Title: wp_get_video_extensions
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# wp_get_video_extensions(): string[]

## In this article

 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_video_extensions/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_video_extensions/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_video_extensions/?output_format=md#hooks)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_video_extensions/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_video_extensions/?output_format=md#changelog)
 * [User Contributed Notes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_video_extensions/?output_format=md#user-contributed-notes)

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Returns a filtered list of supported video formats.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_video_extensions/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 string[] List of supported video formats.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_video_extensions/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function wp_get_video_extensions() {
    	/**
    	 * Filters the list of supported video formats.
    	 *
    	 * @since 3.6.0
    	 *
    	 * @param string[] $extensions An array of supported video formats. Defaults are
    	 *                             'mp4', 'm4v', 'webm', 'ogv', 'flv'.
    	 */
    	return apply_filters( 'wp_video_extensions', array( 'mp4', 'm4v', 'webm', 'ogv', 'flv' ) );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/media.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/media.php#L3581)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/media.php#L3581-L3591)

## 󠀁[Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_video_extensions/?output_format=md#hooks)󠁿

 [apply_filters( ‘wp_video_extensions’, string[] $extensions )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_video_extensions/)

Filters the list of supported video formats.

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_video_extensions/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [apply_filters()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/apply_filters/)`wp-includes/plugin.php` |

Calls the callback functions that have been added to a filter hook.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Widget_Media_Video::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media_video/__construct/)`wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-media-video.php` |

Constructor.

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| [WP_Widget_Media_Video::get_instance_schema()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media_video/get_instance_schema/)`wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-media-video.php` |

Get schema for properties of a widget instance (item).

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| [wp_attachment_is()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_attachment_is/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Verifies an attachment is of a given type.

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| [wp_enqueue_media()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_enqueue_media/)`wp-includes/media.php` |

Enqueues all scripts, styles, settings, and templates necessary to use all media JS APIs.

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| [wp_maybe_load_embeds()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_maybe_load_embeds/)`wp-includes/embed.php` |

Determines if default embed handlers should be loaded.

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| [wp_video_shortcode()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_video_shortcode/)`wp-includes/media.php` |

Builds the Video shortcode output.

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| [wp_underscore_video_template()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_underscore_video_template/)`wp-includes/media-template.php` |

Outputs the markup for a video tag to be used in an Underscore template when data.model is passed.

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| [wp_print_media_templates()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_print_media_templates/)`wp-includes/media-template.php` |

Prints the templates used in the media manager.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_video_extensions/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.6.0/) | Introduced. |

## 󠀁[User Contributed Notes](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_video_extensions/?output_format=md#user-contributed-notes)󠁿

 1.  [Skip to note 2 content](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_video_extensions/?output_format=md#comment-content-1506)
 2.   [Codex](https://profiles.wordpress.org/codex/)  [  10 years ago  ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_video_extensions/#comment-1506)
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 4. **Print an array of default WordPress-supported video extensions**
 5.     ```php
        $video_extensions = wp_get_video_extensions();
        print_r( $video_extensions );
        ```
    
 6. Output:
 7.     ```php
        Array
        (
            [0] => mp4
            [1] => m4v
            [2] => webm
            [3] => ogv
            [4] => wmv
            [5] => flv
        )
        ```
    
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