VideoPress

VideoPress is a lightweight and responsive video player you can use to host and embed videos on your WordPress.com website. This guide will cover how to upload and work with the videos on your site.

This feature is available on sites with the WordPress.com Business and Commerce plans. For free sites and sites on the Personal and Premium plans, upgrade your plan to access this feature.

In this video, you’ll learn how to upload and manage VideoPress videos on your WordPress.com site. It covers adding videos and adjusting playback and display settings. You’ll also learn how to set privacy and sharing options and review video analytics.

VideoPress gives you a clean, tidy video player for your website. Whether you’re a videographer, creator, filmmaker, educator, or blogger who’s new to this kind of tool, you can upload high-quality videos with VideoPress. It works smoothly on all modern browsers and devices, ensuring great playback on screens of all sizes, from smartphones to desktops. Take a look at the VideoPress Service Guidelines for some basic tips on how to use our service effectively.

The VideoPress player is straightforward, unbranded, and ad-free. It places the focus on your content. Here is an example of the embedded player in action:

VideoPress supports a wide range of video formats, including:

• MP4 (.mp4, .m4v)
• QuickTime (.mov)
• Windows Media Video (.wmv)
• AVI (.avi)
• MPEG (.mpg)
• Ogg (.ogv)
• 3GPP (.3gp)
• 3GPP2 (.3g2)

For best results and compatibility with all WordPress editor blocks, see our recommended video settings.

When you upload a video, VideoPress automatically converts it to MP4 format using H.264 video and AAC audio compression. Your video is stored across multiple data centers to ensure high availability and accessibility for your viewers.

The maximum upload size is 6 GB.

Videos longer than three hours are converted to standard resolution and will not be available in higher-resolution formats.

All videos are optimized for progressive loading, so viewers can start watching while the video continues to download. Videos that are smaller or compressed will load faster for your viewers.

Once you understand VideoPress basics, these guides will help you get the most from your videos: