Jose Varghese

Subscribe Button Bar for YouTube Embed Videos is a robust WordPress plugin designed to seamlessly integrate YouTube subscription functionality into your website. It automatically detects YouTube videos within your content and strategically places a customizable YouTube subscribe button bar directly beneath them.
This plugin serves as an effective video marketing tool, creating a sleek, non-intrusive call to action that encourages viewers to subscribe to your channel immediately. Whether you aim to increase YouTube subscribers, improve viewer engagement, or ensure a consistent user experience with a fully responsive design, Subscribe Button Bar provides the professional features necessary for channel growth.
Key Features:
<ul>
<li>Intelligent Auto-Detection: Automatically identifies YouTube iframes within your posts and pages and injects the subscribe bar — no manual setup per post needed.</li>
<li>Shortcode Support: Place the subscribe bar anywhere — pages without videos, sidebars, landing pages — using a simple shortcode.</li>
<li>Gutenberg Block: A native block editor block lets you drop the subscribe bar exactly where you want it in the visual editor.</li>
<li>Flexible Channel Input: Enter your Channel ID, @handle, or paste any YouTube channel URL — the plugin figures out the rest.</li>
<li>Fully Customizable: Tailor colors, text, theme, and layout to match your brand.</li>
<li>Responsive Design: Looks great on desktops, tablets, and mobile phones.</li>
<li>Performance Optimized: Lightweight with no jQuery dependency on the frontend.</li>
<li>MutationObserver Support: Catches YouTube videos added dynamically (AJAX pagination, lazy loading).</li>
</ul>
Customization Options:
<ol>
<li>Enable/Disable Toggle: Master switch to turn the subscribe bar on or off globally.</li>
<li>YouTube Channel: Enter your Channel ID, @handle, or any YouTube channel URL.</li>
<li>Theme Selection: Choose between Default (light) and Dark themes.</li>
<li>Subscriber Count: Show or hide the subscriber count on the button.</li>
<li>Layout Options: Default (icon + “Subscribe” text) or Full (channel avatar + channel name).</li>
<li>Custom Text: Add personalized text that appears before the button.</li>
<li>Background Color: Customize the bar’s background color.</li>
<li>Text Color: Customize the text color.</li>
<li>Post Type Control: Restrict the bar to specific post types (posts, pages, custom post types).</li>
<li>Per-Post Exclusion: Exclude specific posts or pages by ID.</li>
</ol>
Using the Shortcode
Place the subscribe bar anywhere on your site — pages without YouTube videos, sidebars, footers, or landing pages — using:
<pre><code>[subscribe_button_bar]
</code></pre>
This uses your global plugin settings. You can override any setting per-use with optional attributes:
<pre><code>[subscribe_button_bar channel="@yourchannel" text="Subscribe for weekly videos!" theme="dark" layout="full" count="hidden" bg_color="#1a1a1a" text_color="#ffffff"]
</code></pre>
Shortcode Attributes:
 Attribute 
 Values 
 Default 
 Description
 <code>url</code> 
 YouTube or Shorts video URL 
 (none) 
 Embed a YouTube video or Short and place the subscribe bar below it. Accepts <code>youtube.com/watch?v=</code>, <code>youtu.be/</code>, <code>youtube.com/shorts/</code>, or <code>youtube.com/embed/</code> URLs.
 <code>channel</code> 
 Channel ID, @handle, or URL 
 Global setting 
 Override the YouTube channel for this bar only.
 <code>text</code> 
 Any string 
 Global setting 
 Text displayed before the subscribe button.
 <code>theme</code> 
 <code>default</code>, <code>dark</code> 
 Global setting 
 Button color scheme.
 <code>layout</code> 
 <code>default</code>, <code>full</code> 
 Global setting 
