Vidio – Video Manager WordPress theme Overview
Vidio presents itself as a video manager, and a management layer genuinely exists, though it is not the theme’s own work. The library, the player, the taxonomies and the submission forms come from Haru Vidi, a separate plugin from the same vendor whose releases the theme’s updates track.
What it provides is substantial. Videos are grouped into playlists, series and channels and classified by actor and director, members add and remove their own videos from the front end, and entries can be imported automatically from YouTube and Vimeo channels. Sources include self hosted files, Google Drive, Twitch, Dailymotion, Facebook and embed code.
HaruTheme publishes it, and the rest of the stack is third party: Paid Memberships Pro gates access and submission, BuddyPress with Youzer supplies profiles, myCred adds points and badges, and WPBakery builds the pages.
Key Features of Vidio – Video Manager WordPress theme
- Haru Vidi supplying the video library, player and submission forms
- Playlists, series and channels, with actor and director classification
- Front end submission and management of videos and playlists by members
- Automatic import of entries from YouTube and Vimeo channels
- Sources including self hosted files, Google Drive, Twitch, Dailymotion and Facebook
- Paid Memberships Pro support for restricting viewing and contribution
- BuddyPress with Youzer for member profiles, and myCred for points and badges
- Player options covering a floating player, autoplay, toolbar buttons and downloads
- WPBakery page builder, five home layouts, eight headers, five footers, four blog styles
- Mega menu, newsletter pop up, Contact Form 7 and one click demo installation
Who Vidio – Video Manager WordPress theme Is Suitable For
It suits a Canadian site wanting a members’ video library rather than a magazine with clips: a training catalogue, a film society archive, or a production company letting clients post their own material. Front end submission and membership gating distinguish it.
A publication that simply embeds a video in an article every week needs none of this, and would carry four plugin release cycles for nothing.
Important Notes About Vidio – Video Manager WordPress theme
Deactivating Haru Vidi, or letting its licence lapse, takes the video post types, the shortcodes and the submission forms with it, and the vendor core plugin named in the log carries the rest. Paid access depends on Paid Memberships Pro and its gateway; the community layer on BuddyPress with Youzer, since renamed Youzify, and myCred; view counting on a separate counter plugin named only in the log. The tags promise advertising, but the August 2020 release records its removal and nothing in the feature list offers insertion. The banner version, the newest entry of June 2026 and the packaged style.css all read 1.5.3, yet that entry claims WordPress 7.0.x and WooCommerce 10.8.x while the declared record stops at 6.9.x and 9.x.x, and the years in several 2020 and 2021 entries are transposed. No video is hosted here.
Member and contributor records are personal information under PIPEDA, Quebec’s Law 25 and the Alberta and British Columbia acts. Contributed video raises copyright in the material, the music and any stock footage, and embedding carries each platform’s terms. Memberships that renew automatically need clear disclosure of price, renewal date and cancellation, and Quebec’s rules are stricter than most. AppiAppi gives no legal advice.
Setup & Ongoing Management by AppiAppi
The customer licenses the theme and the plugins its video features depend on. AppiAppi installs the stack, applies the branding and builds the home layout, the channel, series and playlist pages, the single video template and the submission pages from the customer’s catalogue.
Thereafter AppiAppi provides AI assisted SEO and content support, loads and classifies video entries, configures membership levels and contribution rules, applies updates, responds to member enquiries and manages the site to the customer’s plan.
Original design by HaruTheme. This is the starting point — we customize it with your logo, colours, content, services and SEO structure. View original theme source