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yt-player

YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players

A modern, accessible, fully customizable & user-friendly YouTube Video Player for WordPress.

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35.1 Open evidence Open API Open on WordPress.org
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Proof Health

Open evidence

Commercial opportunities need traceable source links before they are treated as build-worthy.

95 / 118 rows with source links

80.5% of this page's analysis has direct source links.

0 build-decision rows missing links

0 rows here require auditable proof before promotion.

23 rows with no attached evidence

0 rows have source counts but still need direct links.

Download Momentum

180 days
343 532 -35.5% 5.4K

Related Opportunities

4 markets
Commercial opportunity Video Player: Media publishing and video operations media publishing and video operations · final 70.4 · proof validated Commercial opportunity Youtube: Media publishing and video operations media publishing and video operations · final 68.2 · proof validated Needs sharper proof Youtube Embed: Media publishing and video operations media publishing and video operations · final 65.2 · proof not collected Interesting evidence Plyr: Media publishing and video operations media publishing and video operations · final 60.1 · proof not collected

Source Evidence

Open evidence explorer
mixed support · high severity · relevance 0.77
need this pluging

need this pluging: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
need this pluging I need this plugging… and I can’t get it anywhere The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] I need this plugging… and I can’t get it anywhere The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] @alemcallister Due to a trademark issue, the plugin is not available in the WordPress plugin repository.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.92
Progres bar, current and total time issue

Progres bar, current and total time issue: users show bugs, missing feature, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Progres bar, current and total time issue Hi, I have a problem with not working progress bar and current and total time displaying 00:00.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.86
Player Controls do not show

Player Controls do not show: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Not seeing the play/pause controls for some odd reason.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.86
Playing

Playing: users show bugs, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Playing Nothing happens when pressing the YouTube button to play the video does not work and nothing happensNo, this happened just in apple devices.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.8
Error Youtube “has been blocked by CORS policy”

Error Youtube “has been blocked by CORS policy”: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Error Youtube “has been blocked by CORS policy” Hello, Please, someone who can help me with this error, the video is black and only heard but not seen.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
Issue with front-end

Issue with front-end: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Issue with front-end Hi there.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.74
video on the iPhone does not start

video on the iPhone does not start: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
This is a copy of one of the many pages that have the problem https://edu.socionic.info/uncategorized/example-of-problems/ same problem here can you help this out?
complaint review · medium severity · relevance 0.74
Great, unless you need help.

Great, unless you need help.: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Great, unless you need help.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.73
The plug in is not working corectly

A video player update broke the course display by covering text and exposing YouTube controls, with one remaining issue unless the user rolls back.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
the video is appearing above the text on my LearPress pages, so it is impossible for people to read the text
mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.73
Low res playback

Low res playback: users show bugs, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
Proof Blocked card complete media publishing and video operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Low res playback Hi, from time to time I have an issue with your player that it plays with very low resolution (like 360p or even lower).

Competitor Context

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HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player praise owner · intel 68.8 · weakness 51.8
praise owner
14 collected complaint signal(s) bugs compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
source 1 source 2
Protected Video praise owner · intel 56.8 · weakness 35.6
praise owner
5 collected complaint signal(s) bugs missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
source 1 source 2

Repeated Themes

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No repeated plugin-level themes have been generated yet.

Collected Signals

20 shown from 42 collected
complaint Video shows screenshot only and plays audio, but no video support · 2025-10-01T18:11:48+00:00 · medium severity · plyr

A recent YT Player update made videos show a screenshot with audio only, forcing the user to roll back to an older version.

Evidence: I reverted back to an older version of the plugin and now the videos are working.
bugs compatibility video playback update media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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complaint The plug in is not working corectly support · 2025-07-26T16:01:59+00:00 · medium severity · plyr

A video player update broke the course display by covering text and exposing YouTube controls, with one remaining issue unless the user rolls back.

