Playlist Player for YouTube – Fast, Privacy-Friendly Playlists & Channel Feed

Show a YouTube player with a playlist, or the latest videos from your channel, on any post or page with one shortcode. Videos are click-to-load: visitors see a lightweight thumbnail, and nothing is requested from YouTube until they press play. That keeps pages fast and makes it easier to respect cookie consent.

• Click-to-load players for faster pages and better privacy, with an optional notice under the player.
• Paste full YouTube URLs or video IDs. Add ?t=90 to a URL to start that video at 90 seconds.
• Three layouts: playlist below the player, beside it, or a grid that opens videos in an accessible lightbox.
• Auto-advance to the next video, several players on the same page, and keyboard-friendly playlists.
• Your YouTube API key stays on the server. Video titles and channel feeds are fetched and cached by WordPress.
• Optional VideoObject structured data for search engines.
• Privacy-enhanced (youtube-nocookie.com) mode.
• A shortcode generator in Settings, so you don’t need to remember any attributes.

Playlist (no API key needed)

Example: [yt_playlist mainid="xcJtL7QggTI" vdid="xcJtL7QggTI, AheYbU8J5Tc, X0zGS4-UKgg, 74SZXCQb44s, 2M0XCH9q3YI"]

Playlist with video titles (YouTube Data API v3)

Example: [yt_playlist_v3 mainid="xcJtL7QggTI" vdid="xcJtL7QggTI, AheYbU8J5Tc, X0zGS4-UKgg" layout="side" autoadvance="1"]

YouTube channel feed with lightbox player

Example: [yt_feed channels="UCpVm7bg6pXKo1Pr6k5kxG9A" results="9" offset="0"]

Optional attributes

• layout="below|side|grid"
• start="90" (main video start time in seconds)
• autoadvance="1"
• schema="1" (VideoObject structured data, needs the API key)
• offset="3" (channel feed only)

Check out the official Playlist Player for YouTube website and a Playlist Player for YouTube demo.

Check out a Property Videos & Virtual Tours demo.

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