by bPlugins 4.8 (12 reviews)

Video Player for YouTube – Embed Videos Your Visitors Will Love to Watch

Name: Video Player for YouTube – Embed Videos Your Visitors Will Love to Watch
Rating: 4.8 (12 reviews)
Author: bPlugins

A modern, accessible, fully customizable & user-friendly YouTube Video Player for WordPress.

Video Player for YouTube ranks #5,594 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #274 of 3,312 in the Social & Sharing category, a 4.8/5 rating from 12 reviews, and was last updated Sep 6, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v2.1.1 Current Version v2.1.1

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 06 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#274 of 3,312 in Social & Sharing Top 10% by installs Downloads -75% this week Actively maintained

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#5,594

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Active Installs

1K+

-44%

KW Avg Position

16.6

0.4 worse

Downloads

57.4K

+12 today

Support Resolved

100%

— No change

Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (12 reviews)

Next Milestone 2K

Total Progress 76.6%

1K+ 2K+

459

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8,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

4.8

12 reviews

Overall 96%

11 (92%)

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Unresolved

Total Threads

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Unresolved

100%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

7 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Jul 22, 2026 UNPATCHED

YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players [yt-player] <= 2.0.9 (unfixed)

CVE-2026-27422 · No fix released
Oct 16, 2024

YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players [yt-player] < 1.5.1

CVE-2022-4974 · Fixed in v1.5.1
Jul 18, 2023

YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players [yt-player] < 1.5.3

CVE-2023-33999 · Fixed in v1.5.3
Mar 4, 2022

YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players [yt-player] < 1.5.1

Fixed in v1.5.1
Feb 28, 2022

YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players [yt-player] < 1.5.1

Fixed in v1.5.1
Feb 28, 2022

YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players [yt-player] < 1.5.1

Fixed in v1.5.1
Sep 22, 2021

YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players [yt-player] < 1.4

CVE-2021-24414 · Fixed in v1.4

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.1.1
Last Updated: Sep 06, 2026
Requires WP: 6.5+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.1 or higher
Author: bPlugins

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 12
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

YouTube embed plyr video player youtube youtube Video Player

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners such as bloggers, marketers, and educators who want to embed YouTube videos. It solves the problem of clunky iframe embedding by providing a customizable, responsive video player controlled through a simple shortcode.

Shortcode-based YouTube embedding
Works with Video ID or URL
Fully responsive layout
Fullscreen support
Toggle player controls
Keyboard and accessibility support
Built with HTML5 and Plyr.js
Fast and lightweight loading

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Video Player for YouTube – Embed Videos Your Visitors Will Love to Watch

You can install as others regular wordpress plugin. No different way. Please see on installation tab.

You can play any YouTube video.

You can publish unlimited video with YT player Plugin

Please report security bugs found in the source code of the Video Player for YouTube plugin through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and notify the developers of this plugin.