10 YouTube Video Plugins You Didn’t Realize You Needed
When people go looking for YouTube WordPress plugins, the truth is that most will either be looking for a player or a gallery plugin.
But there are a number of other interesting YouTube plugins out there that you may want as well.
In this post, we’re going to look at 10 of them. They will let you do everything from getting your videos’ analytics in your dashboard to white labeling YouTube. All of them are up-to-date, highly rated, and popular.
These plugins include:
WP Video Lightbox
Widget Responsive for YouTube
WP YouTube Lyte
Embed Plus Plugin for YouTube
Video Gallery
Envira Gallery
Feeds for YouTube
Ultimate Video Player
Your Channel
WP RSS Aggregator
Be sure to click on the links for detailed information on each plugin, and for current pricing (although most of these are free).
WP Video Lightbox
The WP Video Lightbox plugin lets you put your YouTube videos in a lightbox overlay. It comes with a number of different controls, including showing a title, resizing, horizontal padding for the lightbox, autoplay control, showing an overlay gallery, and more.
Widget Responsive for YouTube
The Widget Responsive for YouTube plugin lets you embed a responsive YouTube video in your sidebar. It comes with lots of options: choose the start and stop times, control subtitles, hide progress bar, choose theme and color of the progress bar, enable or disable controls, hide YouTube logo, and more.
WordPress YouTube Lyte
The WP YouTube Lyte plugin lets you lazy load your embedded YouTube videos with an aim toward speeding up your page load speed. To your visitors, everything will look the same, but behind the scenes, the Flash or HTML5-player will only actually be called when the video is clicked on.
Embed Plugin for YouTube
The Embed Plugin Plugin for YouTube allows you to embed and customize a YouTube gallery, YouTube live stream, YouTube short, or a standard YouTube video. You can create playlists and produce gallery layout options.
Video Gallery
The Video Gallery plugin lets you show clear videos on your WordPress site on any device. It has gallery options, a lightbox effect, and you can add video descriptions and more to your YouTube content.
Envira Gallery
With the Envira plugin, you can quickly set up YouTube video galleries on your WordPress site — quickly and easily. It has a drag-and-drop builder, numerous templates, album options, and more.
Feeds for YouTube
The Feeds for YouTube will give you a customizable YouTube channel feed for your WordPress site. It’s highly customizable, offers multiple layouts, and much more. Plus, it’s extremely easy to use.
Ultimate Video Player
The Ultimate Video Player is a premium plugin that can go as far as adding pop-up ads to your YouTube videos on your website. It has WooCommerce support, and is 100% responsive.
Your Channel
With the YourChannel plugin, you can turn your WordPress site into an engaging video platform. It will display all uploaded videos, playlists, single videos, and more.
WP RSS Aggregator
WP RSS Aggregator plugin is one of the most popular RSS feeds. This includes YouTube feeds, so your site can fetch new content automatically.
And That’s a Wrap
Hopefully one of these ten YouTube options will work well for your WordPress sites. They’re all highly ranked, up to date, and sure to fit the bill for your specific needs.
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