What is the best video hosting for WordPress?

It comes down to whether you need to prove anything. If video is decoration, a public embed will do. If you sell it, gate it, teach with it, or answer to someone about whether it was watched, you need hosting that signs playback and reports retention where the video is managed. The option-by-option breakdown runs them side by side.

Why is my WordPress video upload too large?

The ceiling is set in your server configuration rather than in WordPress, which is why raising it means editing php.ini or asking your host. The plugin sidesteps it entirely: files go from the browser to FastPix in 5 MB resumable chunks, so the WordPress upload limit never applies to them.

Can I prove a student actually watched a lesson?

Completion is checked against a percentage threshold the server reads from the lesson's own markup, and progress beats from a video not embedded in that lesson are ignored. Dragging the scrubber to the end does not credit the lesson. Your LMS still grants the credit through its own completion function.

Does it work on WordPress Multisite?

Yes, but per site rather than across the network. Activate it on each site individually. Network-wide activation is deliberately refused, because every site keeps its own connection, its own library and its own capability map. The multisite walkthrough covers running it across a network.

Can authors upload without seeing the credentials?

Yes. The plugin defines its own capabilities and maps them to roles on activation. Only a role holding the settings capability can view or change the access token and secret. Authors and editors upload, embed and manage video without the credentials ever reaching their screen.

What happens to my posts if I deactivate the plugin?

Nothing is deleted and no post is edited. The block saves a fallback into the page, so public videos show their poster and a link, while private and DRM videos show a short message instead. Migrated videos fall back to the local file they came from, until you run cleanup.

Does the plugin slow the page down?

The player is lazy loaded by default, so it is fetched only when it scrolls into view, and video is served from the FastPix network rather than your host. More on what video costs a WordPress page in video and Core Web Vitals.

Will my WordPress videos show up in Google video results?

Public videos get VideoObject structured data, which is what makes a page eligible for video rich results in search. The plugin emits it for you and hands it to whichever SEO plugin the site runs. Private and DRM video is deliberately left out, because a crawler cannot be authorized to fetch it.

What video formats does the plugin accept?

The plugin accepts 20 video formats, including MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI and MPEG, plus 5 audio formats: MP3, WAV, AAC, M4A and OGG. Files can run up to 8 hours. Anything unsupported is refused in the browser before the upload starts, so a bad file costs you nothing but a second.

Can people still download my video?

Right-click blocking and hiding the download button stop nobody, which is why the plugin does not pretend to. Set a video to private and playback is authorized by a short-lived token that expires, so a copied URL stops working. DRM adds a license exchange on top of that.

Which page builders and LMS plugins are supported?

The Gutenberg block covers the block editor. The shortcode covers the classic editor, Elementor, Divi, Bricks, Beaver Builder and any other page builder that accepts one. Course features detect LearnDash, TutorLMS, LifterLMS and LearnPress, and stay off until you turn them on.

WORDPRESS VIDEO PLUGIN

Video hosting for WordPress

Add video to your WordPress site with FastPix. Beyond upload and playback: AI captions, chapters, DRM, plus video and course analytics in wp-admin.

Get started Read the docs

WordPress 6.8+, PHP 8.3+·Gutenberg block and shortcode·HTTPS required

TRUSTED BY PRODUCT TEAMS SHIPPING VIDEO AT SCALE

BUILT FOR

Integrate video into any WordPress site

One plugin covers every kind of WordPress site. Video hosting for WordPress means something different on a course site and a newsroom, and the difference is a setting you turn on.

COURSE CREATORS AND LMS

Teach with video your students cannot skip

Give your students lessons they can navigate, with automatic captions, chapter markers and playback that resumes where they left off.

Captions generated for you. Automatic subtitles in your site language, on by default.
Protected lessons. Signed playback or DRM, so paid course video does not travel.
Chapters in the timeline. Students jump to the part they need instead of scrubbing for it.
Per-course progress. Student progress by course under the LMS tab, and drop-off per video.

Video hosting for LearnDash, TutorLMS and LifterLMS

MARKETING AND WEB TEAMS

Add video without slowing the site down

Add video to your pages without the load-time penalty, with lazy loading, adaptive streaming and view counts back in wp-admin.

