[FREE] FluentPlayer – free video player with an in-video form/lead capture layer
I'm on the team that builds FluentPlayer, a free video/audio player plugin. Wanted to share it here since video player questions come up in this sub pretty often.
The main difference from a standard player: you can drop a real Fluent Forms (free) form inside the video itself, at whatever timestamp you pick, so someone can register, subscribe, or submit an email without leaving the page or getting sent to a separate landing page. If FluentCRM (free) is installed, whatever gets submitted goes straight into your CRM in real time, no Zapier or third-party bridge in between.
What's in the free version:
Self-hosted video, YouTube, Vimeo, and audio playback
The Fluent Forms in-video layer and an email capture layer
Six player presets (Default, Modern, Simple, Minimal, Standard, Floating), plus custom branding (logo, colors, custom thumbnail)
Picture-in-Picture (HTML5), inline mobile playback, autoplay, speed control, chapters
A load-strategy setting so a video further down the page doesn't hold up your first paint
Native Gutenberg block, plus shortcodes for the classic editor and page builders
It's WordPress.org listed (already 1k active installations), GPL, no account or API key needed to use the free version:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/fluent-player/
Happy to answer questions here if you run into anything specific.
