Video gallery and Player

72 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

With 1,000 active installs, it sits well below the leading alternatives but enough to suggest a real user base in its niche.

Update Freshness

23/25

The plugin was last updated in February 2026 and is tested against WordPress 6.9.4, which is unusually current for a plugin of this size.

User Rating

13/15

An 88 out of 100 from 16 raters is a strong average, though the small sample size makes it less reliable than scores with hundreds of votes.

Support Health

8/15

There are zero public support threads, so there is no track record of how responsive the developer is when problems arise.

WP Compatibility

15/15

The plugin requires WordPress 4.0 and above, and the listed compatibility test against 6.9.4 gives it a perfect compatibility score.

Scores higher than 29% of indexed plugins

About

Easy to add and display your HTML5, YouTube, Vimeo vedio gallery with Magnific Popup to your website. Also work with Gutenberg shortcode block.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★ 4.4/5

Last Updated 2026-02-20 6:36pm GMT

Requires WordPress 4.0+

Tested Up To 6.9.4

Security History

2 known vulnerabilities, all patched

1 Critical 1 Medium

Most recent: April 9, 2026

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What It Does

Video gallery and Player lets you assemble and display a responsive gallery of HTML5, YouTube, and Vimeo videos on any page, post, or Gutenberg shortcode block. It uses Magnific Popup to open videos in a clean lightbox overlay, so visitors do not leave the page to watch. The plugin also supports custom thumbnails and multiple gallery layouts through shortcodes.

Who It's For

This plugin is a good fit for small to medium sites that need a quick way to host a curated video library without paying for a streaming subscription. Videographers, churches, course creators, real estate agents, and bands listed in the use cases all benefit from a no-frills YouTube and Vimeo embed gallery with a popup player. It works especially well for sites that already rely on shortcodes rather than a full page builder.

Who Should Skip It

If you need advanced features like video analytics, paywalls, memberships, lazy loading for hundreds of embeds, or detailed analytics per video, this plugin is too lightweight. Users running large streaming libraries, Netflix-style platforms, or WooCommerce-tied product videos will outgrow it quickly.

The Bottom Line

Video gallery and Player is a tidy, well-maintained utility that does exactly what it claims, but its tiny install base and absent support history mean you are placing quiet trust in a single developer. It earns a 74.13 out of 100 overall, which is respectable, and the high maintenance score is a genuine plus. For a low-traffic site that needs a simple YouTube and Vimeo popup gallery, it is worth trying; for anything mission-critical, budget for a more battle-tested alternative.

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Use Cases

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