Title: YES! YouTube Essential Statistics
Author: VoxHouseStudio
Published: <strong>April 28, 2010</strong>
Last modified: October 1, 2012

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# YES! YouTube Essential Statistics

 By [VoxHouseStudio](https://profiles.wordpress.org/voxhousestudio/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/yes-youtube-essential-statistics-widget.1.0.0.zip)

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 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/yes-youtube-essential-statistics-widget/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/yes-youtube-essential-statistics-widget/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/yes-youtube-essential-statistics-widget/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/yes-youtube-essential-statistics-widget/)

## Description

Makes use of Youtube API to show off the popularity stats of any YouTube channel
including number of subscribers and total video view count of all videos on the 
channel, directly from your website!

Using widgets, you can position this in the sidebar, header, or anywhere else you
think looks sexy. You can even include the widget multiple times with different 
account names to show stats for however many channels you own or want to track! 
Visit http://ryosa.com for examples.

Features & Uses in v1.0.0:

 * Display your Youtube Channel statistics including Total Video Viewcount & Subscribers
   anywhere on your website
 * Track statistics of any other YouTube channel
 * Your choice of Compact or Full View (Full enables a header including the channel
   title)
 * Channel Icon can be turned off and on
 * Smart links directly to the channel

More configurability coming soon.

## Installation

 1. Upload zip file contents to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory or use the wordpress
    plugin installer
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. A new “YES! YouTube Essential Statistics” plugin will be listed, and the settings
    are all configurable in Appearance > Widgets.
 4. In Widgets, drag the YouTube Essential Widget into an expanded slot.

## FAQ

  How do I use the plugin in my theme or in a post/page?

Modify your theme to include the capability for dynamic widget placement, or use
a plugin like “Widgets in Pages” to place it anywhere inside the content area of
a post or page.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“YES! YouTube Essential Statistics” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ VoxHouseStudio ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/voxhousestudio/)

[Translate “YES! YouTube Essential Statistics” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/yes-youtube-essential-statistics-widget)

### Interested in development?

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## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * First full release. Increased configurability of the stat HUD, and made use of
   the total video views which have finally been restored in YouTube’s API. Removed
   latest video thumbnail functionality which is superfluous. Lots of other cleanup..
   now lean & mean!

#### 0.5.1

 * First public release. Major bugfixes and improvements on original image feed 
   code. URLs should no longer malform, toggling code fixed, widget config overhaul.

#### 0.5.0

 * First internal release candidate. Showed the stats but buggy as..

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.8.4 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.4.2**
 * Tags
 * [fans](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/fans/)[followers](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/followers/)
   [subscribers](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/subscribers/)[views](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/views/)
   [youtube](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/youtube/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/yes-youtube-essential-statistics-widget/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ VoxHouseStudio ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/voxhousestudio/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

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