Title: YouTube Embed, Playlist and Popup by WpDevArt
Author: wpdevart
Published: <strong>February 16, 2015</strong>
Last modified: June 10, 2025

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# youtube-video-player

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

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/youtube-video-player/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/youtube-video-player/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/youtube-video-player/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/youtube-video-player/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of May 7, 2025 and is not available for download.
Reason: Security Issue.

## Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

 *   WpDevArt YouTube

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[helpful plugin, thanks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/helpful-plugin-thanks/)󠁿

 [aminfahimi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aminfahimi/) January 10, 2022

helpful, thanks

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/66d5672991654a232c23b57f6f56b2c715b8e06f3b0a5d5cd9c20f5497e55f7f?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[80](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/80-258/)󠁿

 [mukoma](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mukoma/) January 5, 2022

Very nice work

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Greedy!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/greedy-2/)󠁿

 [caomhan12](https://profiles.wordpress.org/caomhan12/) September 28, 2021

Very greedy for so-called ‘free’

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0c50f725b8935708efcbd35489c45cb0def3c0e6d680e75f97eef6202d7a3cb4?
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### 󠀁[Up there with the best, but room for improvement](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/up-there-with-the-best-but-room-for-improvement/)󠁿

 [GameYob](https://profiles.wordpress.org/meyerhoff/) April 30, 2020

I have tried so many youtube embed plugins its ridiculous. Out of all of them this
is genuinely the easiest to use, and almost, very almost, the best. Simply click
on the add youtube video button when within then page/post editor, add the youtube
url and (if you want to deviate from the default) tweak a few custom options below,
and press add. The youtube video featured image is automatically selected as the
image for the video. And (if selected) the video will also open up as a popup lightbox.
When i first used this plugin i found that the lightbox wasnt mobile responsive,
i contacted the author and he kindly logged into my wordpress, found and fixed the
problem, and also updated the plugin. My only negatives are that there are not many
visual customising options (lightbox background colours, border colours etc). And
one major problem possibly is the fact you cannot use your own featured image for
the embedded video. If these 2 factors dont affect your needs then seriously, save
yourself some time and get this now.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6aae4ea308b2b530df37299390b2273c515f625c48c88e6c938d0792668ed336?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[worse than the pure yt-link](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/worse-than-the-pure-yt-link/)󠁿

 [glaeskewpr](https://profiles.wordpress.org/glaeskewpr/) June 22, 2019

It’s not responsive and only left-justified. To adjust padding is not helpful. It’s
definitely far more comfortable to copy the YT-link only and paste it in the editor.
Much better.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Super plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-plugin-610/)󠁿

 [quidepimine](https://profiles.wordpress.org/quidepimine/) April 9, 2019

This is really great plugin with really huge list of useful functions. Will use 
it and looking forward for the future updates!

 [ Read all 38 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/youtube-video-player/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“YouTube Embed, Playlist and Popup by WpDevArt” is open source software. The following
people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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

[Translate “YouTube Embed, Playlist and Popup by WpDevArt” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/youtube-video-player)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/youtube-video-player/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/youtube-video-player/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/youtube-video-player/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/youtube-video-player/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **2.6.7**
 *  Last updated **1 year ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.2.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.6**
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/youtube-video-player/advanced/)