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<h3>AD-FREE, CUSTOMIZABLE VIDEO PLAYER FOR WORDPRESS</h3>
With an immersive design, VideoPress is ideal for videographers, creators, filmmakers, educators, and bloggers seeking to upload high-quality videos with ease.
<h4>Built for WordPress</h4>
Take advantage of full integration with the best video hosting plugin created specifically for WordPress. Bring your ideas to the screen and save time by managing your videos in the same interface as your website. You can drag and drop videos directly into WordPress, and manage them in the media library.
<h4>Ad-free videos offer a better experience</h4>
Tired of video companies sending your customers to their app to view videos? Or worse, showing inappropriate ads to your site visitors? Our customizable video player for WordPress keeps people on your site so the spotlight is all yours. With VideoPress, you can avoid intrusive ads or imposing player branding.
<h4>High-quality, lightning-fast video hosting</h4>
Take the complexity out of self-hosting videos. VideoPress offers fully-hosted videos and a CDN to ensure instant video speed for your audience around the globe. With our powerful and reliable hosting infrastructure, you can provide your audience with fast-motion videos with 60 FPS and full 4K resolution.
<h4>A complete video experience from the WordPress Editor</h4>
With the <a href="https://jetpack.com/support/jetpack-videopress/add-video-block-editor/" rel="nofollow ugc">Jetpack VideoPress Block</a>, adding videos to your content has never been easier. This powerful tool lets you effortlessly insert videos straight from the WordPress Editor and comes packed with advanced features like subtitles, captions, chapters, private videos, and poster images.
<ul>
<li>Adaptive Streaming – Videos play back faster by automatically adjusting video quality based on bandwidth and display size. The viewer can still choose the quality they’d like in the menu.</li>
<li>Reliable Global Hosting and Video CDN – Built on WordPress.com’s world-class cloud infrastructure, your videos are stored in multiple servers across the globe to ensure quick delivery no matter where your audience is.</li>
<li>Subtitles, Captions, and Chapters – Simply upload your text tracks via the VideoPress block and they will be available on the video as soon as you publish.</li>
<li>Progress Bar Color Match – The VideoPress seekbar now adapts its color to match the scenes in your videos. This makes your content really pop.</li>
<li>Optimized for mobile – Switch between mobile and desktop without missing a beat.</li>
<li>Picture-in-picture – Pop out the video from the web browser for easier viewing.</li>
<li>Unlimited Logins – Work with a team? We don’t charge per seat, so everyone that works on your site can have their own login.</li>
<li>High-Resolution Videos Up to 4K – Watch crisp images on any display and screen size. We’ve added video display for 1440p, 60 FPS, and full 4K resolution.</li>
<li>Ad-free video – Keep the spotlight on your content, not on ads you can’t control.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Your one-stop solution for video management</h4>
<a href="https://jetpack.com/support/jetpack-videopress/the-jetpack-videopress-dashboard/" rel="nofollow ugc">The VideoPress Dashboard</a> is a centralized space to upload and manage your video library. Filter your library by rating or privacy setting, view your library in multiple ways, and upload local videos to your Jetpack cloud library.
<h3>WITH 💚 BY JETPACK</h3>

Jetpack VideoPress

It's so easy to host videos straight from the editor. Saves me a lot of time and I don't have to deal with YouTube.

Looks great and no ads

The finest video hosting for WordPress. Drag and drop videos through the WordPress editor and keep the focus on your content, not the ads.