 <code>default</code> shows the subscribe icon and text; <code>full</code> shows channel avatar and name.
 <code>count</code> 
 <code>true</code>, <code>hidden</code> 
 Global setting 
 Show or hide the subscriber count.
 <code>bg_color</code> 
 Hex color (e.g. <code>#ffffff</code>) 
 Global setting 
 Background color of the bar.
 <code>text_color</code> 
 Hex color (e.g. <code>#000000</code>) 
 Global setting 
 Text color of the bar.
Examples:
Minimal — uses all global settings: 
 [subscribe_button_bar]
Embed a video with a subscribe bar below it: 
 [subscribe_button_bar url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ”]
Embed a YouTube Short with a subscribe bar below it: 
 [subscribe_button_bar url=”https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VIDEO_ID”]
Embed a video and override the channel and text: 
 [subscribe_button_bar url=”https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ” channel=”@yourchannel” text=”Subscribe for more!”]
Bar only — custom channel with dark theme: 
 [subscribe_button_bar channel=”@yourchannel” theme=”dark” text=”Subscribe for weekly videos”]
Full layout, no subscriber count: 
 [subscribe_button_bar layout=”full” count=”hidden”]
Using the Gutenberg Block
In the block editor, search for “Subscribe Button Bar” in the block inserter (or type <code>/subscribe</code>). The block renders server-side so it always reflects your current settings.
The block sidebar includes:
<ul>
<li>Video URL — paste a YouTube video URL or Shorts URL (e.g. <code>youtube.com/watch?v=...</code> or <code>youtube.com/shorts/...</code>). The block will embed the video and place the subscribe bar directly below it. Leave empty to show only the subscribe bar.</li>
<li>Channel Override — enter a Channel ID, @handle, or YouTube channel URL to use a different channel on this specific page. Leave empty to use your global settings.</li>
<li>Custom Text Override — override the button label text for this block only. Leave empty to use your global custom text.</li>
</ul>
Entering Your YouTube Channel
The plugin accepts any of the following formats in the settings page and in the <code>channel</code> shortcode attribute:
<ul>
<li>Channel ID: <code>UCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</code></li>
<li>@Handle: <code>@yourchannel</code></li>
<li>Channel URL: <code>https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</code></li>
<li>Handle URL: <code>https://www.youtube.com/@yourchannel</code></li>
<li>Legacy user URL: <code>https://www.youtube.com/user/yourchannel</code></li>
<li>Custom URL: <code>https://www.youtube.com/c/yourchannel</code></li>
</ul>
The plugin parses the input automatically — no need to extract the channel ID manually.
Getting Started:
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin via the WordPress dashboard.</li>
<li>Navigate to Settings > Subscribe Button Bar.</li>
<li>Enter your YouTube channel — paste your Channel ID, @handle, or any YouTube channel URL.</li>
<li>Configure your desired appearance settings and save.</li>
<li>Embed any YouTube video in a post/page and the subscribe bar will appear automatically. Or use <code>[subscribe_button_bar]</code> to place it anywhere.</li>
</ol>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin uses the YouTube Subscribe Button API provided by Google’s Platform Library (<code>https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js</code>). This script is loaded on pages where the subscribe bar is displayed and may send the visitor’s IP address and user agent to Google.
Policies: <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Privacy Policy</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/t/terms" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube Terms of Service</a>

