by ilGhera 3.8 (29 reviews)

JW Player for WordPress

Name: JW Player for WordPress
Rating: 3.8 (29 reviews)
Author: ilGhera

JW Player for WordPress enables you to publish videos on your WordPress posts and pages using the most popular video player on the web.

JW Player for WordPress ranks #5,682 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #636 of 6,303 in the Media category, a 3.8/5 rating from 29 reviews, and was last updated Aug 22, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v2.3.11 Current Version v2.3.11

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 22 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 8 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#636 of 6,303 in Media Top 10% by installs Downloads -15% this week Actively maintained

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Rank

#5,682

-4 this week

Active Installs

1K+

-42.8%

KW Avg Position

25.8

0.2 worse

Downloads

183.7K

+3 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

76%

Review 3.8 out of 5

3.8 (29 reviews)

Next Milestone 2K

Total Progress 72.3%

1K+ 2K+

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8,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

3.8

29 reviews

Overall 76%

19 (66%)

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8 (28%)

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Feb 10, 2026 UNPATCHED

JW Player for WordPress [jw-player-7-for-wp] <= 2.3.7 (unfixed)

CVE-2026-39614 · No fix released
Apr 29, 2024

JW Player for WordPress [jw-player-7-for-wp] < 2.3.4

CVE-2024-33931 · Fixed in v2.3.4

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.3.11
Last Updated: Aug 22, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: ilGhera

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.8
Reviews: 29
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to publish JW Player videos on their posts and pages. It solves the problem of embedding and controlling cloud-hosted or self-hosted JW Player video content directly within WordPress without manual integration.