Documentation
How every part of Videokr works, written for the person configuring it.
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Quickstart: host a video and embed it
Create a free Videokr account, add a video by upload or URL, brand the player and paste the embed on any website. Five minutes, no card.
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Embed codes: iframe, script loader and parameters
Every way to embed a Videokr video or playlist: iframe, one-line script loader, aspect ratio, autoplay, muted, start time and access tokens.
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Sources: MP4, WebM, HLS, YouTube and Vimeo
What you can put in a Videokr video: uploaded MP4 or WebM up to 200 MB, or a linked MP4, WebM, HLS stream, YouTube or Vimeo URL.
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Player, skins and branding
Skins, accent colour, corner radius, logo watermark, control toggles, playback speed, picture-in-picture and the sticky miniplayer.
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Chapters and captions
Add chapters so viewers jump straight to the part they want, and captions so the video works with the sound off and can be read by search engines.
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CTAs, overlays, end screens and email gates
Timed overlays, banners, end screens and email gates that pause playback — how to turn a watched video into a click or a lead.
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Playlists and related videos
Group videos into an ordered playlist with its own public page and embed, or attach related videos to keep attention on your own site.
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Analytics: plays, completions and the retention curve
What Videokr measures: impressions, plays, completion rate, a 100-bucket retention curve per video, and device, country and referrer breakdowns.
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Private video: passwords, domain locking and unlisted
Three levels of access control: unlisted videos that stay out of search, password-protected videos, and embeds locked to the domains you name.
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Webhooks and API keys
Subscribe an endpoint to play, complete, CTA-click and lead events with HMAC-SHA256 signatures, and create API keys for the WordPress plugin and your own tools.
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WordPress plugin: install, connect, embed
Install the free Videokr plugin, connect it with an API key, and embed hosted video with the [videokr] shortcode, the Gutenberg block or the Insights screen.
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Plans, plays and limits
What a play is, how it is de-duplicated, what each plan includes, and exactly what happens when you reach your allowance.
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Elsewhere in the library
- Answers — Direct answers to the questions people ask about Videokr, one sentence first.
- Guides — Task-shaped answers to the video questions people actually search for.
- Comparisons — Where Videokr fits, and where it is honestly the wrong choice.
- Blog — Method and opinion on video that has a job to do.