Build a branded video experience in WordPress
FV Flowplayer Video Player Pro is a responsive WordPress video player for embedding video in posts and pages. It supports HTML5 playback with MP4, WebM, and OGV files, plus HLS, MPEG DASH, and RTMP streaming formats. A Flash fallback is included for legacy browsers, while HLS.js provides HLS playback on desktop browsers.
The player is intended for publishers, educators, businesses, and site owners who want to present video on their own site rather than sending visitors to an external video platform. Pro features support custom presentation, playback controls, playlists, video measurement, sharing, and delivery through supported storage and CDN services.
Flexible video presentation
You can use a clickable splash screen before playback and add a custom start screen or end screen around the video. After playback, the player can show a popup box containing HTML content such as clickable links, images, and styling. Multiple player instances can be placed on a single page.
FV Player supports custom designs using HTML and CSS, and the Pro edition enables branding options that can replace the Flowplayer library logo with your own branding. Default options for embedded videos can be managed from the WordPress administration menu.
Playback and content features
- Remember video position for guest users and members.
- Create improved playlists with expanded playlist features.
- Use cuepoints, subtitles, native fullscreen, keyboard shortcuts, slow motion, random seeking, and Retina-ready playback.
- Use an AB loop for repeated playback, which is useful for teaching sites.
- Share videos with built-in social sharing.
- Support video intelligence video ads.
The player is built around the open source Flowplayer 7 video engine. Its JavaScript is described as 55.6kB, with the rest loaded later when a visitor starts playback. The player supports Amazon S3, Cloudfront, and other CDNs, and it does not require a proprietary in-house CDN.
Tools for video management
FV Player includes video play statistics through its API, allowing custom video fields to use playback data. Logged-in administrators can use automated video encoding checks. The built-in video encoding and theme checker helps review whether videos are encoded properly and whether the site is set up for video playback.
For video encoding workflows, the product can integrate with the Coconut.co video encoding service through a free addon plugin. The player also supports HLS playback and the listed streaming formats, giving site owners several ways to deliver video content.
Installation and setup
Install and activate FV Flowplayer Video Player Pro in WordPress, then configure the default player options from the administration menu. Prepare videos in a supported format or streaming format, add the player to posts or pages, and set any splash, start, end, playlist, branding, subtitle, or sharing options required for the presentation.
Before publishing, use the encoding and theme checker to review video preparation and playback setup. The available documentation includes support, change log, installation, user guide, and detailed FAQ resources.
