Description
The Pipe Audio Video and Screen Recorder plugin simplifies the integration between the Pipe Platform and WordPress. To use it, you need an account or subscription with https://addpipe.com.
Use cases:
Capture user-generated video, audio, or screen + camera content including recorded feedback, messages, and testimonials straight from your WordPress posts or pages.
Safely accept recorded resumes for e-recruiting from any post/page on your website – the easiest way for online recruiters to collect recorded resumes.
Transform your blog into a VLOG using our web-based recorder. Create and review your recordings and post only those takes where you nailed it.
Save time and money. Since there’s no need for custom development, you can get started right away, and everything happens automatically behind the scenes.
Review and download recordings straight from your WordPress backend.
Embed recordings on any page or blog post.
Add crowdsourced recordings to your website and skyrocket your user engagement.
Features:
- Record from desktop and mobile devices – The Pipe recording clients ensure your website users can record, no matter their device or browser;
- Record video, audio only or the screen + camera;
- Up to 4k HD Video – the Pipe Platform can record and properly manage videos up to 4k in resolution;
- Play everywhere – different devices record to different video file formats, including .mov, .mp4, and .3gp. We ensure the final video is a proper .mp4 file that can be played on any device;
- Manage recordings from both your WordPress backend and the Pipe account dashboard;
- Bandwidth independent – Pipe’s client-side and server-side buffering makes it possible to generate high-quality recordings over slow or unstable connections like 3G, 4G, and public Wi-Fi;
- Snapshots are automatically created for each recording;
- Works with any WordPress template;
- Works with Elementor.
A note on audio & video file formats:
The Pipe platform handles the video recording and playback process for both the web and mobile. It ensures that all the different audio & video formats are converted to .mp4 for ease of delivery and provides secure complimentary storage and delivery.
External Services
This plugin relies on the Pipe Platform (https://addpipe.com) to provide video, audio, and screen recording functionalities. To use it, you need an account or subscription with https://addpipe.com. The following external files are loaded directly from Pipe’s CDN:
- pipe.min.js (https://cdn.addpipe.com/2.0/pipe.min.js) – Required for recording functionality.
- pipe.css (https://cdn.addpipe.com/2.0/pipe.css) – Required for styling the recording client.
Data Transmission:
- When using the plugin, recorded media is sent to the Pipe Platform servers for processing and storage.
- Users can configure their Pipe account to store recorded media on external storage services like Amazon S3, Dropbox, or their own servers.
Privacy & Terms:
- Privacy Policy: Pipe Privacy Policy
- Terms of Service: Pipe Terms of Use
Screenshots
View recordings from the WP backend 
Create a recording from the WP backend 
Generating short codes for embedding the recorder 
Settings page
Installation
The installation instructions and full documentation can be found at https://addpipe.com/docs/plugins/wordpress-plugin/#installation .
FAQ
Q: Do you need an active addpipe.com account for this plugin to work?
A: Yes.
Q: Can I use a trial addpipe.com account to make this plugin work?
A: Yes.
Q: Is there any time limit for each recording?
A: By default, the embeddable recorders created by the plugin will have a 20-second limit, but you can change it for each of your embed codes.
Q: Where are the recordings stored?
A: The Pipe Platform offers complimentary storage on Amazon and Scaleway S3 buckets. You can also push the recording files to your S3 bucket, to Dropbox or your own server, or to other storage solutions through SFTP, FTP, and FTPS.
Q: Why do some recordings don’t appear in the table in the plugin’s Recordings section?
A: Your webhook might not be set up correctly to notify the plug-in about new recordings. See the Installation section above.
Q: Is there a limit to how many recordings I can make?
A: No, but abuse is prohibited.
Q: How long do you keep the recording data?
A: Until it is manually or automatically deleted by the account owner. The Pipe platform has lots of privacy options to keep the recording data and its metadata for at least as possible, including options not to collect some data.
Q: Where do I find the documentation?
A: The plugin’s docs are available at https://addpipe.com/docs/plugins/wordpress-plugin/. The wider Pipe Platform documentation is available at https://addpipe.com/docs/ .
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Contributors & Developers
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Changelog
1.0.0
- First release
1.0.1
- Added a composer.json configuration file
- Removed unused files and code
1.0.2
- Load pipe.js and pipe.css only in the pages or posts where it is required
1.0.3
- Copy and other changes before submitting it to the WordPress Plugin Directory
1.0.4
- Improved security and code quality to meet WordPress Plugin Directory standards
1.0.5
- Improved security by implementing signature-based authentication for webhook requests.
- Updated the settings page to include the Pipe Webhook Key (optional, required for webhooks).
1.0.6
- Improved security by properly escaping all dynamic attributes in the playback and recorder shortcodes, following WordPress Plugin Directory guidelines.