Simple YouTube Embed vs YouList – YouTube playlist shortcode

Simple YouTube Embed plugin is the easiest way to embed YouTube videos in WordPress. This plugin extends the default YouTube embed with advanced player parameters. Unlike other YouTube plugins, It doesn’t replace your on-page video embed code with JavaScript/HTML code. Loading a video with JavaScript doesn’t provide any video SEO benefit as a search engine crawler will only see some code instead of the actual video object. Simple YouTube Embed is easy to use because there is no setting to configure. It uses the oEmbed API so your videos will be responsive and provide all the benefits that core WordPress YouTube embed has to offer. YouTube videos on your website will continue to work even if you choose to deactivate the plugin. Features Responsive and mobile friendly. Proper YouTube video embed with no additional JavaScript code. No setting to configure. Install, activate and start using it. No YouTube API key needed. Embed YouTube videos in WordPress with the YouTube block. Automatically play a video. Enable/Disable display of suggested videos when the video finishes. Enable/Disable player controls. Enable/Disable fullscreen. Mute a YouTube Video. Simple YouTube Embed Extensions YouTube Advanced Parameters How to Use the YouTube Embed Plugin in WordPress Create a new post/page and add a YouTube block. Copy and paste the YouTube video URL into it. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g YouTube Video Autoplay In order to automatically play a video you can add “autoplay=1” to your YouTube URL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&autoplay=1 Related YouTube Videos In order to disable related videos from showing you can add “rel=0” to your YouTube URL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&rel=0 YouTube Video Controls If you do not want to show player controls you can add “controls=0” to your YouTube URL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&controls=0 YouTube Video Fullscreen If you do not want to allow fullscreen option in the player you can add “fs=0” to your YouTube URL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&fs=0 YouTube Video Mute To start a video in the muted state you can add “mute=1” to your YouTube URL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&mute=1 YouTube Video Playlist If you want to turn a video into a single-video playlist you can add “playlist=VIDEO_ID” to your YouTube URL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&playlist=Vpg9yizPP_g YouTube Video IV Load Policy To not show video annotations by default you can add “iv_load_policy=3” to your YouTube URL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&iv_load_policy=3 Video annotations are shown by default. YouTube Advanced Parameters With the Advanced Parameters extension you can use additional advanced parameters in your YouTube videos. color This parameter specifies the color that will be used in the player’s video progress bar to highlight the amount of the video that the viewer has already seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&color=white Valid parameter values are red and white, and, by default, the player uses the color red in the video progress bar. Note: Setting the color parameter to white will disable the modestbranding option. disablekb Setting this parameter’s value to 1 causes the player to not respond to keyboard controls. The default value is 0. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&disablekb=1 end This parameter specifies the time, measured in seconds from the start of the video, when the player should stop playing the video. The parameter value is a positive integer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&end=10 The time is measured from the beginning of the video and not from the value of the start player parameter. start This parameter causes the player to begin playing the video at the given number of seconds from the start of the video. The parameter value is a positive integer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&start=5 loop This parameter causes the video to play repeatedly. The parameter value is a positive integer (e.g. loop=”1″). In order for the loop feature to work, the video needs to be turned into a single-video playlist as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpg9yizPP_g&playlist=Vpg9yizPP_g&loop=1 For documentation please visit the YouTube plugin page

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