videoflowengine

The managed WordPress video hosting plugin — adaptive HLS streaming without the Vimeo bill.
Stop paying Vimeo to host videos on your WordPress site. VideoFlowEngine gives you upload, encoding, CDN delivery, and analytics — all built into WordPress, all on flat-rate pricing with no per-view fees.
Upload from the WordPress dashboard. Videos auto-encode to adaptive HLS (360p / 720p / 1080p) and stream instantly via Cloudflare CDN. Drop into any page, post, or LMS lesson with <code>[vfhls_player id="123"]</code> or the Gutenberg block. Five minutes from install to live HLS stream.
🎯 Built for:
<ul>
<li>Course creators on LearnDash, Tutor LMS, LifterLMS, LearnPress — replace Vimeo without rebuilding your lessons</li>
<li>Membership sites that don’t want YouTube recommendations pulling members away mid-lesson</li>
<li>Agencies managing video for multiple client sites from a single WordPress dashboard</li>
<li>SaaS / marketing sites that need a clean, branded, ad-free video player</li>
</ul>
🚀 WordPress video hosting that actually works:
<ul>
<li>Upload videos directly from the WordPress dashboard</li>
<li>Automatic multi-resolution HLS encoding — 360p, 720p, 1080p adaptive</li>
<li>Fast global delivery via Cloudflare CDN — streams like Netflix, not like a raw MP4 file</li>
<li>Drop into any page, post, or LMS lesson via shortcode or Gutenberg block</li>
<li>Built-in analytics: views, watch time, drop-off — right inside WordPress admin</li>
<li>No ads, no external branding, no “watch on Vimeo” recommendations</li>
</ul>
🔥 Features
<ul>
<li>Direct-to-cloud uploads (no server transcoding, no PHP upload size limits)</li>
<li>Adaptive HLS streaming — quality switches automatically based on the viewer’s connection</li>
<li><code>[vfhls_player id="123"]</code> shortcode for single videos</li>
<li><code>[vfhls_gallery columns="3"]</code> shortcode for video grids</li>
<li>Gutenberg block for the block editor</li>
<li>Drag & drop upload with real-time encoding progress</li>
<li>Built-in analytics dashboard — views, watch time, drop-off, device breakdown</li>
<li>Free tier — no credit card required</li>
</ul>
🎬 Hero Add-On — Instant-Play Premium Video
Homepage hero videos, course intros, and featured testimonials should play instantly — no buffer wheel, no loading delay, no LCP penalty. The Hero add-on marks any one video as your Hero for full-HD instant-play delivery.
Use <code>[vfhls_player id="123" hero]</code> to embed it. Switch which video is your Hero anytime from Settings.
<ul>
<li>Instant playback — plays on first tap, no buffer wheel, even on slow mobile connections</li>
<li>Faster page load — adaptive HLS, no full-file pre-download before playback starts</li>
<li>Full HD 1080p for the designated hero video</li>
<li>One-click switch — reassign the Hero to a different video anytime</li>
</ul>
Perfect for: homepage hero sections, course intro lessons, sales-page testimonials, product demo reels.
🎓 Works with your LMS:
Drop the shortcode or block into any LMS lesson editor. Compatible with:
<ul>
<li>LearnDash — lessons, topics, quizzes, Focus Mode</li>
<li>Tutor LMS — lesson video blocks, course builder</li>
<li>LifterLMS — lesson and course content</li>
<li>LearnPress — lesson content</li>
<li>Any LMS that accepts standard WordPress shortcodes or Gutenberg blocks</li>
</ul>
❓ Why VideoFlowEngine instead of Vimeo?
<ul>
<li>No per-view charges — flat plan pricing, never metered per play</li>
<li>No ads or platform branding — your player, your domain, your look</li>
<li>No YouTube-style recommendations pulling viewers out of your paid course</li>
<li>Analytics inside WordPress — views, watch time, drop-off without a separate dashboard</li>
<li>Private by default — videos are not surfaced on any public platform</li>
</ul>
🔐 Security & Privacy
<ul>
<li>WordPress capability checks on every admin action</li>
<li>Pre-signed upload URLs — video files never publicly exposed during upload</li>
<li>No data leaves your site until the admin explicitly clicks “Connect”</li>
<li>Visitor analytics are opt-in — disabled by default, toggled from Settings</li>
<li>Viewer IP used only for 1-hour view deduplication, not stored long-term</li>
</ul>
How it works:
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin</li>
<li>Go to VideoFlowEngine → Settings → click Connect to VideoFlowEngine (a consent screen shows exactly which data is sent before you confirm)</li>
<li>Upload from the VideoFlowEngine menu — drag & drop, then wait a few minutes for HLS encoding</li>
<li>Paste <code>[vfhls_player id="123"]</code> into any page, post, or LMS lesson — or use the Gutenberg block</li>
</ol>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to VideoFlowEngine API (api.videoflowengine.com) to process, store, and deliver videos. This service is required for the plugin to function. No data is sent until the site admin explicitly clicks “Connect to VideoFlowEngine” and reviews the consent screen.
API endpoint: https://api.videoflowengine.com
Data sent may include:
<ul>
<li>Video files (uploaded directly to cloud storage via pre-signed URLs)</li>
<li>Site URL, site name, admin email (for API key provisioning)</li>
<li>WordPress version, PHP version, plugin version</li>
<li>API key (for authentication on all subsequent requests)</li>
<li>Playback analytics when enabled — view counts, watch time, playback quality, viewer IP for deduplication (opt-in, disabled by default)</li>
</ul>
Service Provider: VideoFlowEngine 
Website: https://videoflowengine.com 
API: https://api.videoflowengine.com 
Terms of Service: https://videoflowengine.com/terms 
Privacy Policy: https://videoflowengine.com/privacy
<h3>Third Party Libraries</h3>
<ul>
<li>hls.js — HLS video playback in browsers. Included file: <code>assets/js/hls.min.js</code> (minified production build). Source code: https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js. License: Apache License 2.0 (GPL-compatible).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
No data leaves your site until the admin explicitly connects via Settings. Visitor analytics are opt-in and disabled by default. The admin can enable or disable analytics at any time from VideoFlowEngine → Settings. Full details: https://videoflowengine.com/privacy.

VideoFlowEngine HLS Streaming

Replace Vimeo with managed WordPress video hosting. Adaptive HLS streaming, built-in analytics, no per-view fees. Works with LearnDash & Tutor LMS.

Jetpack VideoPress vs VideoFlowEngine HLS Streaming