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.

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If you are embedding Youtube video(s) into your site then you will need this plugin. As you may (or may not) know the default Youtube embed code is not responsive and in order to load the player itself your browser has to download more than 1MB of data from Youtube’s servers. That is way too much and this is the reason why we made this plugin. A video player has to be lightweight and responsive. Period.
This plugin is replacing the default Youtube player with the video’s high quality thumbnail and a play button. The real player and the video won’t load until you click on the play button or the thumbnail itself. With this easy trick you will have a much lighter and faster website and the thumbnail + the actual player will be responsive too.
Our plugin is only 60KB without any extra library or unnecessary function.
If you are speed-optimizing your site or if you want to reduce the loading times of your pages then you are at the right place.
<h3>This plugin will:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Make all of the embedded Youtube videos responsive automatically</li>
<li>Will reduce the size of your pages (where you have embedded videos)</li>
<li>Will make your site faster</li>
<li>Will improve the user experience</li>
</ul>
<h3>You can also:</h3>
<ul>
<li>
Manually insert a different thumbnail for each embedded video with the ‘thumb_url’ parameter.
[youtube_embed url=”video_url” thumb-url=”custom_thumb_url”]
</li>
<li>
Manually set a different width for each video with the ‘width’ parameter.
[youtube_embed url=”video_url” width=”50″]
</li>
<li>
Manually align each video to left, right or center with the ‘align’ parameter.
[youtube_embed url=”video_url” align=”center”]
</li>
<li>
Disable the related videos
</li>
<li>Disable the video controls</li>
<li>Disable the fullscreen option</li>
<li>Align the videos globally or individually</li>
<li>Set the custom video width for all videos or to just a single video with a shortcode parameter</li>
</ul>
<h3>Comparison</h3>
Here’s a quick comparison with the built-in TwentySeventeen theme (without any other plugin).
We placed a default Youtube video embed code in a new and empty page, ran the tests and then replaced it with our solution before running the tests again.
Total page size with the traditional Youtube embed code: 2.18MB 
Total page size with our lightweight & responsive embedder: 472KB
Page load time with the traditional Youtube embed code: 5.33s 
Page load time with our lightweight & responsive embedder: 2.52s

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