (MP3, AAC, OGG, WAV, M4A — upload or direct URL/CDN). Plays nicely with Elementor, Block Editor, and Classic Editor on any theme, without slowing your site down.
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<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NsJ56JBPuVU?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
Lean Player also helps keep media-heavy pages fast. With Media Preload, you choose whether video and audio should load only basic info, wait until the visitor clicks play, or start loading immediately. This is useful for pages with multiple players or playlists.
<h3>Features</h3>
Player Management: 
* Global Player Settings – Set default behavior once for all players 
* Player Manager – Create and manage players through admin interface 
* Per-Player Configuration – Override global settings for individual players 
* Admin Columns – View all players at a glance with Player Type, Source Type, Source, Autoplay status, and copy-ready Shortcode 
* Preview Player – Preview your player before publishing directly from the players list or from the player edit page 
* Simple Shortcode – [lean_player id=”123″] to embed anywhere 
* Player Categories – Group and organize players using categories
Video Sources: 
* YouTube video support 
* Vimeo video support 
* HTML5 video (upload or URL/CDN)
Audio Sources: 
* Supported formats: MP3, OGG, WAV, M4A, AAC 
* Audio streaming support (MP3, AAC streams) 
* Media library upload or direct URL/streaming URL
Playback Options: 
* Autoplay 
* Start Muted 
* Initial Volume control (0-100%) 
* Loop Playback 
* HTML5 Media Preload – Keep pages lighter by controlling when video and audio files start loading 
* Starting Playback Speed (0.5x to 4x) 
* Pause Other Players – Automatically pause other players when one starts playing (works across standalone players and playlists) [PRO] 
* Keyboard Shortcuts – Control playback when the player is focused, with optional global shortcuts for single-player pages 
* Time Display Format – Countdown or elapsed time [PRO] 
* Skip Forward/Back Amount – Set forward/back jump time (1-60 seconds) [PRO] 
* Reset to Start When Finished
Player Controls: 
* Fullscreen button 
* Click to play/pause 
* Picture-in-picture (PIP) mode 
* Keyboard shortcuts 
* Custom Player Controls – Show/hide and reorder controls (play-large, play, progress, current-time, mute, volume, captions, settings, pip, airplay, fullscreen, download) [PRO] 
* Auto-Hide Controls – Hide controls during playback [PRO]
Design & Styling: 
* Display your own preview thumbnail 
* Primary Color customization – Match player with your brand colors [PRO] 
* Compatible on all mobile & desktop devices 
* Very lightweight – no major impact on website speed 
* Works with all themes
Playlist: 
* Works with YouTube, Vimeo, HTML5 video, and audio files 
* Shortcode: [lean_playlist id=”123″] 
* Search players and add them to a playlist from the admin 
* Filter players by category and add all from a selected category at once 
* Panel position: left, right, top, or bottom of the player 
* Panel width, max width, and height (synced or fixed) 
* List layout with thumbnails (16:9 or 1:1 shape), duration badge, duration next to title, item numbers, and subtitle/artist text 
* Play icon: active item only or always visible 
* Playlist header with title and item count 
* Light and dark skin 
* Solid panel background 
* Auto-advance to the next track when one finishes 
* Audio now-playing compact view 
* Grid layout [PRO] 
* Accent color customization [PRO] 
* Custom gradient panel background [PRO] 
* Play icon hidden variant [PRO] 
* Audio now-playing large card [PRO] 
* Start from a specific item number [PRO] 
* Automatic Thumbnail – auto-fetch thumbnails from YouTube and Vimeo when no custom image is set [PRO]
Integration: 
* Elementor widgets (video, audio & playlist) 
* Block Editor (Gutenberg) support 
* Classic Editor support 
* Shortcode support everywhere
<h3>Video Player Elementor Widget</h3>
All player options are available directly in the Elementor panel – no shortcode needed. Widget-specific additions:
<ul>
<li>Saved Player mode – pick an existing saved player by name; its settings apply automatically</li>
<li>Player Accent Color – per-widget brand color override</li>
<li>Controls Bar Color – per-widget icon and text color</li>
<li>Per Element Style (Pro) – granular colors for play button, progress bar, volume slider, settings icon, tooltips, settings menu, and timer</li>
<li>Layout (Pro) – icon size, button spacing, corner radius, progress track height</li>
</ul>
<h3>Audio Player Elementor Widget</h3>
All player options are available directly in the Elementor panel – no shortcode needed. Widget-specific additions:
<ul>
<li>Saved Player mode – pick an existing saved player by name; its settings apply automatically</li>
<li>Poster Card Style – background, text, border color, padding, radius, and thumbnail radius</li>
<li>Player Accent Color – per-widget brand color override</li>
<li>Controls Bar Color – per-widget icon and text color</li>
<li>Per Element Style (Pro) – granular colors for play button, progress bar, volume slider, download button, tooltips, settings menu, and timer</li>
<li>Layout (Pro) – icon size, button spacing, corner radius, progress track height</li>
</ul>
<h3>Playlist Elementor Widget</h3>
Embed any saved playlist on an Elementor page without a shortcode. All playlist settings (panel position, layout, colors, auto-advance) are configured in the Playlist Manager, not the widget.
<ul>
<li>Select Playlist – pick from your saved playlists by name</li>
</ul>

Lean Player – Video and Audio Player with Playlist for WordPress, Elementor and Gutenberg

Video and audio player with playlist for WordPress. Plays YouTube, Vimeo, HTML5 video, and audio. Works with Elementor, Gutenberg, and Classic Editor.

HDW Player Plugin (Video Player & Video Gallery) vs Lean Player – Video and Audio Player with Playlist for WordPress, Elementor and Gutenberg