Written by Admin on 2025-05-07

How to Download a Video from WordPress Admin Site

WordPress is a popular platform for creating and managing websites. It allows users to upload and embed videos on their websites. However, sometimes you may need to download a video from your WordPress admin site. This can be useful if you need to make a backup of the video or use it for other purposes. In this article, we'll show you how to download a video from your WordPress admin site using a few simple steps.

Step 1: Log in to Your WordPress Admin Site

First, you need to log in to your WordPress admin site using your admin credentials. Once you have logged in, navigate to the page or post where the video is located.

Step 2: Go to the Video's Page

Once you have found the page or post where the video is located, click on the video to go to its page. This will load the video player on the page.

Step 3: Open the Browser Developer Tools

Next, you need to open the browser developer tools. You can do this by right-clicking on the page and selecting "Inspect" from the context menu. Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+I on Windows or Command+Option+I on Mac.

Step 4: Find the Video URL

Now that you have the browser developer tools open, you need to find the video URL. To do this, click on the "Network" tab in the developer tools and refresh the page. This will show all of the requests made by the page.

Look for a request that has "blob:" as the protocol and click on it. This will open the "Headers" tab for that request. Look for the "Request URL" field and copy the URL.

Step 5: Download the Video

The last step is to download the video using the URL you copied in the previous step. Open a new tab in your browser and paste the URL into the address bar. Press Enter to load the video in a new tab.

Right-click on the video and select "Save video as" from the context menu. Choose a location on your computer to save the video and click "Save".

Congratulations, you have now successfully downloaded a video from your WordPress admin site! You can use this video for backup purposes or for other projects.