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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>
<h4>YouTube IFrame Player API</h4>
<p>When a visitor opens the lightbox player, the YouTube IFrame Player API script (<code>https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api</code>) is loaded to enable programmatic playback control (mute/unmute toggle). This script is only loaded when the lightbox is first opened — not on page load. No data is sent to YouTube beyond what the standard embed already transmits.</p>
<ul>
<li>Service provider: Google LLC (YouTube)</li>
<li>API documentation: <a href="https://developers.google.com/youtube/iframe_api_reference" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube IFrame Player API</a></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>


SDAweb Channels for YouTube

Display YouTube channels with grids, tabs, sliders, live stream badges, and lightbox playback.

WPninjaDevs

<p>🔥 Lightning-fast and fully responsive WordPress video gallery plugin. Create stunning video galleries and playlists with support for a wide range of video sources, including:</p>
<p><strong>YouTube Feeds, YouTube Playlist, Vimeo embed, YouTube embed, Vimeo, Twitch, Wistia, Dailymotion, Rumble, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, HLS (HTTP Live Streaming)</strong></p>
<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a0ab5-qAN94?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span>
<p>MediaHaven is a responsive WordPress video gallery plugin that lets you create modern, engaging, and fully customizable video galleries. Choose from beautiful layouts such as grid galleries, carousel sliders, and video sliders to present your videos in a visually captivating way. Each gallery is fully responsive, ensuring an optimal viewing experience on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.</p>
<p>Enhance your YouTube feeds with AJAX-powered “Load More” functionality, allowing users to discover more videos smoothly without page reloads. Perfect for YouTube playlists, channel feeds, Vimeo videos, and self-hosted content, MediaHaven gives you complete control over how your video content is displayed.</p>
<p>High-Performance Features for Fast Loading and SEO<br />
Built for speed and performance, MediaHaven includes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Unlimited YouTube playlists and channel feeds with real-time view and like counts</li>
<li>Smart caching for faster load times without sacrificing content quality</li>
<li>Built-in image compression with WebP support for optimized thumbnails</li>
<li>Clean, maintainable, and developer-friendly code structure</li>
<li>Fully SEO-friendly galleries with semantic HTML5, schema.org markup, and accessibility compliance</li>
</ul>
<p>With MediaHaven, you get a feature-rich, responsive, and high-performance WordPress video gallery plugin that’s perfect for YouTube creators, Vimeo curators, educators, marketers, bloggers, agencies, video podcasters, Video testimonial creators and WordPress developers.</p>
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<h3>👉 Video Gallery Key Features</h3>
<p>✅ <strong>Setup Wizard – Get started faster with a guided onboarding experience</strong><br />
✅ <strong>Discover Videos Faster with Ajax Live Filters</strong><br />
✅ <strong>Fully responsive video galleries with shortcode and Shortcode View Gutenberg block support</strong><br />
✅ <strong>Seamlessly embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, Wistia, Dailymotion, Rumble, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and HLS</strong> 🔥<br />
✅ <strong>Unlimited dynamic shortcode builder for flexible customization</strong><br />
✅ <strong>Versatile layout options: Grid, Carousel, and Multi-row Carousel</strong> 🔥<br />
✅ <strong>Built-in single video page layout support</strong><br />
✅ <strong>Supports both uploaded videos and external video sources</strong> 🔥<br />
✅ <strong>Easily export and import settings using JSON and CSV formats</strong> 🔥<br />
✅ <strong>Includes built-in schema.org structured data for SEO</strong> 🔥<br />
✅ <strong>Clean semantic HTML5 markup with WCAG-compliant accessibility</strong> 🔥<br />
✅ <strong>Auto-updating video view counter</strong> 🔥<br />
✅ <strong>Interactive AJAX-based like/dislike thumbs</strong> 🔥<br />