Subscribe Button Bar for YouTube Embed Videos

A professional tool to add a YouTube subscribe button bar under your videos. Essential for channel growth and viewer conversion.

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Noptin is a fast, lightweight newsletter and email marketing plugin for WordPress. 
★★★★★
It helps you collect subscribers, grow your newsletter audience, and send newsletters and notifications directly from your website, without relying on expensive third-party email services.
Noptin is designed for performance, privacy, and simplicity. It runs entirely on your own WordPress site, is GDPR-friendly by default, and does not limit the number of subscribers you can collect.
With Noptin, users can subscribe to your newsletter using subscription forms, popups, widgets, or checkout forms. You can then send them email newsletters, automatic new post notifications, and keep subscribers engaged.
Noptin works with WooCommerce out of the box to help you automate your WooCommerce powered store. It is also multisite compatible.
<h4>Collect subscribers and grow your newsletter</h4>
Noptin helps you turn visitors into subscribers by making it easy to subscribe from anywhere on your site.
You can:
<ul>
<li>Create unlimited <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/subscription-forms/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">newsletter subscription forms</a>.</li>
<li>Let visitors subscribe using <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/subscription-forms/newsletter-subscription-shortcode/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">shortcodes</a> or <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/subscription-forms/newsletter-subscription-block/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">blocks</a>.</li>
<li>Show newsletter forms in a <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/subscription-forms/pop-up-forms/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">popup or lightbox</a>.</li>
<li>Add unlimited <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/subscription-forms/newsletter-subscription-widget/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">newsletter subscription widgets</a> to sidebars, footers, and other widget areas.</li>
<li>Collect and manage unlimited <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/email-subscribers/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">email subscribers</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://noptin.com/guide/email-subscribers/tagging-subscribers/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Tag and segment</a> email subscribers for targeted newsletters.</li>
<li>Store subscribers securely inside WordPress.</li>
</ul>
All subscribers are managed directly in your WordPress dashboard, though you can use an addon to connect an external email service such as Mailchimp and send subscribers there.
<h4>Send newsletters and notifications from WordPress</h4>
Once users subscribe, you can send them newsletters, SMS notifications, Slack or telegram messages, automated emails and new post notifications.
With Noptin, you can send:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/post-digest-emails-wordpress/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Latest Posts</a> – Automatically send a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly email highlighting your latest posts.</li>
<li><a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/new-post-notifications/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">New Post Notification</a> – Automatically notify your subscribers, users, or customers everytime you publish new content on your site.</li>
<li>Automatically send your subscribers, users, or customers an email every X days.</li>
<li>Welcome emails or SMS to new <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/welcome-emails/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">subscribers</a>, <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/automatically-send-email-new-woocommerce-customers/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce customers</a>, or <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/welcome-users/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress users</a>.</li>
<li>Newsletters to <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/newsletter-subscribers/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc"> email subscribers</a>, <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/wordpress-users/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress users</a>, or <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/woocommerce-customers/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce customers</a>.</li>
<li>Automatically <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/sending-emails/new-post-notifications/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">notify your subscribers everytime you publish a new blog post</a> so that they can keep coming back to your website.</li>
<li>An email, SMS, or telegram message when a WooCommerce cart is abandoned.</li>
<li>Unique next order coupon codes or thank you emails.</li>
<li>Send notifications to slack when you get a new subscribers, WooCommerce order, etc.</li>
</ul>
The best part is that you are able to do all this without leaving your WordPress dashboard. If you are worried about email deliverability, you can install any SMTP plugin of your choice and Noptin will automatically use it to send your newsletters. No configuration needed!
<h4>Automated newsletter notifications</h4>
Noptin makes it easy to send email notifications to subscribers whenever you publish new content.
Each time you publish a post, Noptin can automatically notify subscribers by email. These notifications help bring subscribers back to your website and increase repeat traffic.
