PlayerJS – Free Custom HTML5 Video and Audio Player Builder

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Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 33% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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1. ★★★★★ admanp

   1.2y ago

   Great and fast response. Player has a lot of good features!

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2. ★★★★★ junglevid

   2.1y ago

   Best HTML video player .Playlist and folder features save bandwidth . Several hundred videos on one page with a size of tens of KB !

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3. ★★★★★ wplike75

   3.8y ago

   Just to say wahooouuu, and thanks, for this fantastic plugins, easy, free, and we can create and mod our plugins in the web site, super! Thank you.

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4. ★★★★★ cowanmax

   4.6y ago

   Использую в связке с корпоративным Wowza media server. Вставлять VOD на сайт – одно удовольствие, вставлять лайф-стримы тоже! Теперь посетители не смотрят рекламу, как с Youtube и другими видеосервисами. Есть кучу, буквально КУЧА настроек плеера. Сделано с умом! Разработчикам респект и развития проекта. Немного позже обязательно соберемся с покупкой плеера.

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5. ★★★★★ neamati

   7.3y ago

   Really help me on live streaming.

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2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 PlayerJS <= 2.24 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-09-22 CVE-2025-58651 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.24 Patched in 2.25
2. Medium · 6.4 PlayerJS <= 2.23 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-02-24 CVE-2025-27330 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.23 Patched in 2.24

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-09-24 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-09-23 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-09-22 900+ → 1K+ up after 40 days in tier
4. 2025-08-13 800+ → 900+ up after 47 days in tier
5. 2025-06-27 700+ → 800+ up after 387 days in tier
6. 2024-06-05 800+ → 700+ down after 167 days in tier
7. 2023-12-21 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
8. 2023-12-20 800+ → 700+ down after 8 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• AudioIgniter Music Player 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• CP Media Player – Audio Player and Video Player 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• Lean Player – Video and Audio Player with Playlist for WordPress, Elementor and Gutenberg 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
• FV Player 8 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
• dPlayer – Video Player for WordPress 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
• Muvi Media Connect 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags C

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PlayerJS – Free Custom HTML5 Video and Audio Player Builder: 1K+ active installs, 5.0★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/playerjs