Evidence: the video is appearing above the text on my LearPress pages, so it is impossible for people to read the text
bugs pricing embedded YouTube player media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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complaint Resize video support · 2024-11-08T07:45:40+00:00 · medium severity · plyr

Resize video: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] I’ve added a new video and set the parent div to a width of 800px.
support media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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mixed video is not playing on the phone support · 2024-07-01T14:24:52+00:00 · medium severity · plyr

video is not playing on the phone: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Chrome Autoplay Policy – https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/09/autoplay-policy-changes Safari – https://webkit.org/blog/7734/auto-play-policy-changes-for-macos/ Hope this helps you.
missing feature support reliable media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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mixed Low res playback support · 2024-03-07T09:09:45+00:00 · medium severity · plyr

Low res playback: users show bugs, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Low res playback Hi, from time to time I have an issue with your player that it plays with very low resolution (like 360p or even lower).
bugs performance missing feature media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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complaint small Youtube frame showing up at top of the page when loading page every time support · 2024-01-30T15:15:07+00:00 · medium severity · plyr

small Youtube frame showing up at top of the page when loading page every time: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: small Youtube frame showing up at top of the page when loading page every time At the beginning of loading page that used your plugin there’s small You tube frame showing up at top of the page every time and annoying, I don’t have this issue if just embed from youtube without using your plugin.
bugs value media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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mixed Is it possible to make it work when start at a different time? support · 2023-11-27T00:37:55+00:00 · low severity · plyr

Is it possible to make it work when start at a different time?: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Is it possible to make it work when start at a different time?
missing feature value media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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mixed Timing(current time or duration) not working support · 2023-11-25T02:42:20+00:00 · medium severity · plyr

Timing(current time or duration) not working: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Timing(current time or duration) not working Timing(current time or duration) not working and stuck on initial numbers which is 00:00 or video duration all the time , you can check your demo 1 as have same issue stuck at duration 01:34 all the time.
bugs missing feature value media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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complaint Progres bar, current and total time issue support · 2023-08-28T14:56:01+00:00 · medium severity · plyr

Progres bar, current and total time issue: users show bugs, missing feature, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Progres bar, current and total time issue Hi, I have a problem with not working progress bar and current and total time displaying 00:00.
bugs missing feature pricing support media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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complaint iPhone issue support · 2023-07-21T03:31:51+00:00 · medium severity · plyr

iPhone issue: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: iPhone issue The videos are not working on an iPhone.
bugs media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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question Automatic Conversion for Youtube Videos support · 2022-10-02T01:14:54+00:00 · medium severity · plyr

Automatic Conversion for Youtube Videos: question conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: format should automatically use this player?
form media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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complaint Issue with front-end support · 2022-09-27T08:09:41+00:00 · medium severity · plyr

Issue with front-end: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Issue with front-end Hi there.
bugs support value media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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question Thumbnail is not generating on front end support · 2022-08-02T05:12:33+00:00 · low severity · plyr

Thumbnail is not generating on front end: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] For some reason, the thumbnail uploaded in YouTube is not generating on the front end of the player.
support media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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complaint Not working in webview android support · 2022-01-10T10:38:52+00:00 · medium severity · plyr

Not working in webview android: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I gave for logged in users The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Not working in webview android See the link.
support media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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neutral Missing plugin file message support · 2021-11-23T06:11:57+00:00 · medium severity · plyr

Missing plugin file message: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Missing plugin file message We keep getting the error.
bugs missing feature media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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praise Great tool! (5 stars) review · 2021-11-19T19:08:32+00:00 · medium severity · plyr

Great tool!: users praise easy, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Great tool!
easy quality media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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mixed need this pluging support · 2021-08-11T03:43:05+00:00 · high severity · plyr

need this pluging: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: need this pluging I need this plugging… and I can’t get it anywhere The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] I need this plugging… and I can’t get it anywhere The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] @alemcallister Due to a trademark issue, the plugin is not available in the WordPress plugin repository.
bugs support value checkout media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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complaint Progress bar + current time do not work support · 2021-07-20T06:19:46+00:00 · medium severity · plyr

Progress bar + current time do not work: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Progress bar + current time do not work Hi, When I play the video the progress bar and the current time seem not to work.
support value quality media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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praise Very usefull (5 stars) review · 2021-07-10T16:30:18+00:00 · medium severity · plyr

Very usefull: users praise easy, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Very usefull Easy to use.
easy media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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complaint control buttons are hide after publish support · 2021-06-03T14:48:38+00:00 · medium severity · plyr

control buttons are hide after publish: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I use elementor with elementor theme.
compatibility elementor media publishing and video operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, creators, agencies, and media-heavy site owners · Wedge: test video player embeds, players, thumbnails, browser behavior, and asset delivery failures
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