Molly Theater
Use the Molly Theater plugin to create an easy-to-use and responsive fullscreen player for your Vimeo or Youtube videos. Get rid of the standard static width embeds and upgrade your website’s video experience.
Consider an alternative
Molly Theater shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 20+ sites and was last updated 5 years ago, and scores 24/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (20+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 5 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 5.8 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Molly Theater stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| player | >100 |
| theater | #36 |
| video | >100 |
| vimeo | >100 |
| youtube | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About Molly Theater
From the official readme · v1.0.0Description
Use the Molly Theater plugin to create an easy-to-use and responsive fullscreen player for your Vimeo or Youtube videos. Get rid of the standard static width embeds and upgrade your website’s video experience.
To use. All you have to do is add a data-attribute with a Vimeo or Youtube value to an element on your page, and Molly Theater does the rest.
Design. Make anything a button for your video. Any element you put the data-attribute on becomes a clickable button, opening your full-screen video.
Features
- Lightweight and efficient code
- Responsive fullscreen player
- Thorough Documentation under Tools
- CSS Documentation for total control and customization
Custom Fields
Advanced Custom Fields can be used very effectively to dynamically place the Vimeo and Youtube IDs.
Links
Installation
From your WordPress dashboard
- Visit Plugins > Add New
- Search for “Molly Theater”
- Activate Molly Theater from your Plugins page
- Use by adding a data attribute of either
data-molly-video-vimeoordata-molly-video-youtubecontaining either the Vimeo ID (a string of numbers, e.g. ‘87530837’) or a Youtube ID (an alpha-numeric string, e.g. ‘AajP933wMUo’)
Screenshots
For developers
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FAQ
Molly Theater: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 17, 2026
Is Molly Theater free?
Yes. Molly Theater is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Molly Theater safe to use in 2026?
Molly Theater shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 20+ sites and was last updated 5 years ago, and scores 24/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Molly Theater?
Molly Theater is active on 20+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,394 times since it launched in August 2021. It was downloaded 57 times in the last 30 days.
Does Molly Theater work with WordPress 7.1?
Molly Theater is officially tested up to WordPress 5.8.18, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Molly Theater last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.0, was released on August 1, 2021 (5 years ago).
Who makes Molly Theater?
Molly Theater is developed and maintained by jonathanschmitz.
What are the best alternatives to Molly Theater?
The most popular alternatives to Molly Theater are Easy Video Player (20K+ installs), HTML5 Audio Player (10K+ installs) and Videojs HTML5 Player (7K+ installs).
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