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Responsive Video Embeds
Automatically resize WordPress auto-embeds, including video and other iframes, in a responsive fashion.
The facts
- Rating
- 3.9★ from 21
- Active installs
- 2k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 28 Nov 2017
- Added
- Apr 2012
- Requires WP
- 3.0
- Tested up to
- WP 3.7.41
- Downloads
- 81,134
Our analysis
AI-assistedResponsive Video Embeds is a WordPress plugin that automatically resizes video embeds and iframes in a responsive manner. It supports various video providers such as YouTube, Vimeo, and DailyMotion, allowing videos to scale according to the browser size. This plugin is suitable for users who want to ensure their video content is displayed correctly across different devices.
The plugin modifies the output of the WordPress auto-embed feature, making it easy for authors to include video content in their posts. It is compatible with WordPress Multisite, enabling users to activate it across multiple sites or on individual sites as needed.
Best for: This plugin is best for WordPress users looking to enhance video display on their sites.
What it does well
- ✓Automatically resizes video embeds and iframes
- ✓Supports multiple video providers
- ✓Compatible with WordPress Multisite
- ✓Utilises WordPress's auto-embed feature
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in November 2017
- •Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41
- •Directory score of 49/100 indicates potential issues
Verdict
Responsive Video Embeds offers a straightforward solution for responsive video resizing, but its outdated status may require caution for users on newer WordPress versions.
From the developer
Kevin Leary's own description of Responsive Video Embeds, lightly tidied.
This plugin will automatically resize your WordPress auto-embeds, including video and other iframes, in a responsive fashion. It currently supports the following providers:
- YouTube
- Vimeo
- DailyMotion
- Blip.tv
- Viddler
- hulu.com
- Revision 3
- Funny or Die
- WordPress.tv
- Scribd
Live Example
Visit the test page where you can resize the browser and watch the videos automatically scale to fit the resolution.
About WordPress Auto-embeds
WordPress has a nifty auto-embed feature, allowing authors to automatically turn a link to a video embed into a video player when a post is viewed. To turn this feature on check the Auto-embeds check box in Administration > Settings > Media SubPanel.
Under the hood
Please note that this plugins modifies the output of modify_embed_output filter, adding HTML & CSS to make the magic happen.
Credit for the method used in this plugin goes to Anders M. Andersen for crafting the method used to gracefully resize the embeds.
Create and maintained by Kevin Leary, a WordPress developer living in Boston, MA.
Multisite Compatibility
The Responsive Video Embeds plugin is compatibly with WordPress Multisite, just use the Network Activate feature to enable responsive video resizing embed on every site. If you only want responsive video resizing to happen on a specific site, activate the plugin for that site only.
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