VideoPress, Take 3

April 20, 2022

Tino Barreiro

We promised you “more is coming” in our latest update—and now more is here. More features that make the finest video service for WordPress even more powerful. You can upload more content with less effort, reach more audiences, and keep sharing more of what inspires you. In this video, we’ll show you what’s new in VideoPress.

Let’s dive deeper into five of the new features that make VideoPress more powerful than ever:

  • Higher Resolution Videos up to 4K – Watch crisp images on any display and screen size. We’ve added support for displaying your videos in 1440p and 4K formats. 
  • Adaptive Streaming – Videos now play back much faster by automatically adjusting video quality based on bandwidth and display size. The viewer can still choose the quality they’d like in the menu.
  • Progress Bar Color Match – The VideoPress seekbar now adapts its color to match the scenes in your videos. This makes your content really pop.
  • Resumable Video Uploads – You no longer have to restart your uploads if they get cut off for some reason. Simply drag your video into the editor, and the resumable uploader will take it from there, even if a network error occurs.
  • Subtitles, Captions, and Chapters Support – Simply upload your text tracks via the VideoPress block and they will be available on the video as soon as you publish your post.

The most exciting times for video are yet to come. We are committed to keep evolving VideoPress so that you can keep delivering high-quality content, flawlessly and ad-free, to millions of users around the globe.

VideoPress is included in our WordPress Pro Plan on WordPress.com. And if you have a self-hosted site, you can get VideoPress through Jetpack as a standalone product.

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  1. Annette Rochelle Aben Apr 20th at 11:29 pm

    And what’s up with the email notifications? The new format is pretty creepy…

    Liked by 16 people

  2. Finding Grace Apr 20th at 11:58 pm

    How fun! Thank you for sharing 🙂

    Liked by 14 people

  3. windowcolquhoun810 Apr 21st at 2:00 am

    I particularly like the ‘resumable upload’ feature. Nothing worse or more frustrating than having to start over again. 👏🏻👏🏻

    Liked by 22 people

  4. Adebayo Grace Apr 21st at 12:35 pm

    Nice

    Liked by 10 people

  5. lorendeandavis Apr 21st at 3:37 pm

    I can leave a comment that no one will read, let alone care about. Why would I pay for no support ?

    Liked by 11 people

  6. JenT Apr 22nd at 11:09 am

    While I think VideoPress and the new features are fantastic, I could also imagine that Videographers (and Photographers, Podcasters and Musicians) looking to host on WordPress.com might be deterred by the current 50GB storage allowance with the Pro plan, let alone the new free plan with 1GB storage. We really do need information soonest about those a la carte storage upgrades y’all been talking about. Thanks.

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    • Dan Apr 22nd at 3:31 pm

      Thanks for the feedback on storage! You can store many hours of 4K video without coming close to reaching the storage limit. I recommend encoding videos using the H.265 codec to save space and still have excellent quality!

      Liked by 6 people

      • JenT Apr 22nd at 4:13 pm

        Hey Dan, I see that the VideoPress support guide mentions that “VideoPress converts your uploaded video file into the MP4 format. Our MP4 files are encoded with H.264 video and AAC audio lossy compression codecs.” So do customers need to manually encode with H.265 before uploading? TIA

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        • Dan Apr 22nd at 9:06 pm

          Yes, converting before would be ideal to save space but it is not required. Note that the MP4 files that we create do not count towards the storage space used 👍

          Liked by 7 people

  7. Niabarisenewo Apr 23rd at 10:31 am

    Nice one keep it up

    Liked by 2 people

  8. Anjali Baxla Apr 23rd at 5:50 pm

    Nice

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  9. deepanilamani Apr 23rd at 5:51 pm

    Good to see the link if anytime I need help. Thanks!

    Liked by 3 people

  10. Moto Koharam Apr 24th at 6:08 am

    Good

    Liked by 2 people

  11. Angelina Apr 24th at 7:08 pm

    Been noticing some updates real time

    Liked by 5 people

  12. Allan LEONARD Apr 24th at 9:04 pm

    Any change to the maximum 1GB file size upload? If not, then these higher resolution features just translate to shorter video clips.

    Liked by 5 people

  13. Allan LEONARD Apr 24th at 9:11 pm

    Can someone clarify the maximum video file size upload please? Is it 2GB for the legacy Business accounts? And what for the new Pro accounts? https://wp.me/pf2B5-bLy

    Liked by 3 people

  14. T. Lukas Ntinda Apr 25th at 10:57 am

    Great work

    Liked by 2 people

  15. Mutebi Bashir Apr 27th at 1:51 pm

    Awesome. Can’t wait to get my hands on it.

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  16. Lois ideh May 1st at 3:37 am

    That’s nice thanks

    Liked by 3 people

  17. heyblfred May 2nd at 9:17 am

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    Liked by 3 people

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    Liked by 2 people

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