In addition to the amount of disk space your video files will occupy, backups will begin to take significantly longer to execute. If you’re able to upload large video files to your server on a frequent basis, you could eventually exceed the amount of storage space provided by your hosting account, especially if you regularly back up your site. Additionally, large media files may violate the terms of the Acceptable Use Policy with your hosting provider and result in your hosting account being shut down. Most web hosting providers limit the maximum size of uploaded files to 50 MB or less, prohibiting you from uploading video files that are longer than a few minutes or so in duration. Too many requests for a single large file will quickly exceed the limits of the web server on which your site is hosted, and bring your site-along with any other sites that are also hosted on the same server-to its knees.īut you may never even get that far, because of… 2.File Size Limits and Storage Space Your web hosting provider allocates a certain amount of bandwidth and other resources for each server on their network, based on average traffic rates that do not include serving large media files to hundreds of individuals (or more) at the same time. Now, imagine what will happen to your server when dozens of folks attempt to watch the same video at the same time. Unlike images-which are typically measured in kilobytes-an HD video file can easily weigh in at more than 100 MB. 10 Reasons Why You Should Never Host Your Own Videosġ.Videos Require a LOT of Server Bandwidth With that as background, here are ten reasons you should never upload video files to your own web server - particularly if your site is hosted on a shared server. Self-hosting means that you upload the video file to the same web server where your WordPress site is hosted, using the built-in file uploader in WordPress… the same way you might upload a photo or image to your site. But the video itself is actually being streamed from the video host’s servers, instead of the web server where your WordPress site is hosted. The video will appear on your site, wherever you pasted the URL. Then, you copy the URL to the video and paste it into a post or page on your own WordPress site. First, you upload your video file to a third-party video hosting service like YouTube, Vimeo, or Wistia. Self-Hosting VideoĮmbedding a video is essentially a two-step process.
Before we dive into the technical reasons why you should never host your own videos, let me take a second to explain the difference between embedding video, as opposed to uploading it to your WordPress server.
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