Automatic YouTube Gallery – Embed Auto-Updating YouTube Video Galleries, Feeds, Playlists & Channels vs Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements

★★★★★ Rated 4.8/5 — Trusted by 9,000+ WordPress sites Create responsive, modern & dynamic video galleries by simply adding a YouTube USERNAME, CHANNEL, PLAYLIST, SEARCH KEYWORDS, or a custom list of video URLs. Automatic YouTube Gallery is the easiest way to embed a YouTube video gallery, feed, or playlist on your WordPress website. Connect your YouTube source once — the plugin imports your videos, builds a beautiful video gallery, and keeps it up to date automatically every time you publish a new video on YouTube. No copy-pasting embed codes, ever again. View Demo Documentation Contact & Support Home Page The only dynamic YouTube gallery plugin with deeplinking capabilities — every video in your gallery can have its own shareable, search-engine-friendly URL. EMBED FROM ANY YOUTUBE SOURCE — SET IT ONCE, IT UPDATES ITSELF Channel — embed a YouTube channel gallery that grows with every upload. Playlist — embed a YouTube playlist as a video gallery or feed. Username — display all videos from a YouTube account. Search Keywords — build a gallery from YouTube search results. Livestream — auto-embed the live stream from a YouTube channel, with a custom fallback message when you’re offline. Single Video — embed a single YouTube video (or a YouTube Short). Custom Videos List — hand-pick any list of YouTube video URLs. STANDARD (FREE) FEATURES Gallery Builder — create unlimited galleries, each with its own reusable shortcode, e.g. [automatic_youtube_gallery id="123"]. Automatic sync — a scheduled background import (hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly) keeps your galleries current; click “Update Gallery” anytime for an instant refresh. Video sorting — order videos by published date, title, duration, or random, ascending or descending. YouTube Shorts filter — filter videos by duration to show only Shorts or hide Shorts from your gallery. Exclude videos — blacklist specific videos so they are never imported. Responsive grid layout — up to 12 columns, adapts to any screen size and looks great on mobile. Pagination — “Load More” button or Previous/Next pager, with translatable labels. Live search form — let visitors search videos inside the gallery. Flexible player — native YouTube embed or a lightweight Custom Video Player; autoplay, loop, mute, auto-advance to the next video, player color, closed captions, and player language options. 16:9, 4:3, and 9:16 (Shorts / vertical) aspect ratios for thumbnails and the player. Fast by design — built-in API caching, videos served from your own database, lazy loading, and minified assets for quick page loads. GDPR compliant — optional cookie consent before playback and YouTube’s Privacy Enhanced Mode (youtube-nocookie.com). Gutenberg Block — embed the YouTube gallery block right in the editor. Sidebar Widget — works in any widget area and inside Elementor. Works with every page builder — Elementor, Divi, WPBakery, Beaver Builder, Oxygen, and more via block, widget, or shortcode. WPML & Polylang compatible, multisite ready. Most importantly, a clear & beautiful admin interface. [+] Hooks for developers to extend the plugin. PREMIUM FEATURES SEO Suite — deeplinking (a unique, indexable URL for every video), Open Graph tags, Twitter cards, and Schema.org VideoObject markup (JSON-LD) for rich results in Google. Popup Theme — play videos in a lightbox popup. Inline Theme — play videos in place of the clicked thumbnail. Slider Theme — video carousel with customizable arrows, dots, and autoplay; also available as Slider + Popup and Slider + Inline combos. Playlist Theme — a YouTube-style player with a scrollable playlist beside or below it. Popup mode for single videos — open any single video in a lightbox from a thumbnail, custom text, or image trigger. Try every premium feature free for 7 days — no payment details required. PERFECT FOR YouTubers & vloggers showcasing their channel on their website. Churches & non-profits embedding sermons and live streams. Musicians, gamers & podcasters displaying their latest episodes. Online courses & tutorial libraries organized by playlist. Businesses embedding product demos, testimonials, and video portfolios. Magazines & news sites curating video feeds by search keywords. TRANSLATION READY Do you speak another language? Want to contribute in a meaningful way to Automatic YouTube Gallery? There’s no better way than to help us translate the plugin. This plugin is translation ready and you can translate to your language easily. Once finished, please reach out to us here to get your language file included in the core. SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION We do have documentation on the plugin. Still, Having Issues? We are just an email away. Please write to us describing your issue using the “Contact” form available under our plugin’s menu. You should receive a reply within 24 hours (except Sunday). Also, we answer all support requests on the WordPress.org support forum.

