Webcam Microphone Screen Recorder – Media Capture

Destination checks before saving

Before saving explains the selected destination requirements and offers Check destination without creating content. Current MicroPayments and Video Share VOD integrations check native formats and permissions; private preparation also needs configured storage and local media tools. A confirmed requirement failure keeps the source available for retry after correction. Earlier uncertain handoffs remain retained for native review and are not automatically created or published again.

Creator publishing and returning fans

• One creator workspace supports video/audio uploads and recordings plus webcam/screen snapshots, with native destinations for VOD, audio downloads, Picture Gallery or WordPress posts when available.
• Private video/audio preparation runs as persistent jobs with status, retry and current-permission checks; originals remain retained.
• Use reviewed publishing modes, per-user future approval and native WordPress privacy tools. Optional finished-job minimization leaves native content, media and access grants intact.

For guest visitors, this plugin sets an essential HttpOnly browser-session cookie on frontend visits to protect recording sessions. Guest recording requires cookies, and recording pages should not be served from a shared cache.

Create video, audio, screen recordings, photos and screenshots directly in WordPress. Authors and administrators can preview, record, review and upload browser-captured media to the Media Library, then use it in posts or publish video through Video Share VOD.

Benefits

• Webcam, Microphone and Screen Capture: Record webcam video, microphone audio, screen capture with microphone, photos and screenshots in the browser.
• Preview and Review Workflow: Confirm permissions, preview the selected source, record, pause or resume, then review, discard, retry or accept the result.
• Device Switching: Switch between available cameras and microphones before recording.
• WordPress Media Library: Accepted media becomes an attachment with available browser metadata such as duration, codecs, resolution and frame rate.
• Editor Capture: The classic editor adds a Capture Media camera button and the Media Library adds a Capture Media launcher. Both open a Capture Media tab alongside Upload Files and Media Library, so accepted media can be selected and inserted normally.
• Video Post Publishing: Optionally publish accepted video and screen recordings through Video Share VOD.
• Flexible Embedding: Use the selected-app shortcode in admin workflows, posts, forms, paid-content and reaction-recording integrations.
• Modern Browser Capture: Uses standard browser media APIs without requiring a streaming server or additional end-user software.

Quick setup and creator workspace

Open Media Capture > Quick setup for enabled capture modes, Media Library integration, standalone WordPress destinations and review/direct publication presets. Preview shows the concrete changes; Save applies only those settings. Advanced settings and optional Video Share VOD, Picture Gallery, MicroPayments and comment-recording integrations are linked from the same screen. No plugin is installed or activated automatically.

Use [videowhisper_creator_media] for a signed-in creator workspace with file upload, webcam video, microphone audio, screen recording, webcam photos and screenshots. The enabled capture modes and existing recorder access policy still apply, and Media Library upload permission is required. Optional destinations use their native content models and permissions: video in Video Share VOD, images in Picture Gallery, audio downloads in MicroPayments. Standalone WordPress post destinations remain available when enabled.

Review is the default. Accepting a capture retains the original in Media Library; Save draft sends it to the selected native editor. In explicitly selected direct mode, accepting a capture can also save and publish when the destination is ready and the creator has native publication permission. File uploads still require the save button. Direct mode does not grant permissions, change prices or approve public samples.

A source has one durable destination. The first saved destination, title, description and publication mode remain attached to that attempt; retries check for the existing item without automatically creating or publishing again. An unfinished attempt remains available for manual review. Existing recorder shortcodes, editor capture and legacy VOD import settings retain their behavior. The new creator workspace does not invoke that legacy auto-import path.

The shared workspace accepts permitted video, audio and image files up to the smaller of 100 MB and the site’s upload limit. WordPress and network file-type settings still apply. Images are checked before metadata generation. Originals are retained, and destination plugins manage their own copies. Media Library files and ordinary WordPress post media are not protected paid storage; review the destination’s delivery and access configuration before selling private content.

Browser Recorder

• Available from the WordPress dashboard and with a shortcode in posts, pages and custom workflows.
• Captures webcam video, microphone audio, screen recording, photo and screenshot media types.
• Presents device availability, permission guidance and a clear review step before a recording is accepted.
• Uploads accepted media to WordPress and makes it available in the Media Library.
• Integrates with Video Share VOD to publish captured video as custom video posts.
• Integrates with MicroPayments – Paid Membership, Content, Subscriptions for recording workflows.
• Uses browser-based media capture and works with current supported browsers.

How to Use the Recorder

Choose the enabled capture type in Settings or shortcode attributes. Allow the requested camera, microphone or screen permission, check the preview and start recording. Review the result, then accept it to save it to WordPress or discard it and try again. The browser supplies a compatible media format, and Video Share VOD can process accepted video when its integration is enabled.

M4A audio uses WordPress’s standard audio MIME mapping. WordPress still checks the uploaded file, and a multisite network must permit the m4a extension. The plugin does not enable a blocked format or change network settings.

WordPress Editor and Media Library Integration

When Media Library integration is enabled, users with permission to upload files can capture and use media without leaving the WordPress workflow:

• Classic editor: Capture Media appears beside Add Media. It opens the standard WordPress media dialog directly on the Capture Media tab.
• Add Media dialog: Capture Media is available alongside Upload Files and Media Library. Choose any enabled capture format, accept the result, then use WordPress’s normal insert control.
• Block editor: Capture Media is available from the editor menu. After choosing the captured attachment, it inserts an Image, Audio, Video or File block as appropriate.
• Media Library: Capture Media appears beside Add New. After accepting a capture, the new attachment is selected in the dialog; choose Use captured media to open it in the library.
• Post association: Captures made while editing an existing post or page are attached to that content when the user has permission to edit it.

