Movie Engine – OTT Streaming Platform for Movies & TV Series

Description

Movie Engine – OTT Streaming Platform for Movies & TV Series is a complete OTT streaming and video-on-demand (VOD) plugin for WordPress.

Movie Engine is not just a plugin — it’s a complete OTT ecosystem.
It provides everything you need to build, manage, and scale a professional video streaming platform, including content management, streaming infrastructure, user engagement, and monetization tools — all inside WordPress.

Launch your own streaming platform without complex infrastructure or expensive development.

Create a Netflix-style website with movies, TV series, seasons, and episodes — powered by automatic TMDb metadata import and a professional HLS/DASH-ready video player.

Whether you want to build a movie streaming website, an IPTV platform, a subscription video service, or a pay-per-view portal, Movie Engine provides the structure, performance, and scalability needed to launch a modern video platform.

Movie Engine Home Page | Movie Demo | Documentation | How to get started with Movie Engine Pro

Why Movie Engine?

✔ Designed for OTT and video streaming websites
✔ One-click TMDb movie & TV series import
✔ Advanced HLS (.m3u8) and DASH video player
✔ Season & episode management system
✔ Watchlist & Continue Watching features
✔ SEO-ready with JSON-LD schema markup
✔ Developer-friendly architecture with hooks & REST API
✔ Built for performance and scalability

Compatibility

Movie Engine works with most modern WordPress themes and page builders.

For the best experience, we recommend using the official Hello Movie Engine theme which is optimized for OTT streaming websites.

Block editor (Gutenberg)

Movie Engine registers custom blocks for the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg). Open the block inserter (+), search for “Movie Engine”, or browse the Movie Engine category. The same layouts are available as shortcodes if you prefer the classic editor or shortcode blocks.

• Movie Engine Library — movies & TV library with filters, layouts, and pagination
• Movie Engine Grid — grid without the search field (archive-style)
• Movie Engine Search — library with search enabled
• Movie Engine Search Bar — standalone search field
• Movie Engine Hero — hero / featured titles section
• Movie Engine Live Search — AJAX live search with dropdown results
• Movie Engine Person List — people / cast / crew in a grid or slider
• Movie Engine User Menu — account / login area for the header
• Movie Engine Taxonomies — genres, years, tags, and other taxonomy layouts (grid, slider, or pills)

What Can You Build?

• Netflix-style streaming website
• Subscription-based video platform (SVOD)
• Pay-per-view movie website (TVOD)
• Ad-supported streaming platform (AVOD)
• TMDb-powered movie & TV database
• IPTV streaming site
• Private video membership portal

Core Features (Free Version)

Movie & TV Library System

• Custom Post Types for Movies, TV Series, Seasons & Episodes
• Advanced taxonomies (Genre, Year, Country, Language, Network)
• Cast & Crew profiles
• SEO-friendly permalinks

TMDb Smart Import

• One-click movie import
• One-click TV series import
• Auto-fetch posters, backdrops, cast, ratings & trailers
• Duplicate detection

Advanced OTT Video Player

• HLS (.m3u8) streaming support
• MPEG-DASH support
• MP4 playback
• Multi-server support
• Subtitle (.vtt) support
• Resume playback & quality selector

User Engagement

• Watchlist
• Continue Watching
• Recently Watched
• User dashboard
• Rating system

Monetization Ready

• Display ads integration
• Affiliate streaming buttons
• Premium content controls (extended in Pro)

Free vs Pro

Free Version

✔ Full movie & TV series management
✔ TMDb import system
✔ HLS/DASH streaming player
✔ Watchlist & user dashboard
✔ Ads & affiliate integration
✔ SEO schema integration

Pro Version

✔ Subscription system (SVOD)
✔ Pay-Per-View system (TVOD)
✔ Stripe & PayPal integration
✔ Bulk import & automation
✔ Referral system
✔ Advanced monetization controls

Developer Friendly

• Namespaced architecture
• Modular structure
• Action & filter hooks
• REST API ready
• Template override support
• Headless & mobile app compatible

SEO & Performance

• Built-in JSON-LD Schema for Movies & TV Series
• Open Graph support
• Optimized asset loading
• Lightweight modular architecture
• Secure and optimized streaming proxy endpoints

Documentation & Support

Movie Engine Home Page | Movie Demo | Documentation | How to get started with Movie Engine Pro

Movie Engine Home Page | Documentation | Movie Demo

Public demo access:
Username: moviedemo
Password: moviedemo

Technical details