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<p>Craftsmenit-Video Platform for YouTube turns your WordPress site into a beautiful video platform powered by the YouTube Data API. Provide your API key and Channel ID, and the plugin automatically imports all playlists and videos, presenting them in a sleek, dark-themed interface with horizontal sliders, a hero section, modal previews, and a full-featured video player.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Automatic YouTube Sync</strong> — Import all playlists and videos from any YouTube channel. Schedule syncs hourly, twice daily, or daily via WP Cron.</li>
<li><strong>Channel Auto-Detection</strong> — Channel name, logo, and banner are automatically fetched and applied.</li>
<li><strong>Beautiful Home Page</strong> — Hero section, search bar, and horizontal Swiper.js playlist rows with video thumbnail cards.</li>
<li><strong>Video Preview Modal</strong> — Click any card to open a popup with video preview and play button.</li>
<li><strong>Custom Video Player</strong> — Dedicated watch page using the YouTube IFrame API with custom controls (no native YouTube chrome).</li>
<li><strong>Tabbed Sidebar</strong> — Episodes tab lists all videos in the current playlist. Transcript tab displays synced captions with timestamps.</li>
<li><strong>Transcripts</strong> — Multi-language transcripts fetched via the <code>mrmysql/youtube-transcript</code> PHP package. Download as a text file.</li>
<li><strong>Continue Watching</strong> — Tracks playback progress for logged-in users and shows a “Continue Watching” row.</li>
<li><strong>My List / Favorites</strong> — Logged-in users can save videos to a personal list.</li>
<li><strong>Auto-Play Next</strong> — Automatically advances to the next video in a playlist.</li>
<li><strong>Keyboard Shortcuts</strong> — Space (play/pause), arrow keys (seek), F (fullscreen), M (mute).</li>
<li><strong>Speed Control & PiP</strong> — Playback speed adjustment and Picture-in-Picture support.</li>
<li><strong>Search</strong> — Real-time AJAX search across videos and playlists.</li>
<li><strong>REST API</strong> — Full API at <code>/wp-json/ytcp/v1/</code> for videos, playlists, search, progress, favorites, and transcripts.</li>
<li><strong>Customizable</strong> — Accent color picker, configurable URL slugs, and feature toggles for transcripts, history, favorites, auto-play, and PiP.</li>
<li><strong>Responsive</strong> — Fully responsive design for desktop, tablet, and mobile.</li>
<li><strong>Translation Ready</strong> — i18n support with the <code>craftsmenit-video-platform-for-youtube</code> text domain.</li>
<li><strong>Channel Switching</strong> — Changing the Channel ID and syncing purges old data and imports the new channel.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Custom Post Types</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>ytcp_video</code> — Each synced YouTube video.</li>
<li><code>ytcp_playlist</code> — Each synced YouTube playlist.</li>
<li><code>ytcp_genre</code> — Taxonomy for genre/tag classification.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Custom Database Tables</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>wp_ytcp_user_progress</code> — Tracks user playback position per video.</li>
<li><code>wp_ytcp_transcripts</code> — Caches fetched transcripts with language support.</li>
<li><code>wp_ytcp_favorites</code> — Stores user favorites / “My List” entries.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcodes</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>[ytcp]</code> — Full page layout (hero + search + playlist rows + modal).</li>
<li><code>[ytcp_hero]</code> — Hero section only.</li>
<li><code>[ytcp_playlist id="POST_ID"]</code> — Single playlist horizontal slider.</li>
<li><code>[ytcp_player video="POST_ID"]</code> — Single embedded video player.</li>
<li><code>[ytcp_search]</code> — Search bar component.</li>
</ul>
<h4>URL Structure</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>/watch/</code> — Home page with hero section and all playlist rows.</li>
<li><code>/watch/video-slug/</code> — Single video player page.</li>
<li><code>/series/playlist-slug/</code> — Single playlist page.</li>
</ul>
<p>(URL slugs are configurable in settings.)</p>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 5.8 or higher.</li>
<li>PHP 7.4 or higher.</li>
<li>A YouTube Data API v3 key (free from the Google Cloud Console).</li>
<li>Composer dependencies are bundled in the <code>vendor/</code> directory.</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to external services to provide its full functionality. Please review the following:</p>
<h4>YouTube Data API v3 (googleapis.com)</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to Google’s YouTube Data API to fetch and synchronize YouTube channel content (playlists, videos, metadata, transcripts).</p>
<p><strong>What data is sent:</strong><br />
– Your YouTube API key (stored securely in WordPress options)<br />
– YouTube Channel ID<br />
– Requests for channel info, playlist listings, and video metadata<br />
– Requests are sent when: (1) manually syncing content from the admin dashboard, (2) during scheduled automatic syncs (via WP Cron), (3) when fetching transcripts for video display</p>
<p><strong>Service Provider:</strong> Google LLC</p>
<p><strong>Terms of Service:</strong> https://www.youtube.com/static/terms.html</p>
<p><strong>Privacy Policy:</strong> https://policies.google.com/privacy</p>
<h4>YouTube IFrame API (youtube.com)</h4>
<p>The custom video player uses YouTube’s IFrame Embed API to display and control video playback on the watch/player pages.</p>
<p><strong>What data is sent:</strong><br />
– Your video embeds are served through YouTube’s iframe infrastructure<br />
– Standard YouTube analytics data (views, watch time) applies</p>
<p><strong>Service Provider:</strong> Google LLC</p>
<p><strong>Terms of Service:</strong> https://www.youtube.com/static/terms.html</p>
<p><strong>Privacy Policy:</strong> https://policies.google.com/privacy</p>


Craftsmenit-Video Platform for YouTube

Transform any YouTube channel into a beautiful video platform with automatic playlist sync, custom player, transcripts, watch history, and more.

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<p>The .TUBE Video Curator Plugin for WordPress makes it easy to create posts from YouTube, Vimeo, and Twitch channels. You can search for channels and playlists, bulk import existing videos as new posts, and even auto-import new videos as posts so you can “set it and forget it.” Display options let you customize the player and video placement with no coding. Plus, the .TUBE Video Curator works well with most themes, supports custom post types and custom taxonomies, and also includes some useful hooks and filters for advanced users.</p>
<h4>Benefits At-a-Glance</h4>
<ul>
<li>Create posts from videos in seconds, all you need is an API key</li>
<li>Works seamlessly with most themes and custom post types</li>
<li>Supports YouTube, Vimeo and Twitch</li>
<li>Curate individual videos by keyword or URL</li>
<li>Easily control video player options via settings page</li>
<li>Automatically imports video thumbnails as Featured Image</li>
<li>Ability to import tags into your choice of taxonomy (tag, category, custom)</li>
<li>Filters allow customization of imports and embeds for advanced users </li>
</ul>
<h4>Terms of Service</h4>
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<h3>Notes</h3>
<p>For more information about .TUBE or to buy a .TUBE domain please visit <a href="https://www.live.tube" rel="nofollow ugc">live.TUBE</a> today.</p>


.TUBE Video Curator

The .TUBE Video Curator makes it easy to create posts from YouTube, Vimeo, and Twitch, and works seamlessly with most themes and custom post types.

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