Degradable HTML5 audio and video WordPress Plugin
Shortcodes for HTML5 video and audio, with auto-inserted links to alternative file types, and degradable performance (lightweight Flash and download).
Embed video and audio on your website using shortcodes. The plugin enables HTML5 native playback for users with compatible browsers while offering an elegant degradation to other users through very lightweight Flash players. For HTML5 playback, it auto-detects and offers different alternatives, or degrades to Flash, and (failing even that) to download links.
Typical usage is simply [audio src="http://myblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/mysong"]
The plugin will make sure this does the following:
- If the user has an HTML5 support for video and audio, it will play the media natively in an appropriate format.
- Otherwise, if the user has Flash, it will play the media in lightweight Flash players.
- Otherwise, there will be a link for the audio or video files so that the user can still play them using their installed softwa
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Usage of Degradable HTML5 audio and video over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 277 to 176 — down 101 (-36.5%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 176 | -4 |
| June 2024 | 180 | -8 |
| May 2024 | 188 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 188 | -7 |
| March 2024 | 195 | -26 |
| February 2024 | 221 | -5 |
| January 2024 | 226 | -12 |
| December 2023 | 238 | -10 |
| November 2023 | 248 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 248 | -7 |
| September 2023 | 255 | -12 |
| August 2023 | 267 | -7 |
| July 2023 | 274 | -3 |
| June 2023 | 277 | — |
Themes used with Degradable HTML5 audio and video
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Twentyeleven |
| 2 | Genesis |
| 3 | Divi |
| 4 | Twentyten |
| 5 | Twentyfourteen |
| 6 | Suffusion |
| 7 | Default |
| 8 | Platformpro |
| 9 | Canvas |
| 10 | Iblogpro |
| 11 | Dms |
| 12 | Thesis_182 |
| 13 | Thestation |
| 14 | Radioshine |
| 15 | Arizonashine |
| 16 | Modernize |
| 17 | Modernize-v3-15 |
| 18 | Twentytwelve |
| 19 | Sahifa |
| 20 | Elements-of-seo |
Sites running Degradable HTML5 audio and video
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