Lazy loaded by default. The player is fetched when it scrolls into view, not before.
Structured data for search. The plugin emits VideoObject JSON-LD and hands it to your SEO plugin.
Readable text on the page. An optional transcript panel search engines can crawl.
Your brand on the video. Add a watermark at upload and choose where it sits on the frame.

Why video is what makes your WordPress site slow

MEMBERSHIP AND PAID CONTENT

Paid video only your members can play

Sell access to your video, with playback signed on every render, links that expire on your timer, and DRM when you need it.

Signed at render. A short-lived token authorizes the stream, poster and previews.
Tied to the post. A private video plays only where the visitor is allowed to read.
Expiry you set. Anywhere from 2 minutes to 24 hours. The default is 15.
DRM when signing is not enough. A license exchange before the first frame.

Protecting paid video on WordPress

PUBLISHERS AND MEDIA LIBRARIES

Run a large library without running servers

Move your Media Library across without editing a post, then search generated transcripts and chapters for any moment.

Migrate your old files. Scan the Media Library, then move it in batches you can pause.
Search inside the video. One box searches titles, transcripts and chapters together.
Captions and transcripts generated. Named entities are pulled out too, with no manual pass.
Bulk work in the background. Re-run AI or regenerate posters and leave the page.

Moving a WordPress Media Library off your server

ANY WORDPRESS SITE

Anyone putting video on a WordPress website

Run video on any WordPress site, with per-site Multisite activation, roles that hide credentials from authors, and WP-CLI for bulk work.

Per-site on Multisite. Each site keeps its own connection, library and capabilities.

Credentials stay with admins. Authors upload and embed without ever seeing the token.

Deactivation is safe. It deletes nothing and edits no post.

WP-CLI for the rest. Sync, reindex, prune and diagnose from the command line.

How the hosting options compare

MEASUREMENT

WordPress video analytics beyond the play count

See how far people get through every video and whether it played cleanly, with retention curves and drop-off by device. WordPress video analytics stops at a play count.

Where people stop watching. A retention curve for every video, so you can see which minute loses them.

Who actually turned up. Views and unique people side by side, so replays do not read as reach.

Whether it played cleanly. Playback scores and error rates by device, so you can tell buffering from boredom.

How each student is doing. Per-course progress under the LMS tab, credited only when the watch clears your threshold.

Numbers you can take away. Any range from an hour to a month, exported to CSV in the background.

WordPress video analytics, explained

COMPARE

Video plugin for WordPress, compared

Three ways to put video on a WordPress site. Only one gives every viewer the right quality for their connection, keeps the player yours, and reports what happened.

What you get	Media Library	YouTube embed	FastPixTHIS PLUGIN
Direct upload	To your server	Embed only	✓
One library, searchable	Files, not video	✕	✓
Adaptive bitrate streaming	✕	✓	✓
Video not on your server	✕	✓	✓
No ads or end screens	✓	✕	✓
Unbranded player	✓	✕	✓
Your logo on the video	✕	Bottom right only	✓
Signed or DRM playback	✕	✕	✓
Plays only on your site	✕	✕	✓
AI captions and chapters	✕	✓	✓
Live streaming	✕	✓	✓
Retention analytics in wp-admin	✕	✕	✓
Proof a lesson was watched	✕	✕	Server-checked
Structured data on your page	You write it	✕	✓

Compared on what a WordPress site owner has to decide. Media Library means WordPress serving the file itself, one file at one bitrate to every viewer, however they are connected. Longer versions of this argument: the full option-by-option comparison, and adding video without YouTube.

Get started See pricing

INSTALL

Install the WordPress video plugin

Two routes, one plugin. Install it from the WordPress directory without leaving your admin, or upload the ZIP from GitHub.

Get your credentials View on GitHub

$25 free credit

On every new account, with no card required.

10 videos, 100K streaming minutes

Free every month. Standard encoding is free too.

$10 a month after that

Growth unlocks Pro and Premium quality. See pricing.

SETUP

Configure video on your WordPress site in three steps

Everything happens inside wp-admin. No developer, and no work on your server.

Your WordPress siteVideos managed from wp-admin

Upload or linkDrag in files or paste a public URL

Media LibraryMigrate what is already there

Signed1080p

Captions on

ChaptersCaptionsColor

Set the player up

Set who can watch and the quality at upload, then tune chapters, captions and color per embed.