The Capture Media tab only displays the formats enabled in Settings > Integrations: Webcam Video, Microphone Audio, Screen Capture, Webcam Photo and Screenshot. It also includes links to the plugin information and VideoWhisper developer assistance.

Additional Editor Integrations

All standard WordPress post and custom-post-type edit screens use the same Media Library integration automatically. Some plugins instead provide their own admin route and JavaScript editor. These can opt in from Settings > Integrations > Editor integration without a plugin-specific code integration.

Tutor LMS Course Builder at admin.php?page=create-course is an exception when the dedicated VideoWhisper Video for Tutor LMS addon is active: that addon owns the media frames and capture shortcuts automatically, so this generic integration yields to it. If the addon is not active, the generic opt-in remains available:

1. Enter the plugin page slug in Additional admin editor pages. For Tutor LMS without the dedicated addon, enter create-course.
2. Set Content ID URL parameters to the query parameter used by that editor. The default includes post, post_id and course_id, which covers Tutor LMS course editing.
3. The configured page must use WordPress’s standard wp.media() dialog. Its existing media controls will then also show the Capture Media tab and receive the captured attachment through the normal selection flow.

For frontend content, use [videowhisper_recorder] on the intended page or form. This is an explicit frontend opt-in and continues to respect the recorder access settings; the plugin does not inject capture controls into arbitrary public pages.

App choice and integrations

Use [videowhisper_recorder] for the selected recorder app. The bundled browser recorder uses a local WordPress REST upload and creates a Media Library attachment. It is suitable for video-post and VOD source capture and exposes the videowhisper-recorder:saved browser event after a successful upload for custom post, paid-content and reaction-recording adapters. Its event result includes metadata.attachmentId, metadata.attachment (ID, title, MIME type and URL), and metadata.mediaLibraryUrl when an attachment was created. The [videowhisper_html5recorder] shortcode remains available for existing HTML5 Videochat workflows.

With the browser recorder selected, enable Video, Audio, Screen Capture, Photo and Screenshot buttons from Settings > Integrations. Use mode="audio", mode="screen", mode="photo" or mode="screenshot" to show one enabled type, modes="video,audio" for a subset, and direct_preview="1" to skip the introductory Continue screen.

The recorder adapts its camera presentation to landscape or portrait use, supports available camera and microphone switching, and provides a review step before upload.

Settings adapt to the selected recorder application. Select HTML5 Videochat recorder (legacy) when an existing Videochat workflow requires it.

Recommended Hosting

Although recording does not involve special hosting requirements (except ability to upload the HTML5 recorded files), processing the videos server side with VideoShareVOD or similar plugins requires FFmpeg.
VideoShareVOD FFmpeg Hosting

Technical Clarifications / Support

• Official Webcam Microphone Screen Recorder Demo
• Contact VideoWhisper

Note: Previous Flash recorder and functionality was removed as no longer supported by most browsers. Only HTML5 application and implemented features are supported.

Human-readable recorder source and builds

The bundled app is built from the public recorder source. It includes the dependency lock and build tools. From that revision run npm ci, npm run typecheck and npm run build; copy the browser IIFE and stylesheet as documented in recorder/BUILD.txt. The package’s recorder/build-manifest.json records the exact source fingerprint, immutable revision, production transform and asset checksums. The public export contains the independently usable included app and no private extension implementation.

Recorder limits and installed extensions

The included recorder provides repeatable recording and upload functionality with a five-minute video/audio limit, a one-minute screen-recording limit, one accepted item per recorder instance, and a 100 MB app ceiling. Capture requests use up to a 640-pixel webcam long edge, 1280 by 720 screen video and a 1280-pixel photo/screenshot long edge; browsers retain final control of captured resolution. Lower site and network upload limits still apply. Accepted recordings can be saved without a subscription or license activation; there is no trial expiry or lifetime recording quota.

Installed extensions can select a compatible local recorder app through the versioned videowhisper_recorder_app_assets_v1 filter and observe videowhisper_recorder_app_enqueued_v1. The public contract and example are included in recorder/EXTENSIONS.txt. Invalid selections fall back to the bundled app. The content, upload and permission handlers remain owned by this plugin; an alternative app does not grant rights or bypass host limits. No private extension implementation or remote executable loader is included.

Private audio and video workflow

Use Add media, Review and Save in the optional shared creator workspace. Video and audio can use private originals when hosting is configured; photos and screenshots retain the native image workflow with an explicit standard-storage choice. Choose a title and content type, preview your accepted audio/video, save for native review, then set the price and audience in the destination editor. Review mode remains the default. Direct publishing still requires existing native permissions and a playback-ready source.

Private storage requires VIDEOWHISPER_PRIVATE_MEDIA_ROOT to name a readable, writable folder outside every public web root. The plugin rejects known public roots and keeps separate site/creator folders. Hosting must also ensure that no web-server alias exposes that folder. For recorder WebM, configure VIDEOWHISPER_FFMPEG_BINARY and VIDEOWHISPER_FFPROBE_BINARY as trusted local executables. A stream-copy remux supplies duration/seek metadata without transcoding. Missing preparation tools retain the original privately and block handoff until it can be prepared and reviewed.

Creators and authorized staff can preview private drafts using native read/edit permissions; this does not allow staff to claim another creator’s original. Draft review is excluded from playback history. Private delivery supports qualified local progressive media using current native item access on each GET/HEAD or byte-range request. Public samples and posters require their own separate, approved files. Existing public originals are not moved, removed or made private by enabling this feature. Private HLS, CDN/remote delivery, older-source migration and universal browser/codec support are not included. Files already received cannot be recalled.