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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Oembed

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Oembed

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for oembed comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Embed PDF Viewer Best overall 85/100
  2. 2. Embed Privacy 85/100
  3. 3. Disable Embeds 83/100
  4. 4. Embed Block for TikTok 79/100
  5. 5. Github Embed 78/100
  6. 6. oEmbed Manager 78/100
  7. 7. oEmbed External Video 77/100
  8. 8. Embedly 71/100
  9. 9. glomex oEmbed 68/100
  10. 10. Better Core Video Embeds 66/100
  11. 11. TrimPress 63/100
  12. 12. Sch.gr Commons 55/100
  13. 13. Embed Extended 55/100
  14. 14. oEmbed Plus 53/100
  15. 15. LS oEmbed support for Scratch Mit 51/100
1 Embed PDF Viewer
Best overall Free by Andy Fragen

Embed PDF Viewer

Embed a PDF from the Media Library or elsewhere via oEmbed or as a block into an iframe tag.

4.7★
from 19 ratings
20k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
85

WPScore

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2 Embed Privacy
Free by epiphyt

Embed Privacy

Embed Privacy prevents the loading of embedded external content and allows your site visitors to opt-in.

4.9★
from 26 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
85

WPScore

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3 Disable Embeds
Free by Pascal Birchler

Disable Embeds

Don’t like the enhanced embeds in WordPress 4.4? Easily disable the feature using this plugin.

4.3★
from 20 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
83

WPScore

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5 Github Embed
Free by Lee Willis

Github Embed

Plugin that allows you to embed details from GitHub just by pasting in the URL as you would any other embed source. Currently supports:

3.9★
from 14 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
78

WPScore

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6 oEmbed Manager
Free by Pierre Lannoy

oEmbed Manager

Manage oEmbed capabilities of your website and take a new step in the GDPR compliance of your embedded content.

5★
from 4 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
78

WPScore

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8 Embedly
Free by Embedly

Embedly

The Embedly Plugin extends WordPress's auto-embed feature to give your blog more media types and style options.

3.5★
from 20 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Feb 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
71

WPScore

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9 glomex oEmbed
Free by Glomex

glomex oEmbed

Paste a glomex Exchange video or playlist URL into any editor and WordPress renders the glomex player in its place.

100+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
68

WPScore

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10 Better Core Video Embeds
Free by Highrise Digital

Better Core Video Embeds

A plugin which enhances the core embed block for Youtube, Daily Motion and Vimeo videos by not loading unnecessary scripts until they are needed.

5★
from 11 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
66

WPScore

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11 TrimPress
Free by David Matthew

TrimPress

TrimPress optimizes and trims some of the cruft from WordPress for a lighter, more secure theme!

5★
from 1 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
May 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
63

WPScore

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12 Sch.gr Commons
Free by lenasterg

Sch.gr Commons

Just copy/paste a URL of video from https://video.sch.gr, or a school location map from https://maps.sch.gr into your WordPress posts and see them emb …

1k+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2025
Tested to
WP 6.7.7
55

WPScore

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13 Embed Extended
Free by Rudy Susanto

Embed Extended

Embed any external content into WordPress posts and pages. It works seamlessly on Gutenberg, Elementor, classic editor, the embed shortcode, as well a …

4.9★
from 7 ratings
400+
active installs
Updated
Oct 2023
Tested to
WP 6.3.10
55

WPScore

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14 oEmbed Plus
Free by Ayesh Karunaratne

oEmbed Plus

Adds support for embedding Facebook and Instagram posts in Block Editor (Gutenberg) and Classic Editor.

5★
from 7 ratings
4k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2021
Tested to
WP 5.6.19
53

WPScore

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