Retail Price: $55
EmbedPress is a WordPress plugin that lets you add content from over 150 external sources—like videos, maps, or social media posts—directly into your website with just a URL. You paste a link into your editor, and it turns it into an embedded element, working with Gutenberg, Elementor, or other builders you might use. It’s a way to bring in things like YouTube videos, Google Docs, or Instagram feeds without needing to code or host the files yourself, keeping your site lightweight since the content stays on its original platform.
The free version covers basic embeds and works fine for simple needs, while the Pro version adds extras like custom branding, lazy loading, and content protection for restricting who sees what. You can tweak how embeds look—adjusting sizes or adding logos—and it handles updates from dynamic sources like Twitter or YouTube automatically. This can save time if you want to keep your site fresh or interactive without manual updates.
It’s all managed from your WordPress dashboard, and you can use shortcodes if you’re on a builder that doesn’t have a dedicated block. For sites needing to show off multimedia or external files, EmbedPress makes it straightforward to pull that in and keep visitors engaged, without bogging down your server or complicating your workflow.
Key Features: EmbedPress
- Embeds content from over 150 sources—like YouTube, Vimeo, Google Maps, Instagram, or PDFs—using only a URL.
- Works with Gutenberg, Elementor, Classic Editor, or other builders via shortcodes for easy placement.
- Pulls in videos, images, audio, maps, documents, or social feeds without hosting them on your site.
- Updates dynamic content (e.g., tweets or live streams) automatically when the source changes.
- Adjusts embed sizes, like width and height, to fit your page layout (Free & Pro).
- Adds custom logos or call-to-action buttons to brand your embeds (Pro).
- Enables lazy loading for images and videos to speed up page load times (Pro).
- Locks embeds with passwords or user-role restrictions to control who sees them (Pro).
- Creates 3D flipbook views for PDFs uploaded to your media library (Pro).
- Shows live streams from platforms like Twitch or YouTube with chat or subscription options (Pro).
- Shares embedded content to social platforms directly from your site (Pro).
- Runs lightweight by keeping files on their original servers, not yours.
- Integrates with WPML for multilingual sites, letting you translate embed settings.
- Manages all embeds from your WordPress dashboard without external tools.