✅ <strong>Apply dynamic styles globally or individually per shortcode</strong> 🔥<br />
✅ <strong>Multiple single video page template variations available</strong> 🔥<br />
✅ <strong>Seamless Image Optimization Built In</strong> 🔥<br />
✅ <strong>Live Video Streaming in M3U8 Format</strong> 🔥<br />
✅ <strong>Built In Image, Video, Iframe Lazyload to Smooth Loading</strong> 🔥</p>
<h3>🔃 Import & Export Video Galleries</h3>
<p>Easily manage large WordPress video libraries with batch import and export tools optimized for high-volume datasets.</p>
<h3>⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts for Video Playback</h3>
<p>MediaHaven fully supports the keyboard shortcuts, allowing users to control videos<br />
easily without a mouse. These hotkeys improve user experience, accessibility, and engagement.</p>
<h3>⌨️ Support Hotkeys</h3>
<ul>
<li>Space          : Play or pause the video</li>
<li>F              : Toggle fullscreen mode</li>
<li>M              : Mute or unmute audio</li>
<li>Left Arrow     : Rewind video by 5 seconds</li>
<li>Right Arrow    : Fast-forward video by 5 seconds</li>
<li>Up Arrow       : Increase volume by 10%</li>
<li>Down Arrow     : Decrease volume by 10%</li>
<li>0–9            : Jump to a percentage of the video (0 = start, 9 = 90%)</li>
</ul>
<h3>🚀 SEO-Ready & Interactive Video Galleries</h3>
<p>MediaHaven is a WordPress video gallery plugin designed for maximum search visibility and accessibility. Built with schema.org markup, semantic HTML5, and WCAG-compliant accessibility, your video galleries are SEO-friendly and inclusive. Boost engagement with dynamic video view tracking, like/dislike features, and fully customizable interaction options.</p>
<h3>🎨 Drag & Drop Video Layout Builder</h3>
<p>Design with full flexibility using drag-and-drop controls to arrange video item sections and single video page layouts. Customize your WordPress video gallery with Google Fonts, color styles, and typography options. Enjoy built-in shortcode support to embed your responsive video galleries anywhere.</p>
<h3>🏎 Smart Assets Loading for WordPress — Fast, Cached, and Optimized Scripts & Styles</h3>
<p>Load plugin assets intelligently with super-fast performance, controlling local and global assets per shortcode. Supports smart caching, CDN or server-based scripts, external and inline CSS, and optimized 3rd-party script loading — reducing page size, improving speed, and boosting SEO.</p>
<h3>📝 Advanced Dynamic Subtitles to Make Videos Accessible & Searchable</h3>
<p>Add precise, timed subtitles for all your videos, supporting multiple languages and formats. Subtitles improve accessibility, increase viewer engagement, and help your content rank higher in search results. Plugin buyers get a professional viewing experience, global reach, and SEO-ready content that works seamlessly on WordPress sites.<br />
<a href="https://demo.mediahaven.io/mhpro-video/advanced-interactive-subtitles-to-enhance-every-video-playback/" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>👉 Live Demo</strong></a></p>
<h3>⏱️ Smart Interactive Video Chapters for Seamless Video Navigation (Pro)</h3>
<p>Divide your videos into structured, clickable chapters that let viewers jump to key moments instantly. Perfect for tutorials, courses, or long-form content, this feature improves user engagement, retention, and watch time. Plugin buyers get better viewer experience, easier content scanning, and enhanced SEO by making video content more discoverable and organized.<br />
<a href="https://demo.mediahaven.io/mhpro-video/intelligent-video-chapters-for-seamless-navigation/" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>👉 Live Demo</strong></a></p>
<h3>💰 Flexible VAST Video Ads for Maximum Monetization (Pro)</h3>
<p>MediaHaven starts as a fast, lightweight video gallery — and grows into a complete video promotion engine. Upgrade to Pro to promote products directly inside videos using video, banner, and link ads, with VAST support. Even at scale, MediaHaven stays lightning-fast thanks to its custom lookup table, delivering smooth AJAX filtering and instant loading for high-volume video libraries.<br />
<a href="https://demo.mediahaven.io/mhpro-video/custom-vast-video-advertising-pro-dynamic-positions-for-image-video-text-ads/" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>👉 Live Demo</strong></a></p>
