<div class="flowplayer" data-ratio="0.4167"> <video> <source type="video/mp4" src="https://yourdomain.com/videos/sample.mp4"> </video> </div>
Use Flowplayer if you want to sell videos, build a private video library, or avoid platform lock-in. Method A: Manual Integration (For Developers) Step 1: Enqueue Flowplayer scripts Add this to your theme’s functions.php or a custom plugin: wordpress flowplayer
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'enqueue_flowplayer'); <div class="flowplayer" data-ratio="0
function flowplayer_shortcode($atts) $a = shortcode_atts(array( 'src' => '', 'width' => '640', 'height' => '360', 'poster' => '', ), $atts); if (!$a['src']) return ''; '<img src="'
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Use: [flowplayer src="https://.../video.mp4" poster="https://.../image.jpg"] Since Flowplayer doesn’t store videos, you need a hosting solution:
return '<div class="flowplayer" style="max-width: '.$a['width'].'px;"> <video> <source type="video/mp4" src="'.$a['src'].'"> ' . ($a['poster'] ? '<img src="'.$a['poster'].'">' : '') . ' </video> </div>'; add_shortcode('flowplayer', 'flowplayer_shortcode');