Comedic Strapline …

  • Rik0399

    (@rik0399)


    4 months ago

    I saw this being pushed by the author as I watched quite a few of his WordPress tutorials and to be fair, he’s informative and helpful.

    He mentions Presto Player pretty much all the time so I thought I would take a look as I’m looking for a comprehensive play that offers at the very least, a Thumbnail, Subtitles etc

    The strapline used to describe this ‘free use plugin’ is comedic …

    “The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress – by Presto Player”

    Are you kidding?

    It offers very little by way of functionality whatsoever?!

    Compared to other players such as FV Player, Presto Player offers very little by comparison, so the video player competition out there has nothing to fear.

    What you see is less than bare minimum, everything else such as it is, is ‘Pro’ which is fine, he has to earn his money, but seriously, it is awful!

    The GUI experience is poor?

    I was looking forward using “The Ultimate Video Player For WordPress – by Presto Player” but was very disappointed to say the least.

    Suggestion …

    Take it down, go back to the drawing board but this time, research what the competitors are offering in terms of ‘free version’ and ‘pro version’ and implement, at the very least, basic functionality.

    And before deciding to make such outlandish claims of ‘Ultimate Video Player’ – which currently is mostly certainly not – just call it ‘Presto Player’.

    Then, send it to testers in the real world who have video websites, admins who know their stuff.

    Get their ‘user’ experience feedback, impliment suggestions and THEN launch it!

    Constructive feedback which I hope helps .. ??

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  • Plugin Contributor Adam @ WPCrafter

    (@wpcrafter)

    Adam here. I think you may be referencing me and my YouTube channel ??, I think? Looking at my past 2 years of videos, I don’t think I mentioned Presto Player one time. We do have a dedicated YouTube channel for Presto Player though.

    Let’s look at the main features in the free/core Presto Player:

    • Centralized video management
    • Video Presets
    • Instant Video Pages
    • Branded video player
    • Self Hosted Videos
    • Timestamp links in content
    • Captions/Subtitles
    • Custom Poster Image
    • Optimized YouTube embed
    • YouTube Privacy Mode, cookieless
    • Audio player
    • Native integration with the block editor, Elementor, and Beaver Builder, Bricks coming soon
    • Integrations with popular learning management systems

    That’s just the version here, not the premium version.

    You specifically mention subtitles and thumbnail images. Both of these are options here in the core/free version of Presto Player.

    Based on your comments, today I tried the other player you mentioned. I see it has some different features. It’s a more dated plugin, the UI, but that is subjective. It’s all based on shortcodes, so no native integrations with modern tools. And I was particularly surprised by all the ads it injected into the UI, even in the plugin list view.

    Presto Player has been on the market for 3 years now and is powering 140k websites. That other plugin has been on the market for over 11 years and is powering fewer than 30k websites. Not that these numbers mean anything, but I think it tells the story that we are doing something right!

    While we are very open to suggestions, in this case I think you may be seeking different feature than we offer. Our product is made for the end user, features that will help them succeed. Course creators, bloggers, marketers, etc., which is why many of the most successful brands on the internet use Presto Player for their video needs.

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