<h3>🔄 Ajax Video Live Filter – Instantly Refine Your WordPress Video Gallery (Pro)</h3>
<p>Blazing fast Ajax Video Live Filter brings instant, dynamic filtering to your WordPress video gallery plugin, letting visitors search and refine results without page reloads. With powerful options like Ajax video search, category, tag, author, duration, resolution, and featured filters, it creates a smooth browsing experience for any video gallery or video listing site. Users can enjoy responsive video galleries that load quickly and adapt perfectly to mobile devices. Designed for performance, the Ajax video filter ensures seamless navigation whether you’re building tutorials, playlists, or a YouTube gallery filter. From simple video search filters to advanced multi-facet options, it improves engagement, reduces bounce rates, and helps users find the right content fast. Lightweight, SEO-friendly, and easy to integrate, it’s the perfect solution to make your WordPress video gallery more interactive and user-friendly.<br />
<a href="https://demo.mediahaven.io/ajax-live-filters?mhpro_sid=279" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>👉 Live Demo</strong></a></p>
<h3>🌐 Who Can Benefit from MediaHaven</h3>
<p>MediaHaven is perfect for video creators, educators, instructors, online course creators, marketers, agencies, bloggers, vloggers, YouTubers, trainers, WordPress developers, and content managers who need a responsive, scalable, SEO-friendly, and feature-rich WordPress video gallery plugin.</p>
<p>It’s ideal for anyone building video tutorials, playlists, portfolios, marketing campaigns, e-learning platforms, video podcast, podcast gallery or video showcases, offering a fast, modern, and accessible solution that works on all devices.</p>
<h3>👉 More Features:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Video poster.</li>
<li>Video subtitle.</li>
<li>Global dynamic styles.</li>
<li>Shortcode base dynamic styles.</li>
<li>Shortcode header controls.</li>
<li>Video item controls.</li>
<li>Pagination controls.</li>
<li>Button controls.</li>
<li>Carousel controls.</li>
<li>Carousel navigation with dynamic style.</li>
<li>Carousel pagination with dynamic style.</li>
<li>Color controls.</li>
<li>Image quality control.</li>
<li>Convert to WebP format (Pro)</li>
<li>Image hard and soft cropt option.</li>
<li>Video poster show and hide option.</li>
<li>Player play button style options. (Pro)</li>
<li>Player control bar style options. (Pro)</li>
<li>Player volume bar style options. (Pro)</li>
<li>Player progress bar style Options. (Pro)</li>
<li>Drag and Drop video item sections ( media, title, meta, description etc ). (Pro)</li>
<li>Drag and Drop video single page sections. (Pro)</li>
<li>Video views count. </li>
<li>Video ajax like and dislike thumbs. </li>
<li>Show/Hide option for video author name, avatar, release date, comment count, views count etc. </li>
<li>Support google fonts.</li>
<li>Video categories.</li>
<li>Video tags.</li>
<li>YouTube API.</li>
<li>Rewrite slug options.</li>
<li>Video single page control options like style, typography etc. </li>
<li>Custom CSS code editor.</li>
</ul>
<h3>💡 Note from the Developer</h3>
<p>We’re continuously improving MediaHaven to make it more scalable, performant, and packed with powerful features. Our goal is to build a long-term, future-proof video solution that evolves with modern technologies.</p>
<p>We’re thoughtfully designing the plugin’s data structure and architecture to stay compatible with upcoming trends, frameworks, and performance standards. If you’re looking for a reliable, flexible video plugin that grows with you—MediaHaven is built for the future.</p>
<p>We sincerely appreciate your support and feedback as we shape MediaHaven into something truly exceptional.</p>
<p>📩 Have questions, run into issues, or wish to suggest a new feature? We’d love to hear from you — drop us a message anytime at <a href="mailto:assist.wpninjadevs@gmail.com" rel="nofollow ugc">assist.wpninjadevs@gmail.com</a></p>


MediaHaven – Video Gallery & HLS Player With YouTube & TikTok

🚀 Performance & security-focused HLS & self-hosted video player. Powerful video gallery with YouTube & TikTok feeds, AJAX loading & setup wizard.

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