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oEmbed External Video

Description

oEmbed External Video plugin converts any external mp4 url into HTML5 video tag. This plugins is needed because WordPress oEmbed only converts urls from supported oEmbed providers. This plugin is most useful for BuddyPress Communities where members post urls to external mp4 videos in the Group and activity feeds which automatically then get embedded.

To put any external mp4 video file into a post, page, BuddyPress Activity or Group feed, simply place URL link to the mp4 video file as separate paragraph. The plugin will convert it into the HTML5 video player on the page. See screenshots.

Plugin settings page allows you to change the video player width, height, controls, autoplay, loop and muted options.

For details: http://www.parorrey.com/solutions/oembed-external-video/

Screenshots

  • URL to mp4 video file into the post/page
  • URL to mp4 video file in the BuddyPress Activity feed
  • mp4 video being displayed in the BuddyPress Activity feed
  • Plugin settings page

Installation

  • Upload the full directory to wp-content/plugins
  • Activate plugin Tags Page in plugins administration
  • Now, if you place any external mp4 video file url as separate paragraph into post, page or BuyddyPress Activity, it will be converted into HTML5 video player in the browser.
  • Use ‘oEmbed Video’ Settings page to change the video player width, height, controls, autoplay, loop and muted options.

Reviews

November 2, 2018
this is a very useful and excellent plugin for mp4 to embed them in buddypress streams when you do not want to use youtube all the time to show mp4 when you want them more private .. thank you very much for this plugin .. hopefully this will be kept update very hard to find this option
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Contributors & Developers

“oEmbed External Video” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

2.3.0

  • updated for wordpress version 6.1.1

2.2.0

  • updated for wordpress version 6.0.1

2.1.1

  • updated for wordpress version 5.9

2.1.0

  • updated for wordpress version 5.8

2.0.0

  • updated for wordpress version 5.7

1.9.1

  • updated for wordpress version 5.5.3

1.9

  • updated for wordpress version 5.5.3

1.8

  • updated for text-domain

1.7

  • updated for localization

1.6

  • updated for wordpress version 5.2

1.5

  • updated for wordpress version 5.0.0

1.4

  • updated for banners and documentation

1.3

  • version compatibility check and update

1.2

  • version compatibility check and update

1.1

  • version compatibility check and update

1.0

  • version compatibility check and update

0.3

  • settings screenshot added

0.2

  • tagging

0.1

  • initial release