WordPress Development : 9 of the Best Wordpress Video Plugins
1. Smart YouTube
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/smart-youtube/
A plugin from Vladimir Prelovac that allows you to easily insert YouTube videos and playlists into your blog posts, comments, and RSS feeds.The problem with some of the other Wordpress plugins that accomplish this such as the Video Quicktags plugin, is that they don’t embed the video properly which would make it so the video wouldn’t show up on the RSS feed. This plugin takes care of all that for you.
2. Lightview Plus
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lightview-plus/
A wordpress plugin which implements lightview of Nick Stakenburg. Lightview does the same as lightbox only with this plugin you can do it with Video from YouTube and Vimeo. Creates that nice hover over the page effect with a video. Look very sharp!
3. Simple Flash Video
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-flash-video/
Has the same Lightbox effect with your video like the Lightview plus, only this time it’s using the popular JW FLV player. This comes in perfect when you are wanting to host your own videos. This plugin ads a very slick look to your blog.
4. Hulu Embed
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hulu-embed/
This plugin makes it extremely easy to add video from Hulu to your Wordpress blog All you do is put [hulu:http://www.hulu.com/embed/HoHzWbOm9DB0lMa8oT_AYg] of course putting in the specific url for your video.
5. Daiko’s YouTube Widget
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/daikos-youtube-widget/
I actually find this plugin to be quite useful. It displays a random YouTube video from your selection of videos. You can find so many uses for this. Create a list of 10 or 15 of your favorite videos and they can randomly display in your sidebar. Good stuff!
6. YouTube With Style
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/youtube-with-style/
This is perhaps the plugin that I am most excited about. When you embed youtube videos on your site, instead of using the same old YouTube player skin you have a custom skin that you can brand yourself. The player is very slick and you can place your own logo to show on the top left hand corner.
7. Vodpod Video Gallery
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/vodpod-video-gallery/
This plugin is the perfect plugin for creating any kind of Video Gallery where you are wanting to display more than 1 video on a page. Because it uses VodPod services with your free account with them, you can collect multiple videos from multiple locations such as YouTube, Vimeo, Daily Motion etc. into one gallery displayed in your page/post. Very useful plugin here!
8. DOP Player
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dop-player/
The DOP Player is a very easy to use plugin for Wordpress that gives you your own customizable video player for playing all sorts of video types. You can easily through the settings in the admin panel change the colors of the player to fit your blog.
9. ProPlayer
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/proplayer/
Pound for pound probably the best video plugin for Wordpress. Just like the YouTube with Style plugin you can have a more custom video look to your videos, even though you are using YouTube embed. You can also use Vimeo, DailyMotion, Google video and many more with this plugin.