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Lean Player — WordPress Audio Player Plugin

Lean Player – Video and Audio Player with Playlist for WordPress, Elementor and Gutenberg

by LeanPlugins · WordPress.org page · Website

v3.5.0 Tested up to WP 7.1.3 PHP 7.4+

Lean Player has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 63,158 downloads all time. It was downloaded 3,162 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on October 13, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.

Lean Player at a glance

Active installs
2,000+
Total downloads
63,158
Downloads, last 30 days
3,162
30-day growth
–
downloads vs the previous 30 days

Is Lean Player well maintained?

Support threads resolved
1 of 1
recent threads on the WordPress.org support forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1.3, the current release is 7.1.3

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • YouTube Video
  • YouTube Shorts Video
  • Vertical video – fits the screen automatically, no stretching or distortion (YouTube Shorts or HTML5 upload)
  • HTML5 video – MP4, WebM, OGG
  • Audio – MP3, OGG, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC
  • Audio – Live Stream (Icecast, Shoutcast and other radio streams)
  • Video playlist
  • Audio playlist
  • Bunny Storage & Stream (Pro)
  • Brand color matching so the player looks like part of your site, not a plugin
  • Members-only videos and podcasts [PRO] – lock any player, playlist or single episode to logged-in users, roles, Paid Memberships Pro or MemberPress levels, or…
  • Never slows your site down

Lean Player reviews and ratings

6 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.7 out of 5

6 reviews

5★
5
4★
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3★
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  • Great services

    Thank you so much for making Lean Player so fast and lightweight; it makes managing media directly inside the WordPress admin effortless. The integration with Bunny Stream and Vimeo is completely seamless. ​What truly elevates this plugin is the developer’s relentless dedication. Through every step of our email support thread, they were incredibly responsive, clear, and proactive diagnosing a video duration auto-fetch issue and delivering a custom patch immediately. Thank you for the stellar communication and outstanding support. Highly recommended!

    ivan729

  • 10 stars!

    Amazing plug-in! And amazing service! Any request that I had for the plugin was corrected so quickly; really impressive! I would give it 10 stars if I could!

    evafolch

  • Good but Enhancement need

    It is a good plugin. It will be unique if the following four main features are added - Elementor Dynamic Tags - Gutenberg Block - Ability to stop playing the movie automatically when playing another movie - Make Mix Playlist of self host movies, Youtube, Vimeo and ... Good Lock

    bluearash

  • Amazing player

    Amazing player

    guja1985

  • Excellent plugin

    Very useful plugin. I like that you can customize it a lot in elementor tabs. Congratulations! Thank you for this plugin. I hope to keep it alive and updated!

    dionysios

  • Easy to use, looks great, excellent support!

    This is by far the easiest and best looking audio player for not just Elementor, but Wordpress. It just WORKS, and looks great doing it. They are very responsive to support requests and added a download feature after I suggested it. Highly recommend.

    mishagos

Download and install history

4,795 downloads over the last 48 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.

Downloads per day
Lean Player downloads per day02505007501kSep 5Sep 28Oct 22Downloads per day
Active installs
Lean Player active installs05001k1.5k2kSep 5Sep 28Oct 22Active installs
Rating out of 5
Lean Player rating01.32.53.85Sep 5Sep 28Oct 22Rating out of 5
Reviews
Lean Player review count02.557.510Sep 5Sep 28Oct 22Reviews

Where Lean Player ranks on WordPress.org

The rankings we track that Lean Player appears in, and how its position changed over 30 days.

Ranking WordPress.org placement Position 30 days
Best Audio Player Plugins #8 by tag, #8 in search #7 –
Best Video Gallery Plugins #31 by tag, not in search #63 ▼4

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Details

A lightweight WordPress plugin for YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Vimeo, HTML5 video and audio, playlists, and brand-matched colors.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings Lean Player competes in

Tags

  • audio player
  • elementor
  • playlist
  • video player
  • youtube player

More from LeanPlugins

Version
3.5.0
Last updated
Oct 13, 2026
First published
Mar 9, 2020
Requires WordPress
6.0
Tested up to
7.1.3
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Lean Player FAQ

What does Lean Player do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Lean Player offers YouTube Video, YouTube Shorts Video, Vertical video – fits the screen automatically, no stretching or distortion (YouTube Shorts or HTML5 upload), HTML5 video – MP4, WebM, OGG and Audio – MP3, OGG, WAV, M4A, AAC, FLAC.

How many active installs does Lean Player have?

WordPress.org reports 2,000+ active installs for Lean Player as of October 22, 2026.

Is Lean Player still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on October 13, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.

Does Lean Player have good support?

On the WordPress.org forum, 1 of 1 recent support threads for Lean Player are marked resolved. That is the developer's free support; a paid version usually comes with its own channel.

Is Lean Player free?

Lean Player is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.

Where does Lean Player rank among Audio Player Plugins?

Lean Player is #7 in the WordPress.org "audio-player" ranking as of today.