Satish Thakor

ChapterPlay automatically extracts chapters from YouTube video descriptions and displays them in a beautiful, interactive sidebar. Visitors can click any chapter to jump directly to that timestamp.
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>🎬 Gutenberg Block — drag and drop into any post or page</li>
<li>🔖 Shortcode — <code>[chapterplay url="..."]</code> for classic editor or any text widget</li>
<li>📑 Auto Chapter Extraction — reads timestamps directly from YouTube descriptions</li>
<li>📺 Multiple Players — add unlimited players on the same page with no conflicts</li>
<li>🌙 Premium Dark Design — polished UI that adapts to any container size (300px to full-width)</li>
<li>⚡ Smart Caching — chapter data is cached server-side to reduce API calls</li>
<li>🔑 No API Key Required — uses YouTube’s internal data endpoint; zero configuration needed</li>
</ul>
<h4>How to Use</h4>
Gutenberg Block: 
1. In the block editor, click + to add a new block 
2. Search for ChapterPlay 
3. Add the block, then paste the YouTube URL in the right-hand Settings panel 
4. Save and preview — the player renders on the frontend with chapters
Shortcode:
<pre><code>[chapterplay url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"]

[chapterplay url="VIDEO_ID"]
</code></pre>
You can use the shortcode inside any page, post, or text widget.
<h4>External Services</h4>
This plugin connects to youtube.com to fetch video metadata (title, description, duration). No personal user data is transmitted. The connection is made server-side only when a video is first loaded or the cache expires.
<ul>
<li>Service: YouTube (google.com)</li>
<li>Data sent: YouTube video ID only</li>
<li>Data received: Video title, author, duration, description</li>
<li>Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</li>
<li>Terms of service: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms</li>
</ul>

ChapterPlay Chapter Player for YouTube

Embed a premium YouTube chapter player anywhere using a Gutenberg block or shortcode. No API key needed.

Robert DeVore

Write your next book from the comfort of the WordPress dashboard, categorizing the chapters by Book name and even adding the character names that appear in each chapter.
You also have the option to add in your own custom quote for the beginning of your chapter.

Chapters for Authors

I installed this in my test environment and created a book. I entered the book name, added 3 chapters, and assigned the chapters to the book. Then I viewed my book.

Yuck.

Chapters are listed in reverse chronological order just like they would be on the posts archive page. Ugh. That is what I was trying to avoid.

I would like a book that looks like a book, reads like a book, has pointers to the next chapter and the last chapter, starts with the first chapter and moves forward through the book to the last chapter.

This is not that.

Off to a Good Start....

Write your next book from the comfort of the WordPress dashboard.

ChapterPlay Chapter Player for YouTube vs Chapters for Authors