You can control which subscribers receive notifications using categories, tags, custom fields, or automation rules.
<h4>Getting Email Subscribers</h4>
If you’re migrating from another newsletter service or plugin, start by <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/importing-subscribers/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">importing your existing newsletter subscribers into Noptin</a>.
To collect new subscribers, you can let users subscribe by adding a newsletter subscription checkbox to your:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/wordpress-registration-forms/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress user registration forms</a>, including default WordPress, WooCommerce, BuddyPress, UsersWP, and Ultimate Member registration forms.</li>
<li><a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/wordpress-comment-forms/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress comment forms</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/woocommerce-checkout/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">WooCommerce checkout pages</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/edd-checkout/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">EDD checkout pages</a>.</li>
<li>Contact forms created by <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/ninja-forms/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Ninja Forms</a>, <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/gravity-forms/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Gravity Forms</a>, <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/elementor-forms/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Elementor</a>, <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/wpforms/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">WPForms</a>, <a href="https://noptin.com/guide/getting-email-subscribers/contact-form-7/?utm_source=wp-repo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=readme" rel="nofollow ugc">Contact Form 7</a>, etc.</li>
</ul>
You can also create custom newsletter subscription forms using Noptin’s built-in editor.
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<h4>Built for speed and scalability</h4>
Noptin is optimized to handle thousands of subscribers without slowing down your website.
It does not load heavy external scripts and is designed to scale as your newsletter and subscriber list grows.
It’s built by marketers. As a result, we put most of our focus on optimizing for speed and the conversion rate. We offer several conversion rate optimization techniques out of the box.
For example, you can easily offer content upgrades and lead magnets with your email opt-in forms to gain more newsletter subscribers.
<h4>Increase your website traffic</h4>
Studies suggest that repeat website visitors are more likely to convert than first-time visitors. That is why Noptin makes it easy to notify your email subscribers every time you publish a new blog post.
This increases your website traffic as your newsletter subscribers login to read your new content.
Let users sign up for your newsletter using any of the following email opt-in form types:-
<h4>Seamless Integrations</h4>
Noptin plays nicely with the tools you already use:
<ul>
<li>Form Builders: Gravity Forms, Contact Form 7 (CF7), WPForms, Ninja Forms, Everest Forms, Fluent Forms, Forminator, Formidable Forms, HappyForms, JetFormBuilder, MetForm, weForms, WordPress registration forms, WordPress comment forms, WSForm, Convert Pro.</li>
<li>Page Builders: Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, Bricks Builder.</li>
<li>E-Commerce: WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads (EDD).</li>
<li>Membership: MemberPress, Simple Membership, Paid Memberships Pro (PMPro), SureMembers, WP eMember.</li>
<li>Others: Advanced Ads, ACF, Pods, Akismet, GeoDirectory, Toolset Types, Modern Events Calendar, The Events Calendar, myCRED, WPLoyalty, Polylang, WPML, WP Job Manager (WPJM), WP Job Openings, WP Recipe Maker.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Use Noptin standalone or connect external services</h4>
Noptin works as a complete self-hosted newsletter solution.
If you want, you can also connect subscribers to external email services using optional addons. Supported services include ActiveCampaign, Activetrail, Agile CRM, Attio, AWeber, Birdsend, Brevo (Sendinblue), Campaign Monitor, Constant Contact, ConvertKit, Customerly, Drip, EmailOctopus, GetResponse, Gist, Google Sheets, HubSpot, iContact, Keap/Infusionsoft, Klaviyo, Mailchimp, MailerLite, Mailjet, Moosend, Ontraport, Ortto, Pipedrive, Quentn, Salesflare, Salesforce, SendFox, Sendgrid, Sendlane, SendPulse, Sendy, Slack, Smaily, Telegram, Twilio, VerticalResponse, Webhooks, Zoho Campaigns, Zoho CRM, and many more.

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This plugin is customizable thanks to templates and lots of filters, we can do some advanced stuffs with it. On admin side, it doesn't seem bloated and it fits nicely in Wordpress style.



It does miss a bit of developer oriented doc but the code is well organized.



It also miss few features here and there, but the dev is open to discussions on github.



thx! 👍


Simple and Customizable, Nice support

Great Plugin

Really useful

Last week I replaced the old newsletter plugin with this newsletter plugin. The plugin offers us exactly the features we need and can also be customized very nicely. Thank you very much.

A fast, GDPR-compliant newsletter plugin. Collect newsletter subscribers, let users subscribe to new post notifications, and send newsletters. ★★★★★

Subscribe Button Bar for YouTube Embed Videos vs Simple Newsletter Plugin – Noptin