Title: Uploaded Videos Not Playing on WordPress Site
Last modified: May 29, 2025

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# Uploaded Videos Not Playing on WordPress Site

 *  [dennycy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dennycy/)
 * (@dennycy)
 * [10 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-videos-not-playing-on-wordpress-site/)
 * Videos uploaded directly to the WordPress media library are not playing as expected
   on the website. When attempting to view the videos on a post or page, the player
   may not load, the video may not start.
   Older videos that used to work are also
   no longer playing, that strongly suggests a site-wide issue.
 * I deactivated all plugins and changed the theme to the default one, but videos
   still aren’t playing.
    -  This topic was modified 10 months, 4 weeks ago by [dennycy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dennycy/).

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 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [10 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-videos-not-playing-on-wordpress-site/#post-18489308)
 * Can you provide the URL of the page with the video so we can take a look?
 *  Thread Starter [dennycy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dennycy/)
 * (@dennycy)
 * [10 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-videos-not-playing-on-wordpress-site/#post-18489331)
 * [video src="https://healthcareprofessionalinstitute.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/
   2025/05/HCPI_video.mp4" /]
 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [10 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-videos-not-playing-on-wordpress-site/#post-18489431)
 * I was actually asking for the page on your site where you’ve embedded the video
   that’s not playing.
 * But I can see the video is used as the background video in the “Hero” section
   of your homepage, and it plays fine for me. I can’t do a screen video recording
   now, but below is a still image showing a frame from the video in the background.
 * If the video was placed in a post or page and it’s not playing, please provide
   the URL of that post/page.
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/i.snipboard.io/ZLK3cz.jpg?ssl=1)
 *  Thread Starter [dennycy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dennycy/)
 * (@dennycy)
 * [10 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-videos-not-playing-on-wordpress-site/#post-18489434)
 * That video is hosted on Vimeo, For example check the below link, none of the 
   video is playing.
   [https://healthcareprofessionalinstitute.co.uk/hcpi-resources-da/](https://healthcareprofessionalinstitute.co.uk/hcpi-resources-da/)
 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [10 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-videos-not-playing-on-wordpress-site/#post-18489442)
 * All the 4 videos on the link you provided play OK at my end: they all start and
   play all the way to the end.
 *  Thread Starter [dennycy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dennycy/)
 * (@dennycy)
 * [10 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-videos-not-playing-on-wordpress-site/#post-18489456)
 * Sorry, my bad — it’s not playing in my Chrome browser, but it works fine in Edge.
   Thankyou
 *  [George Appiah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gappiah/)
 * (@gappiah)
 * [10 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-videos-not-playing-on-wordpress-site/#post-18489462)
 * >  it’s not playing in my Chrome browser
 * It must be something local at your end then… because I actually tested in Chrome.
 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [10 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-videos-not-playing-on-wordpress-site/#post-18489516)
 * Works great for me in Chrome and Firefox too.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 8 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * Last activity: [10 months, 4 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uploaded-videos-not-playing-on-wordpress-site/#post-18489516)
 * Status: not resolved

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