Youtube Playlist Thumbs
by jsphstls 5 (12 reviews)

Youtube Playlist Thumbs

Use the [ypt playlist_id=] shortcode to show a Youtube playlist with side thumbnails. Playlist videos can be triggered by links in page content.

Youtube Playlist Thumbs ranks #13,445 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, is #1,766 of 8,848 in the Customization category, a 5/5 rating from 12 reviews, and was last updated Aug 2, 2015. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.2 (Current: 7.1.4)
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Updated 11 years ago Last Update on 02 Aug, 2015
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#1,766 of 8,848 in Customization Top 25% by installs No update in over a year
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Review 5 out of 5
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

No known vulnerabilities on record for Youtube Playlist Thumbs. Checked 3 months ago.

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and bloggers who want to embed a YouTube playlist with clickable side thumbnails in their posts or pages. It solves the problem of displaying a playlist player alongside a synchronized, clickable thumbnail list that can be triggered from custom links in the page content.

  • [ypt playlist_id=] shortcode
  • Side thumbnail column display
  • Clickable thumbnails switch videos
  • Triggerable playback via data-ypt-index
  • Customizable 'Now Playing' text via CSS
  • Dynamic thumb height via yptThumbHeight()
  • playlistEnd JavaScript event
  • Included minimal CSS styling

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Youtube Playlist Thumbs

Youtube recently changed their playlist Iframe layout so that the thumb navigation is collapsed. Youtube Iframes, without the API, do not work well with modals and similar dynmaic elements. The Youtube Iframe API allows player control by other page elements such as links and buttons.
Just one. Youtube Iframe API is designed to work with one player at a time. Notice that on Youtube.com there is only one video player and links to multiple videos.
As of Version 0.5.0 the limit is 200, which is also the maximum number of videos that Youtube allows in one playlist.

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