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Simple YouTube Embed

Simple YouTube Embed

Embed YouTube videos in WordPress beautifully. Embed YouTube video with a URL or shortcode and customize the player using this YouTube embed plugin.
Rating:
4.2
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Active Installations:
6000+
Last Updated:
Feb 12, 2025
WordPress Version:
3.0 or higher
Tested up to:
6.7.2
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Easy YouTube Embed

Embed YouTube videos effortlessly in WordPress without JavaScript/HTML code. Enhance your video SEO and maintain the actual video object for search engine crawlers.

Enhanced Video SEO

Improve search engine visibility by using actual video objects instead of code

Responsive & Mobile-friendly

Ensure your YouTube videos are fully responsive and mobile-friendly. Your videos will adapt to different screen sizes and devices, providing a seamless viewing experience for your audience.

No Configuration Needed

Simply install, activate, and start using the Simple YouTube Embed plugin. There are no complicated settings to configure, making it easy for anyone to embed YouTube videos on their WordPress website.

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1.1.0.5

  • Added support for iv_load_policy.

1.1.0.4

  • Additional check for the settings link.

1.1.0.3

  • Added support for the mute parameter.

1.1.0.2

  • Some cleanup for the oEmbed url.

1.1.0.1

  • Added a parameter to turn a video into a playlist.

1.1.0

  • Added support for YouTube advanced parameters.

1.0.9

  • WordPress 5.7 compatibility update.

1.0.8

  • Added native lazy loading support for YouTube videos.

1.0.7

  • Some improvements to make it compatible with the block based editor.

1.0.6

  • A preview of the YouTube video is now shown in the visual editor instead of a blank background.

1.0.5

  • Compatible with WordPress 4.8
  • Updated all the permalinks

1.0.4

  • Added an option to prevent video information from displaying in the YouTube player
  • Added an option to prevent fullscreen button from displaying in the YouTube player
  • Updated the translation files so the plugin can take advantage of language packs
  • Simple YouTube Embed is now compatible with WordPress 4.4

1.0.3

  • Simple YouTube Embed is now compatible with WordPress 4.3

1.0.2

  • Fixed “black bars” that would show up on the sides of the video and thumbnail
  • If high definition is not available for a video it will embed with a low quality thumbnail
  • Added an option to disable related videos
  • Added an option to disable player controls

1.0.1

  • First commit

Without &mute=1 autoplay is not working

By Schnitzelweck on August 17, 2023

Hi,

i like your Plugin-Idea, but i think for youtube-Video autoplay is not working without mute anymore. But the parameter mute is deleted or not allowed through your Plugin. I added it by myself and changed your plugin but with the next update my changes will be removed.

Could you please add this feature so people can use the Wordpress Youtube embed Block with all YouTube parameters (autoplay, mute, rel, playlist, loop, etc.)

Thanks for your Feedback!

Great and simple Plugin to show your own videos as recommendations at the end

By stefan.b on February 18, 2022

I didn't want to have unrelated videos as recommendations at the end of my videos. Therefore I had to add ?rel=0 at the end or the YouTube URL. In the default YouTube block in WordPress ?rel=0 isn't working but with this plugin it does. Thanks a lot for developing this plugin and for keeping it up to date.

Problemsolved

By lunet on April 11, 2020

SOLVED This is not working for this link: https://youtu.be/VaXvGK3A9q4

Dont bother. Does nothing more than default wp embed

By patbell101 on January 26, 2020

If you try the parameters such as &autoplay=1 or &rel=1 wp converts & to & and stops it working.

Simple and Easy to use

By siamnaulak on March 18, 2019

I really love this plugin. Simple and easy to use....

Super thing!

By jacklack on December 20, 2018

The fastest and the simplest plugin I've ever used. And gosh, it works excellent!!! No codes and other long stuff. Super thing. Love it!

Simple and smart

By adrianbakar on October 1, 2018

Can't be much more easier to use

Easy to use and works as intended

By MathF (mathf) on January 18, 2018

Install it add the youtube link to your post and you are done

works greate

By salem80 on November 21, 2017

but needs few optipns like disable contrler without needs to type it on the video url .

Does not let you replace preview with image. WTF?

By pazzaglia (pazzaglia1) on September 12, 2017

On the plug-in description page, it says...
Can I use this plugin to embed a YouTube video with High Quality Thumbnail? Yes.
Couldn't find a way to do it, went to the documentation and found this Q & A:
Is there a way to set the default video thumbnail image? Thanks! ...you should be able to do it from your YouTube account.
So, uninstalled. Please update the plug-in description to remove the information or explain how to do it USING YOUR PLUG IN. Sheesh!!!
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