PingVid vs YouList – YouTube playlist shortcode

PingVid is a lightweight WordPress plugin that displays floating videos on your website to help promote products, announcements, special offers, events, and other important messages. The video appears in a corner of the screen and starts playing automatically without sound, allowing visitors to continue browsing without interruption. When clicked, the video expands and can play with sound, creating an engaging experience without the intrusive behavior of traditional popups. PingVid supports YouTube Shorts, standard YouTube videos, and self-hosted video files, making it easy to showcase promotional content anywhere on your site. Perfect for: Product launches Special offers and promotions Black Friday campaigns Store announcements Product demos Event promotions Video testimonials Welcome messages DOCUMENTATION Features Floating video widget Supports YouTube Shorts Supports standard YouTube videos Supports self-hosted videos Autoplay playback with muted sound Expand video on click Responsive design Close button Lightweight and easy to configure Pro Features Upgrade to PingVid Pro and unlock advanced targeting and customization options: Assign videos to individual posts, pages, and products Support for custom post types Different videos for different content Custom initial video size Minimize button Option to prevent visitors from closing the video Additional display controls and customization options Support We’re here to help. Feel free to open a new thread on the Support Forum. Reviews It’s funny how much joy all those 5-star reviews bring to our team. It really keeps us going and motivates us to bring more cool features. If you like this plugin, feel free to leave a review. Other Plugins by Devnet Here are some other plugins we have developed that you might find useful: Free Shipping Label – Increase order revenue by showing your customers just how close they are to your free shipping threshold. FSL Discount Add-On – By setting customizable thresholds for single, double, or triple-step discounts, you’ll motivate shoppers to add more to their carts. Product Price History – Track product price history with customizable charts and graphs on your WooCommerce store. Show lowest price and increase customer trust. Easy Subscribe – Effortlessly integrate customizable subscription forms on your WordPress site with a simple shortcode. Easy Subscribe – WooCommerce Add-On lets you place a subscription form directly on product pages to capture leads at the moment of interest and grow targeted subscriber lists based on customer preferences. Easy Booking Calendar – Turn any product into a reservation-ready item. This plugin adds a customizable calendar to product pages, allowing customers to select date ranges for bookings. BizNotes – Exclusive admin notes for seamless order management among multiple admins. Effortless collaboration, powered up. Snap Blocks – A lightweight plugin that lets you create reusable content blocks in WordPress. PingVid – A lightweight WordPress plugin that adds a floating video widget to your site.

This plugin adds the shortcode [youlist] so you can easily embed YouTube™ playlist defined by playlist id (PL in front of the playlist id) comma seperated video ids list user favorites user uploads search query in a single YouTube™ player. Live demo New in version 1.0.6 show random playlists with the new attribute ‘randompid’ added apply_filters for output, style, class and src bug fix New in version 1.0.5 enable nocookies enable the https protocol play videos in a specific quality (fx. hd720) enable wmode to handle z-index issues. Usage Examples To embed a playlist with thumbnails [youlist pid=”PL3FF15AA7ED356D9F”] To embed three videos with thumbnails (comma seperated video id list): [youlist vid=”ZF_K8D414-Y,sFHXWoawnt0,E2uOGOqIyC4″] To embed three videos without thumbnails: [youlist vid=”ZF_K8D414-Y,sFHXWoawnt0,E2uOGOqIyC4″ showinfo=”0″] To embed a playlist from the search string “higgs boson” [youlist search=”higgs boson” width=”600″ height=”400″] To embed a random playlist [youlist randompid=”PL3FF15AA7ED356D9F, PL9AEE7FF9E83DEA62, PL2B8DB1BD4364033F”] To embed a playlist for all uploaded videos for the user “mismag822″ [youlist uid=”mismag822″ listtype=”user_uploads”] To embed a playlist for all favorite videos for the user “mismag822″ [youlist uid=”mismag822″ listtype=”user_favorites”] To embed a playlist width your own custom style [youlist pid=”PL3FF15AA7ED356D9F” style=”width:300px;height:400px;z-index:1;”] To embed a user playlist with all the supported attributes (default values shown): [youlist uid=”mismag822″ randompid=”” showinfo=”1″ width=”680″ height=”480″ class=”youlist” autohide=”2″ autoplay=”0″ disablekb=”0″ listtype=”user_uploads” theme=”dark” modestbranding=”1″ controls=”1″ color=”red” fs=”1″ rel=”1″ start=”0″ loop=”0″ iv_load_policy=”1″ version=”3″ style=”” vq=”” nocookie=”0″ https=”0″ wmode=”” parameters=”” ] Ideas for how to use this plugin You can use it to display ad-video before or after the main video You can have your own short trailer before the main video You can collect lessons/tutorials/music videos You can use it for your YouTube™ playlist You can watch your friends favourites videos You can collect videos for your kid and watch it on your site … etc … Shortcode Parameters The youList-shortcode is a wrapper for most of the YouTube™ iframe parameters described here: https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters iframe parameters: width [integer] – iframe width in pixels height [integer] – iframe height in pixels class [string] – iframe css classname style [string] – iframe css custom style parameters [string] – custom source parameters (&param1=value1&…) youtube parameters: pid [string] – YouTube playlist ID uid [string] – YouTube user ID) vid [string] – Comma seperated YouTube Videos ID list randompid [string] – YouTube random playlist ID, from a comma seperated PID’s list listtype [playlist|user_uploads|search] – YouTube listtype search [string] – YouTube search string) theme [dark|light] – Dark or light control bar modestbranding [0|1] – Prevent the YouTube logo from displaying in the control bar showinfo [0|1] – Display thumbnail images for the videos in the playlist autohide [0|1|2] – Hide the video controls automatically after a video begins playing autoplay [0|1] – The initial video will autoplay when the player loads disablekb [0|1] – Disable the player keyboard controls controls [0|1|2] – Display the video player controls color [red|white] – The color in the video progress bar fs [0|1] – Display the fullscreen button rel [0|1] – Show related videos when playback of the initial video ends start [integer] – Play the video at the given number of seconds from the start of the video loop [0|1] – Play the entire playlist and then start again at the first video iv_load_policy [1|3] – Show video annotations version [2|3] – AS player version https [0|1] – Enable the https protocol nocookie [0|1] – No cookies thank you vq [small|medium|large|hd720|hd1080] – Change video quality