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<p>SDAweb Channels for YouTube is a lightweight, privacy-friendly way to showcase YouTube content on your WordPress site. Add any number of public YouTube channels and display their videos using shortcodes or a Gutenberg block. Videos are cached locally so visitor page views consume zero API quota.</p>
<h4>Layouts & Playback</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Grid</strong> — Responsive multi-column grid (1–4 columns)</li>
<li><strong>Tabs</strong> — Channel-tabbed interface with 3 navigation modes: scroll, wrapping pills, and avatar strip</li>
<li><strong>Slider</strong> — Horizontal carousel with arrow navigation</li>
<li><strong>Auto player</strong> (default) — Adapts to screen size: inline on desktop, lightbox on mobile phones</li>
<li><strong>Lightbox player</strong> — Fullscreen overlay with keyboard shortcuts (arrow keys, Escape), swipe gestures, and prev/next navigation</li>
<li><strong>Inline player</strong> — Play directly inside the video card with expand-to-lightbox</li>
<li><strong>Link mode</strong> — Opens videos on YouTube in a new tab</li>
<li><strong>Avatar strip</strong> — Compact row of channel avatars with labeled names and smart truncation</li>
<li><strong>Mobile bottom sheet</strong> — Touch-optimized player with swipe-to-dismiss</li>
<li><strong>Landscape mobile</strong> — Optimized layouts: horizontal cards for live streams, 2-column grid for regular content</li>
</ul>
<h4>Live & Upcoming Streams</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatic detection of live broadcasts and scheduled upcoming streams</li>
<li>Smart sort order: live streams first, then all streams sorted by proximity to the current time — the most relevant broadcasts always appear first</li>
<li>Dedicated <code>[sdawchfo_live]</code> shortcode for live and upcoming content</li>
<li>Live badge with concurrent viewer count and pulse animation</li>
<li>Upcoming badge with scheduled start time countdown</li>
<li>Toggleable “Live now” and “Coming up” section headings</li>
<li>Stale guard: upcoming streams auto-expire after 6 hours, live after 24 hours — no stuck statuses</li>
<li>5-minute background polling keeps live status current (1-minute with Broadcast Boost)</li>
<li>Live Broadcast Boost — configurable day/time window for 1-minute polling during scheduled broadcasts</li>
<li>Zero-quota RSS feed discovery catches scheduled broadcasts not in the uploads playlist</li>
<li>Live and upcoming streams are automatically excluded from regular shortcodes</li>
</ul>
<h4>Channel Management</h4>
<ul>
<li>Add channels by URL, handle (@username), or channel ID</li>
<li>Drag-and-drop reordering controls tab and section display order</li>
<li>Custom labels per channel for friendly display names</li>
<li>Automatic video caching with configurable 1–24 hour refresh intervals (up to 3 channels per cron run)</li>
<li>Manual refresh per channel or all channels at once</li>
<li>Import and export channels and settings as JSON</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcodes</h4>
<p>Four shortcodes cover every use case:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>[sdawchfo_channel]</code> — Videos from a single channel (by id, handle, or label)</li>
<li><code>[sdawchfo_channels]</code> — Multiple channels in grid, tabs, or slider layout</li>
<li><code>[sdawchfo_feed]</code> — Combined feed mixing videos from all channels</li>
<li><code>[sdawchfo_live]</code> — Live and upcoming streams with empty-state message</li>
</ul>
<p>All shortcodes support these attributes: <code>count</code>, <code>columns</code>, <code>layout</code>, <code>sort</code>, <code>player</code>, <code>pagination</code>, <code>per_page</code>, <code>show_stats</code>, <code>show_duration</code>, <code>show_channel</code>, and <code>live_only</code>.</p>
<h4>Additional Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Gutenberg block with live preview and inspector controls</li>
<li>Shortcode builder in the admin dashboard — no coding required</li>
<li>Customizable frontend labels (26 strings) for full translation support</li>
<li>Customizable appearance: badge styles, button styles, tab colors, and time text colors with color pickers</li>
<li>Load More pagination with configurable batch size</li>
<li>Video stats: views, likes, duration, publish date</li>
<li>Detects and labels YouTube Shorts</li>
<li>Up to 100 videos per channel with automatic API pagination</li>
<li>Import/export for easy migration between sites</li>
<li>Tab navigation modes: scroll, wrapping pills, or avatar strip</li>
<li>REST API endpoints for custom and headless integrations</li>
<li>Server cron setup guidance in the admin settings</li>
<li>Channel name truncation setting for the avatar strip</li>
<li>Automatic cleanup of private and deleted videos from cache</li>
<li>Dark theme support via CSS custom property (–sdawchfo-card-bg)</li>
<li>Admin settings: tabbed Plugin Overview with 7 sections, quick-access links, and info tooltips explaining technical terms</li>
</ul>
<h4>Privacy & Performance</h4>
<ul>
<li>All video data is cached in your local database</li>
<li>Visitor page views make zero external API calls</li>
<li>No cookies are set and no visitor data is sent to third parties</li>
<li>YouTube embeds use the privacy-enhanced <code>youtube-nocookie.com</code> domain</li>
<li>YouTube embeds load only when a visitor clicks play</li>
<li>Lazy loading: thumbnail images load only when they scroll into view</li>
</ul>
<h3>Third-Party Services</h3>
<h4>YouTube Data API v3</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to the YouTube Data API v3 to fetch channel information and video data. API calls are made server-side only when:</p>
<ul>
<li>An admin adds or refreshes a channel</li>
<li>The scheduled cron refresh runs (configurable interval, default 6 hours)</li>
<li>The live status cron runs (every 5 minutes, or every 1 minute during a configured Broadcast Boost window)</li>
</ul>
<p>No API calls are made during normal visitor page views — all data is served from the local cache.</p>
<ul>
<li>Service provider: Google LLC</li>
<li>API endpoint: <code>https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3</code></li>
<li><a href="https://developers.google.com/youtube/terms/api-services-terms-of-service" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube API Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<p>A YouTube Data API v3 key is required. You can obtain one for free from the <a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Cloud Console</a>.</p>
<h4>YouTube RSS Feeds</h4>
<p>This plugin fetches public YouTube RSS feeds (<code>https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml</code>) to discover recently published and scheduled videos. These requests are read-only, use no API quota, and contain only publicly available video IDs.</p>
<ul>
<li>Service provider: Google LLC (YouTube)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/t/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>YouTube Embeds</h4>
<p>When a visitor clicks play on a video, an iframe loads from YouTube’s privacy-enhanced domain (<code>youtube-nocookie.com</code>). No embed loads until the visitor initiates playback. No cookies are set by this domain.</p>
<ul>
<li>Service provider: Google LLC (YouTube)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/t/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube Terms of Service</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>


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