SeriesNow – Web Series & OTT WordPress Theme is a modern entertainment-focused WordPress theme designed for building professional web series directories, OTT discovery platforms, episode catalogs and streaming-style websites.
SeriesNow combines a cinematic OTT-inspired interface with a structured content management system for Series, Seasons, Episodes, OTT Platforms and Actresses. It is designed to provide a polished experience across desktop, tablet and mobile, while maintaining an app-like interface on smartphones.
The homepage features a premium cinematic hero slider followed by carefully designed content sections for trending series, OTT platforms, latest episodes, actresses, seasons, top-rated content and discovery by genre, language and release year. Different sections use purpose-built card dimensions so the website does not look like a repetitive collection of identical grids.
Every series can contain multiple seasons and episodes. Episodes can include thumbnails, episode numbers, duration, descriptions and video sources. The SeriesNow video system supports hosted video URLs, shortcode-based players and YouTube or other embed sources. Administrators can also configure a global shortcode player template such as [myplayer url="{video_url}"] and override the player individually for specific episodes.
On mobile devices, the series video player can remain sticky while users browse the rest of the page, allowing viewers to continue watching while exploring episodes, cast members and related series. Desktop visitors receive a larger standard player without unnecessary sticky behavior.
SeriesNow also includes dedicated OTT and actress directories. Each OTT platform can display its total series and episode counts along with all associated titles. Actress profiles can show their image, name, series count, episode statistics and complete series appearances.
The theme includes an extensive administration area with theme customization, content management and library tools. Colors, layouts, card sizes, homepage sections, player behavior, mobile navigation and other important visual settings can be controlled without editing theme files.
For managing large content libraries, SeriesNow provides AJAX-powered CSV and JSON import/export functionality. Series, seasons, episodes, OTTs, actresses, thumbnails, trailers, video URLs, languages, genres, years and relationships can all be imported in bulk. A separate thumbnail ZIP can also be supplied during import, allowing complete libraries with local media to be created efficiently.
A dedicated Clean Library option lets administrators remove all SeriesNow content—including series, seasons, episodes, actresses, OTT platforms and associated taxonomy data—in one controlled operation, making development, testing and migration easier.
Key Features
- Premium OTT-inspired responsive design
- Mobile-first app-style experience
- Cinematic homepage hero slider
- Web Series management
- Multiple Seasons per Series
- Multiple Episodes per Season
- OTT Platform directory
- Actress directory and individual profiles
- Genre, language and release-year organization
- Trending and Top Rated content
- Latest Episode sections
- Related Series recommendations
- Landscape Series and Episode cards
- Vertical Actress cards
- Different card sizes for different homepage sections
- Series and episode counts for OTT pages
- Series and episode statistics for actress profiles
- Custom SeriesNow video player
- Hosted MP4/WebM video support
- YouTube and embed support
- WordPress shortcode player support
- Global shortcode player template
- Per-episode player override
- Mobile-only sticky video player
- Playback controls, seek bar, fullscreen and PiP
- Mobile bottom navigation
- Home / OTTs / Search / Actress / Settings menu
- Theme Settings panel
- Homepage section visibility controls
- Custom section titles
- Card width controls
- Hero slider configuration
- Dark/light appearance support
- Custom brand colors
- Logo and branding controls
- AJAX CSV import
- AJAX JSON import
- Import progress indicator
- CSV + Thumbnail ZIP import
- Media Library thumbnail import
- Complete library export
- Individual Series export
- Series → Season → Episode relationships
- Series → OTT relationships
- Series → Actress relationships
- Bulk library cleanup
- Demo content management
- Responsive desktop, tablet and mobile layouts
- PWA/WebView-friendly frontend structure
- SEO-friendly content architecture
- REST API-ready content structure
Ideal For
SeriesNow is suitable for web series databases, OTT discovery websites, streaming information portals, entertainment catalogs, episode guides, actor/actress directories, regional web-series websites and mobile WebView-based entertainment apps.