Wow, I just have to say, my mind is absolutely blown by the features of the Fluent Community WordPress plugin. It’s so simple and smooth that it doesn’t even feel like I’m using WordPress anymore, which is just insane. Chapeau! Bravo! I'm genuinely amazed.
I want to take a moment to thank you for being such a vital part of the WordPress community. Your work is incredible, and I’m beyond excited to see where this plugin will go in the future.
That said, I do have a couple of suggestions that I think could really enhance the plugin’s usability.
First, currently, the only way to add a video to the course is by using a YouTube link or something similar. The issue here is that this makes it incredibly easy for anyone to download my videos, which is a significant concern. I would love to see an option to integrate with another plugin that offers more secure video hosting, something like Presto Player for WordPress, which can lock the video and obscure the fact that it’s a YouTube link. This would make it much harder for anyone to download or share the link. Perhaps even an option to change the theme of the player to further protect content.
Second, it would be fantastic if there was a way to customize the plugin’s colors to better fit my branding. Being able to tailor the visual elements would make it easier to integrate the plugin seamlessly into my site’s overall design.
As much as I love the course features in the community—honestly, it’s genius—I can’t currently use them because I know how quickly my course could be copied and resold. Is this something you could consider adding to the roadmap? I’m sure I’m not the only one with these concerns, and it could really add significant value to an already fantastic plugin.
Looking forward to seeing how this evolves. Thanks again for all the hard work!
I belive for embeding videos you are looking for Presinged URLs feature so videos cannot be downloaded easy. Bunny.net offer this and AWS S3 too (but there is no point of using S3 without CDN etc). I am not sure how/if it will be integrated.
ps. geeky person who has access to your videos can capture them straight from the screen anyway or even stream it live on YT etc)
btw: if you copy a link to any picture here when you are logged-in then you can access that picture once you logged out (you could prevent hotlinking but still... its a WP not m365 enviroment - its just an example). In this case I would not suggest to implement fCommunity for a hospital where patients would communicate with doctors 🤫
I do vote for Presto Player integration. Or at least Bunny.net and other providers please 🥹
Not Important 😆 exciting!!
If we can work with presto player it will solve my problem easily...