Building new pages with Gutenberg? Explore VovaBlocks, a focused collection of native marketing and content blocks from the creator of Shortcodes Ultimate. View VovaBlocks → About Shortcodes Ultimate Shortcodes Ultimate is a WordPress shortcode plugin for adding tabs, accordions, buttons, FAQs, sliders, carousels, lightboxes, columns, boxes and other reusable content elements without coding. It is ideal for site owners who want richer content layouts and practical UI elements without switching to a full page builder. Use Shortcodes Ultimate in the Block Editor, Classic Editor, widgets and template files. Generate shortcodes visually, preview the result before inserting it, and reuse the same elements across posts, pages and existing shortcode-based content. Trusted by hundreds of thousands of WordPress sites, Shortcodes Ultimate helps you replace multiple single-purpose UI plugins with one maintained toolkit. Explore live examples What you can build With Shortcodes Ultimate, you can quickly add common WordPress content elements such as: Accordions and FAQ sections Responsive tabs CTA buttons and download buttons Boxes, notes and callouts Columns and layout helpers Sliders and carousels Lightboxes for images and custom content Post lists and dynamic content blocks Spoilers, toggles and expandable content Media embeds and visual content blocks Instead of installing a separate plugin for every small content element, Shortcodes Ultimate gives you one maintained toolkit for everyday WordPress content tasks. Works with modern and classic WordPress workflows Shortcodes Ultimate works with the Block Editor, Classic Editor, widgets and template files. You can insert shortcodes manually, use WordPress shortcode blocks or use the built-in shortcode generator to configure elements visually. This makes the plugin useful for: Site owners who want to improve content without coding Bloggers and affiliate publishers who need reusable CTA and content blocks Agencies and freelancers maintaining multiple WordPress sites Developers who want shortcode-friendly output in templates Existing sites with older content that already uses shortcodes Why use Shortcodes Ultimate? 50+ ready-to-use WordPress shortcodes Visual shortcode generator Live preview Works with the Block Editor and Classic Editor Shortcodes can be used in posts, pages, widgets and template files Responsive elements that work with your theme Built-in Custom CSS editor Developer-friendly hooks and documentation Free version available on WordPress.org Pro version available for advanced shortcodes, extra styles and premium support Why shortcodes still matter in WordPress The WordPress Block Editor is great for visual content editing, but shortcodes are still useful when you need portable, reusable content elements that work across different parts of a WordPress site. Shortcodes are especially helpful when you want to: Reuse the same content element in many posts or pages Add dynamic content inside widgets or templates Maintain older WordPress sites that already use shortcodes Work across Classic Editor and Block Editor workflows Add content elements without switching to a full page builder Keep common UI elements available through a simple text-based syntax Shortcodes Ultimate is designed for these practical workflows. It gives you a large collection of ready-made shortcodes and a visual generator, so you do not need to write shortcode syntax manually unless you want to. Free and Pro The free version of Shortcodes Ultimate includes a large collection of useful shortcodes for everyday WordPress content tasks. Shortcodes Ultimate Pro adds advanced shortcodes, additional styles, Content Slider, Pricing Table, Testimonials, Shortcode Creator, Elementor support and premium support. Compare Free and Pro Useful links Documentation Live Examples Pro features Support