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Three Cool WordPress Video Plugins

video thumbnail Video is hot. Never turn your back on hot. If you can utilize video on your site or in your blog posts, you give your users the new media they crave. You don’t have to use it often, but occasionally dropping a Youtube or similar video into a blog post can really engage your visitors. If you want to use video in your blog posts, I recommend you check out 3 WordPress plugins.

Easy Video Insertion Plugin: I currently use a WordPress plugin that makes it simple for me to drop a Youtube type video into any of my blog posts. I highly recommend it if you want to include a video in any of your posts. You can get it here.

Video Gallery Plugin: This allows you to create a gallery of an entire Youtube video collection. It does a few other things as well, such as:

local thumbnail caching (youtube can be slow to display thumbnails)
random thumbnail in your sidebar
display an entire video collection as a gallery
display your favorite videos as a gallery
display a specific video in your post/page

You can get this cool plugin here.

Video Comments Plugin: Video Comments allows you to post video in your blog and let your users comment on it. A popup window displays the video and commenting area; as a video is viewed the comments associated with a current video time will be displayed, viewers can also see all comments and jump to a specific point in time. The comment area can accept a comment at given point in the video and saves itself in the existing word press database so no additional configuration is needed. All comments are listed in the individual post as a regular comments (with timecode) and can be easily modified or removed by the editor. (You really need to see this one to appreciate it).

As I play around with video more and more, I find it interesting to see what tools are available to make this media more accessible and interesting for everyone. I think all 3 of these plugins can help you create visual interest for your own blog and give your readers a little something extra to appreciate.

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Posted on October 21st, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
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4 Responses to “Three Cool WordPress Video Plugins”

pelf, on October 21st, 2007 at 3:59 am Said:

I never knew that there are video plugins for WordPress! Thanks for highlighting this

Stumbled!
Kelvin Chan, on October 21st, 2007 at 12:42 pm Said:

Hiya Donna,

I really really love the purple feel and look for your site. Great job there! (This is coming from my heart)

And thanks for the headsup on these video plugins. I’ll definitely be utilising them.

Cheers Donna!

Kelvin. =)
Diana, on May 26th, 2008 at 8:22 pm Said:

Thanks for the info about the video comments plugin. That sounds exactly like what I’m looking for!

I have used the WordPress video gallery plugin and it works great. I haven’t used the easy insert one that you recommend but there is a plugin called EasyTube that seems similar that I use on all my wordpress sites. It works great for both youtube and google videos.

I also had a client who needed a video gallery that would take videos from anywhere - not just youtube. I ended up having to write my own because I couldn’t find what I was looking for. In case others have a use for it, I’ve made it available at:
http://xondie.com/resources

It’s runs on VodPod.

Thanks so much for the helpful post!
the english guy, on July 1st, 2008 at 1:53 pm Said:

Thanks for the tips, found a good plugin here for a client, much appreciated.