Dr. Ronny Harbich

<h4>General Information and Features</h4>
<p>The Falconiform YouTube Widget allows you to add YouTube videos to your sidebars. This is easily done by adding the widget to a sidebar in the administration interface. After that you simply paste the link (URL) of the desired YouTube video (or the video ID) into the appropriate widget settings field. You can adjust the following settings:</p>
<ul>
<li>widget title</li>
<li>YouTube video ID</li>
<li>player width (automatic width possible)</li>
<li>player height (automatic height possible)</li>
<li>player theme</li>
<li>color of the player’s video progress bar</li>
<li>player controls visibility</li>
<li>hide controls / progress bar at playback</li>
<li>start playback automatically</li>
<li>restart the video automatically after playback ends (loop video)</li>
<li>show related videos after playback ends</li>
<li>show video information like the video title</li>
<li>show video annotations</li>
<li>show fullscreen button</li>
<li>hide YouTube logo in the controls bar</li>
<li>disable keyboard control for the player</li>
</ul>
<h4>Editors Can Specify Videos</h4>
<p>Optionally, the Falconiform YouTube Widget allows users with Editor rights to specify the video that is shown in the sidebar. In WordPress Editors are not allowed to change widget settings. Therefore the Falconiform YouTube Widget adds an extra menu to the administration interface that allows Editors to specify videos that are linked with one or more YouTube widgets (via index number).</p>
<p>If you don’t want Editors to specify videos, you can disable this in the widget settings (disabled by default).</p>
<h4>Technical Details</h4>
<p>The Falconiform YouTube Widget embeds the YouTube player as <a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/embedded-content-0.html#the-iframe-element" rel="nofollow ugc">HTML5 iFrame</a>. Details about the YouTube player can be found at <a href="https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube Embedded Players and Player Parameters</a>. The HTML output of this plugin was checked against HTML5 conformance successfully.</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>The Falconiform YouTube Widget is delivered in the following languages:</p>
<ul>
<li>English (en_US)</li>
<li>German (de_DE)</li>
</ul>
<p>If you want to translate this plugin in your language, you can use <a href="http://www.poedit.net/download.php" rel="nofollow ugc">Poedit</a>. The “pot” file is located in the <code>/falconiform-youtube-widget/languages/</code> directory. You can send me your translation (a “po” file) to youtube-widget@falconiform.de and I will add it to the next release.</p>
<p>I use the Falconiform YouTube Widget myself on a website. Hence, I will update this plugin for future WordPress versions and add new features.</p>
<p>If you have found a bug or wish to have new features, please add a ticket in the Support section or send an email to youtube-widget@falconiform.de</p>


Falconiform YouTube Widget

Add YouTube videos to your sidebars with this highly customizable widget.

Satish Thakor

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

[chapterplay url="VIDEO_ID"]
</code></pre>
<p>You can use the shortcode inside any page, post, or text widget.</p>
<h4>External Services</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to <strong>youtube.com</strong> 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.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Service:</strong> YouTube (google.com)</li>
<li><strong>Data sent:</strong> YouTube video ID only</li>
<li><strong>Data received:</strong> Video title, author, duration, description</li>
<li><strong>Privacy policy:</strong> https://policies.google.com/privacy</li>
<li><strong>Terms of service:</strong> 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.

Falconiform YouTube Widget vs ChapterPlay Chapter Player for YouTube