diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index 32420937c9..cf608faeee 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -1095,6 +1095,7 @@
     VideomoreSeasonIE,
 )
 from .videopremium import VideoPremiumIE
+from .videopress import VideoPressIE
 from .vidio import VidioIE
 from .vidme import (
     VidmeIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index a23486620b..4156cf27db 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 from .twentymin import TwentyMinutenIE
 from .ustream import UstreamIE
 from .openload import OpenloadIE
+from .videopress import VideoPressIE
 
 
 class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -1473,6 +1474,21 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
                 'skip_download': True,
             },
             'add_ie': [TwentyMinutenIE.ie_key()],
+        },
+        {
+            # VideoPress embed
+            'url': 'https://en.support.wordpress.com/videopress/',
+            'info_dict': {
+                'id': 'OcobLTqC',
+                'ext': 'm4v',
+                'title': 'IMG_5786',
+                'timestamp': 1435711927,
+                'upload_date': '20150701',
+            },
+            'params': {
+                'skip_download': True,
+            },
+            'add_ie': [VideoPressIE.ie_key()],
         }
         # {
         #     # TODO: find another test
@@ -2438,6 +2454,12 @@ def _playlist_from_matches(matches, getter=None, ie=None):
             return _playlist_from_matches(
                 openload_urls, ie=OpenloadIE.ie_key())
 
+        # Look for VideoPress embeds
+        videopress_urls = VideoPressIE._extract_urls(webpage)
+        if videopress_urls:
+            return _playlist_from_matches(
+                videopress_urls, ie=VideoPressIE.ie_key())
+
         # Looking for http://schema.org/VideoObject
         json_ld = self._search_json_ld(
             webpage, video_id, default={}, expected_type='VideoObject')
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/videopress.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/videopress.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..049db25a59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/videopress.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import random
+import re
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..compat import compat_str
+from ..utils import (
+    determine_ext,
+    float_or_none,
+    parse_age_limit,
+    qualities,
+    try_get,
+    unified_timestamp,
+    urljoin,
+)
+
+
+class VideoPressIE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://videopress\.com/embed/(?P<id>[\da-zA-Z]+)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        'url': 'https://videopress.com/embed/kUJmAcSf',
+        'md5': '706956a6c875873d51010921310e4bc6',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'kUJmAcSf',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'VideoPress Demo',
+            'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg',
+            'duration': 634.6,
+            'timestamp': 1434983935,
+            'upload_date': '20150622',
+            'age_limit': 0,
+        },
+    }, {
+        # 17+, requires birth_* params
+        'url': 'https://videopress.com/embed/iH3gstfZ',
+        'only_matching': True,
+    }]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _extract_urls(webpage):
+        return re.findall(
+            r'<iframe[^>]+src=["\']((?:https?://)?videopress\.com/embed/[\da-zA-Z]+)',
+            webpage)
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+
+        video = self._download_json(
+            'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/videos/%s' % video_id,
+            video_id, query={
+                'birth_month': random.randint(1, 12),
+                'birth_day': random.randint(1, 31),
+                'birth_year': random.randint(1950, 1995),
+            })
+
+        title = video['title']
+
+        def base_url(scheme):
+            return try_get(
+                video, lambda x: x['file_url_base'][scheme], compat_str)
+
+        base_url = base_url('https') or base_url('http')
+
+        QUALITIES = ('std', 'dvd', 'hd')
+        quality = qualities(QUALITIES)
+
+        formats = []
+        for format_id, f in video['files'].items():
+            if not isinstance(f, dict):
+                continue
+            for ext, path in f.items():
+                if ext in ('mp4', 'ogg'):
+                    formats.append({
+                        'url': urljoin(base_url, path),
+                        'format_id': '%s-%s' % (format_id, ext),
+                        'ext': determine_ext(path, ext),
+                        'quality': quality(format_id),
+                    })
+        original_url = try_get(video, lambda x: x['original'], compat_str)
+        if original_url:
+            formats.append({
+                'url': original_url,
+                'format_id': 'original',
+                'quality': len(QUALITIES),
+            })
+        self._sort_formats(formats)
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': video.get('description'),
+            'thumbnail': video.get('poster'),
+            'duration': float_or_none(video.get('duration'), 1000),
+            'timestamp': unified_timestamp(video.get('upload_date')),
+            'age_limit': parse_age_limit(video.get('rating')),
+            'formats': formats,
+        }