Steve Puddick

Additional options and settings for embedding YouTube videos with the block editor:
<ul>
<li>Auto Play – Start playing the video as soon as the page loads</li>
<li>Hide Related Videos – At the end of the video there are normally recommended videos. This setting hides those.</li>
<li>Hide Video Controls – Hide the video controls</li>
<li>Disable Full Screen View – Disable full screen</li>
<li>Do not show video annotations by default – Normally video annotations display automatically. This setting hides those.</li>
<li>Loop Video – As soon as the video ends it starts playing again in an infinite loop</li>
<li>Minimal YouTube Branding – Hide the YouTube logo in the video player</li>
<li>Use Privacy Enhanced Mode – YouTube won’t automatically store information about visitors that visit the page the YouTube video is embedded on. Information will only be stored if the video is interacted with, such as played.</li>
<li>Display Closed Captions by Default</li>
<li>Interface Language – Set the interface language of the player with a 2 character language code</li>
<li>Default Closed Captions Language – Default closed caption language. Set with a 2 character language code</li>
<li>Video Start Time – Rather than start playing at the beginning, the video will start playing after the specified number of second</li>
<li>Video End Time – Rather than stop playing at the end of video, the video will stop playing at this many seconds into the video</li>
</ul>

Enhanced YouTube Embed

Additional options and settings for embedding YouTube videos with the block editor.

WhatsOn

A versatile WordPress plugin by WhatsOn that enables you to fetch and display YouTube Shorts from a specified channel, with customizable video settings for both desktop and mobile devices.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Embed YouTube Shorts from any channel using a shortcode.</li>
<li>Configure video dimensions and display settings independently for desktop and mobile.</li>
<li>Limit the number of videos shown for both desktop and mobile devices.</li>
<li>Customize the layout with items per row, video width, and height settings.</li>
<li>Fully responsive and mobile-friendly.</li>
</ul>
Usage: Place the <code>[youtube_shorts]</code> shortcode on any page or post to display the YouTube Shorts gallery.
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin uses the YouTube Data API v3 to fetch and display YouTube Shorts videos from a specified channel.
What data is sent and when: 
– When a user enables the plugin and configures their API Key and Channel ID, the plugin sends the following data to the YouTube API: 
 – API Key: Required to authenticate requests. 
 – Channel ID: Used to identify which channel’s videos to fetch. 
 – Max Results: Specifies the number of videos to retrieve. 
 – Request Type: Specifies that only videos are being fetched.
Why this data is sent: 
– The data is sent to fetch public video data (title, description, thumbnail, and video URL) from the YouTube channel specified by the user.
Terms and Privacy Policy: 
– By using this plugin, users must comply with YouTube’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy: 
 – <a href="https://www.youtube.com/t/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube Terms of Service</a> 
 – <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Privacy Policy</a>
The plugin does not store or share this data with any other third-party services.
<h3>License</h3>
This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later. See the <code>LICENSE.txt</code> file for details.
Copyright (C) 2024 WhatsOn 
Website: <a href="https://whatson.agency/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://whatson.agency/</a> | <a href="https://whatson.guide/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://whatson.guide/</a>
<h3>Support</h3>
For support, please contact WhatsOn support at <a href="mailto:support@whatson.agency" rel="nofollow ugc">support@whatson.agency</a>.

Shorts Video Embedder for YouTube

A plugin to embed and display YouTube Shorts from a channel via a shortcode.

Enhanced YouTube Embed vs Shorts Video Embedder for YouTube