Best html5 WordPress Plugins (September 2026)

Best html5 Plugins for WordPress
Rank	Plugin	Active installs	Rating	Updated	Health
1	Easy Video Player Easy Video Player is a WordPress video player that allows you to add videos to your… by Noor Alam	20K+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (57)	1 month ago	71
2	Videojs HTML5 Player Embed video file beautifully in WordPress using Video.js HTML5 Player. Embed HTML5… by Noor Alam	7K+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (18)	4 months ago	68
3	Gravity Forms – Placeholders add-on Adds HTML5 placeholder support to Gravity Forms' fields with a Javascript fallback… by neojp	2K+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.9 (24)	9 years ago	45
4	Video Player for WPBakery Video Player for WPBakery add-on for WPBakery Page Builder allow add YouTube, Vimeo and… by nutttaro	2K+	★★★★★★★★★★ 3.7 (3)	4 months ago	52
5	Bradmax Player Embed video stream easily in WordPress using Bradmax Player. Use responsive HTML5 video… by kostalski	1K+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (11)	7 months ago	51
6	mb.YTPlayer for background videos Play any Youtube video as background of your page or as custom player inside an element of… by pupunzi	1K+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (28)	3 years ago	40
7	Flowplayer Video Player Add a video file to WordPress with Flowplayer style. Embed a self-hosted, external or HTML5… by Noor Alam	900+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (6)	4 years ago	35
8	Modernizr for WordPress This plugin adds the Modernizr to your WordPress installation. by Ramoonus	800+	★★★★★★★★★★ 3.4 (5)	7 years ago	33
9	Able Player, accessible HTML5 media player Accessible HTML5 media player by Joe Dolson	300+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3)	3 months ago	49
10	oEmbed External Video oEmbed External Video plugin converts any external mp4 url into HTML5 video tag by Ali Qureshi	200+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2)	3 weeks ago	76
11	HTML5 Video Player for WordPress Embed MP4, M4V, OGG, Youtube, WebM, FLV, HLS, M3u8 videos in your post or page using HTML5… by onigetoc	200+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (3)	10 years ago	31
12	Acronyms 2 A plugin to automatically mark up known acronyms and abbreviations in posts and comments… by Chris	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (8)	3 years ago	36
13	HTML5 Slideshow Presentations Create HTML5 slideshow presentations using our favorite cms, WordPress. Host your own… by Justin Sternberg	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (4)	13 years ago	32
14	Contact Form 7 – Datalist Extension to Contact Form 7 to allow HTML5 datalists to be used. by sgc2000	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (3)	8 years ago	32
15	Rapid Canonical URLs Reduce 301 redirects and HTTP requests by using HTML5’s history API to show visitors the… by Peter Wilson	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	3 weeks ago	68
16	HTML5 Videos Easily embed HTML5 videos from the Media Library into posts and pages. by powercat74	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (4)	14 years ago	31
17	hearthis.at Embed hearthis.at audio players with shortcodes. Supports tracks, playlists, profiles with… by hearthis	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 3.7 (6)	8 months ago	41
18	Tag Cloud Canvas This widget add a tag cloud 3d to your sidebar. by Javier López Úbeda	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (4)	14 years ago	32
19	Responsive P5JS for WP Embed your P5JS sketches in posts and pages in a responsive way by cageehv	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (2)	4 years ago	32
20	Disable Video Download Este plugin desactiva la opción "Guardar vídeo como..." en los vídeos embebidos en tu sitio… by Jairo Cortés	100+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (1)	4 years ago	32
21	3D WP Tag Cloud-S 3D WP Tag Cloud-S draws and animates an HTML5 canvas based tag cloud. by hityr5yr	80+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (9)	9 years ago	33
22	Canvas-Nest.js [正版]A wordpress plugin for canvas-nest.js \| 一个很炫酷网页背景效果（canvas-nest.js）的wordpress插件。 by wzwahl36	80+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4 (2)	11 years ago	29
23	Online Games Display up to 83 free HD Flash Games in your website easily using shortcodes. Arcade games… by Critic Team	80+	★★★★★★★★★★ 3.2 (13)	11 years ago	30
24	DICOM Support Adds DICOM (standard for medical image format) support to Wordpress! by ivmartel	70+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (5)	2 years ago	40
25	DS Custom Audio Player DS Custom Audio Player adds a modern, responsive and customizable HTML5 audio player. Works… by Dennis Knake	70+	★★★★★★★★★★ No reviews	4 months ago	53
26	MediaElement.js Skin A custom skin for MediaElement.js created by Premium Pixels and coded by One Designs by Daniel Tara	60+	★★★★★★★★★★ 1 (1)	14 years ago	20
27	HTML5 Video Background HTML5 Video Background creates a fullscreen video background using html5 video for your… by anoobis	60+	★★★★★★★★★★ 2.4 (7)	12 years ago	27
28	SEO Internal Link Shortcode Internal links to posts, custom-type posts, pages, categories and tags with any HTML… by Steven Vachon	60+	★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 (6)	13 years ago	36
29	HTML5 Details Polyfill Adds fallback support for the HTML5 and elements in browsers that don't support them. by j	50+	★★★★★★★★★★ 5 (4)	14 years ago	32
30	HTML5 Video Player with Playlist Allows Wordpress users to easily use HTML5 < video > the element enable native video… by Sandeep Verma	40+	★★★★★★★★★★ 3.2 (6)	12 years ago	29

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Plugins are ordered the way WordPress.org ranks them for this category. Next to each one you’ll see its health score, so a popular-but-neglected option never sneaks into your stack.

25 Update freshness
20 Works with the latest WordPress
25 Rating, weighted by review count
15 Support threads resolved
15 Active installs

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Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 26, 2026

What is the most popular html5 plugin for WordPress?

Easy Video Player is the most popular html5 plugin with 20K+ active installs and a 4.2/5 rating on WordPress.org.

How many html5 plugins are on WordPress.org?

There are currently 85 plugins tagged “html5” in the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Which html5 plugin has the best rating?

Among the most-installed options, Gravity Forms – Placeholders add-on has the highest rating at 4.9/5 from 24 reviews.

Are these html5 plugins actively maintained?

2 of the top 30 html5 plugins were updated in the last 30 days. Check each plugin’s health score for update freshness, WordPress compatibility and support responsiveness.

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