Block or shortcodeGutenberg or any page builder

[fastpix id="abc123"]

LiveLive stream embedPoint an embed at a stream ID

[fastpix streamid="def456"]

1ADD YOUR VIDEOUpload, link or migrate

2SET THE PLAYER UPAccess, quality, captions

3ADD IT TO YOUR PAGEBlock, shortcode or live

Turn on webhooks and a new video reaches your library the moment it is ready. Without them the plugin polls FastPix instead.

Read the setup guide

WHAT YOU GET

Inside the WordPress video plugin

One plugin does four jobs from a single wp-admin menu: hosting, playback, watch data and AI. Each one works the moment you connect a workspace.

Uploads, URL imports and Media Library migration

Files from the browser, a public URL, or the archive already in WordPress.

Resumable upload

5 MB chunks, in the browser. Close the tab and resume.

Upload from a URL

FastPix fetches a public file directly.

Media Library migration

Scan, batch, pause, resume, verify, then clean up.

Quality tiers

Pick Standard, Pro or Premium before you upload.

Watermark

Add your logo at upload and choose where it sits on the frame.

Top resolution

Up to 2160p, defaulting to 1080p.

Domain lock

Restrict playback to your site, with an allow or block list.

Live streaming

Ingest over RTMPS or SRT. The recording is kept for you.

Questions

WordPress video plugin questions

The ones asked before install. Setup detail lives in the integration guide.

What is the best video hosting for WordPress?
It comes down to whether you need to prove anything. If video is decoration, a public embed will do. If you sell it, gate it, teach with it, or answer to someone about whether it was watched, you need hosting that signs playback and reports retention where the video is managed. The option-by-option breakdown runs them side by side.
Why is my WordPress video upload too large?
The ceiling is set in your server configuration rather than in WordPress, which is why raising it means editing php.ini or asking your host. The plugin sidesteps it entirely: files go from the browser to FastPix in 5 MB resumable chunks, so the WordPress upload limit never applies to them.
Can I prove a student actually watched a lesson?
Completion is checked against a percentage threshold the server reads from the lesson's own markup, and progress beats from a video not embedded in that lesson are ignored. Dragging the scrubber to the end does not credit the lesson. Your LMS still grants the credit through its own completion function.
Does it work on WordPress Multisite?
Yes, but per site rather than across the network. Activate it on each site individually. Network-wide activation is deliberately refused, because every site keeps its own connection, its own library and its own capability map. The multisite walkthrough covers running it across a network.
Can authors upload without seeing the credentials?
Yes. The plugin defines its own capabilities and maps them to roles on activation. Only a role holding the settings capability can view or change the access token and secret. Authors and editors upload, embed and manage video without the credentials ever reaching their screen.
What happens to my posts if I deactivate the plugin?
Nothing is deleted and no post is edited. The block saves a fallback into the page, so public videos show their poster and a link, while private and DRM videos show a short message instead. Migrated videos fall back to the local file they came from, until you run cleanup.
Does the plugin slow the page down?
The player is lazy loaded by default, so it is fetched only when it scrolls into view, and video is served from the FastPix network rather than your host. More on what video costs a WordPress page in video and Core Web Vitals.
Will my WordPress videos show up in Google video results?
Public videos get VideoObject structured data, which is what makes a page eligible for video rich results in search. The plugin emits it for you and hands it to whichever SEO plugin the site runs. Private and DRM video is deliberately left out, because a crawler cannot be authorized to fetch it.
What video formats does the plugin accept?
The plugin accepts 20 video formats, including MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI and MPEG, plus 5 audio formats: MP3, WAV, AAC, M4A and OGG. Files can run up to 8 hours. Anything unsupported is refused in the browser before the upload starts, so a bad file costs you nothing but a second.
Can people still download my video?
Right-click blocking and hiding the download button stop nobody, which is why the plugin does not pretend to. Set a video to private and playback is authorized by a short-lived token that expires, so a copied URL stops working. DRM adds a license exchange on top of that.
Which page builders and LMS plugins are supported?
The Gutenberg block covers the block editor. The shortcode covers the classic editor, Elementor, Divi, Bricks, Beaver Builder and any other page builder that accepts one. Course features detect LearnDash, TutorLMS, LifterLMS and LearnPress, and stay off until you turn them on.