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StreamWeasels

<p>Embed YouTube content on your WordPress site. Easily embed a YouTube channel, shorts, gallery, feed, or live on your website.</p>
<h3>The most advanced YouTube plugin for WordPress</h3>
<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/QQKCuSG2eHQ?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>
<p>For over 5 years, <a href="https://www.streamweasels.com?utm_source=wordpress&utm_medium=youtube-integration&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">StreamWeasels</a> have been helping thousands of WordPress websites <strong>embed YouTube channel, YouTube gallery, YouTube feed or YouTube live</strong>.</p>
<p>StreamWeasels YouTube Integration is the latest and greatest plugin from StreamWeasels that <strong>takes YouTube Integration to the next level</strong>.</p>
<p>This plugin allows you to <strong>display YouTube embeds anywhere on your website</strong>, based on YouTube Channel ID, YouTube Playlist or YouTube Live streams.</p>
<h3>Display YouTube Videos by YouTube Channel, Shorts, Playlist, or Live</h3>
<p>StreamWeasels YouTube Integration allows you to display YouTube shorts, YouTube video and YouTube live on your website from youtube.com based on YouTube Channel ID, Playlist or YouTube Live streams.</p>
<ul>
<li>Display upto 50 shorts from a specific YouTube <strong>Channel</strong>.</li>
<li>Display upto 50 videos from a specific YouTube <strong>Channel</strong>.</li>
<li>Display upto 50 videos from a specified YouTube <strong>Playlist</strong>.</li>
<li>Display upto 50 YouTube live streams from a defined YouTube <strong>Channel</strong> list.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Display YouTube Shorts</h3>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Add YouTube shorts to WordPress (for FREE 2022) #shorts" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Y1ab3k3ilw?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<h3>Layouts</h3>
<p>The best part about StreamWeasels YouTube Integration is our range of layouts. As of our first release, StreamWeasels YouTube Integration allows you to embed YouTube channel content using a YouTube Wall layout. Display your YouTube content as it may appear directly on YouTube. Customise the number of YouTube tiles that display, the number of tiles in a row, the spacing, rounded borders and more.</p>
<h3>Read More</h3>
<p>If you want to learn more about StreamWeasels YouTube Integration, check out these links.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://support.streamweasels.com/article/74-getting-started-with-youtube-integration" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube Integration – Getting Started Guide</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo885jUiOeyhtHDFUbdx8rQ" rel="nofollow ugc">Check out our YouTube Guides</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/StreamWeasels" rel="nofollow ugc">Follow us on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://discord.com/invite/HSwfPbm" rel="nofollow ugc">Join us on Discord</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.streamweasels.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">Need Help? Get in touch!</a></li>
</ul>


StreamWeasels YouTube Integration

Easy to setup in minutes, user friendly admin UI

Awesome plugin, love the ease of it

Embed YouTube content on your WordPress site. Easily embed a YouTube channel, shorts, gallery, feed, or live on your website.

Nouman Qamar

<p>Built utilizing the highly efficient YouTube Data API v3 structural hidden playlist mechanics, this plugin bypasses tedious standard query loops, ensures fast page speeds via WordPress Transients, and provides a beautiful, native, tab-separated admin dashboard.</p>
<h3>Key Features:</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>YouTube v3 API Integration</strong>: Safely and quickly fetch raw playlist data directly from official Google servers.</li>
<li><strong>Smart Performance Caching</strong>: Uses the WordPress Transients API to store video data locally for 12 hours, drastically reducing external API overhead and page load times.</li>
<li><strong>Fully Tailored Slick Slider Engine</strong>: Complete responsive controls for infinite looping, arrows, dot navigation, desktop mouse dragging, autoplay speeds, and slide transition timing.</li>
<li><strong>Advanced Styling Controls</strong>: Customize card drop shadows, border-radius layouts, background bases, and navigation colors directly from your WP Admin dashboard.</li>
<li><strong>Native Tabbed Dashboard UI</strong>: Clean layout built completely matching the native WordPress styling architecture for seamless site management.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
<p>Deploying the carousel slider engine onto your site frontend requires a single tag:<br />
    [shorcafo_carousel]</p>
<h3>Shortcode Attribute Overrides:</h3>
<p>You can conditionally bypass your dashboard global options by declaring inline attributes:<br />
* <code>api_key</code>: Explicitly pass an alternative Google developer authorization string.<br />
* <code>channel_id</code>: Override the default channel target to render another creator’s feed.<br />
* <code>count</code>: Set a strict limit on the absolute number of short videos to process.</p>
<p><em>Example usage:</em><br />
    [shorcafo_carousel count=”6″ channel_id=”UC_EXAMPLE_CHANNEL_ID”]</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to external third-party services to fetch and display video content.</p>
<ol>
<li>
<p><strong>YouTube Data API v3 (googleapis.com)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Used for</strong>: Fetching public playlist data and short video details from your designated channel.</li>
<li><strong>Data sent</strong>: Sends API keys, target channel identifiers, and item result counts. No personal user data is collected or tracked.</li>
<li><strong>Links</strong>: <a href="https://developers.google.com/youtube/terms/api-services-terms-of-service" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube API Terms of Service</a> and <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>YouTube Embedded Player (youtube.com)</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Used for</strong>: Rendering and playing selected short videos directly in the frontend Slick carousel slider frame wrappers.</li>
<li><strong>Data sent</strong>: Video asset identification tracking codes.</li>
<li><strong>Links</strong>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/t/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube Terms of Service</a> and <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>


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