Simple YouTube Embed WordPress Plugin
Embed YouTube video in WordPress beautifully. Embed YouTube video with a URL or shortcode and customize the player using this YouTube embed plugin.
Simple YouTube Embed plugin is the easiest way to embed YouTube videos in WordPress. This plugin extends the default YouTube embed with advanced player parameters. When the page is rendered, a high resolution thumbnail image is displayed instead of the YouTube video player.
Features
- Pretty YouTube video embed
- Responsive and mobile friendly
- Embed a YouTube video with a high definition thumbnail image as the poster
- Enable/Disable display of suggested videos when the video finishes
- Enable/Disable player controls
- Enable/Disable video information
- Enable/Disable fullscreen
Simple YouTube Embed Usage
Create a new post/page and enter your YouTube video URL to embed it. Make sure the URL is on its own line and not hyperlinked (clickable when viewing the post). In order to avoid formatting err
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Usage of Simple YouTube Embed over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 259 to 138 — down 121 (-46.7%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 138 | -28 |
| June 2024 | 166 | -3 |
| May 2024 | 169 | +2 |
| April 2024 | 167 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 167 | -8 |
| February 2024 | 175 | -18 |
| January 2024 | 193 | -8 |
| December 2023 | 201 | -13 |
| November 2023 | 214 | +1 |
| October 2023 | 213 | -19 |
| September 2023 | 232 | -18 |
| August 2023 | 250 | -6 |
| July 2023 | 256 | -3 |
| June 2023 | 259 | — |
Themes used with Simple YouTube Embed
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Genesis |
| 2 | Divi |
| 3 | Avada |
| 4 | Headway |
| 5 | U-design |
| 6 | Travelify-child-01 |
| 7 | Travelify |
| 8 | Olsen-light |
| 9 | Sparkling |
| 10 | Hueman |
| 11 | U-design-child |
| 12 | Catch-box |
| 13 | Dt-the7 |
| 14 | Themerush |
| 15 | Pinokio |
| 16 | Catch-responsive-pro |
| 17 | Twentyfourteen |
| 18 | Yoo_organic_wp |
| 19 | Drschutz |
| 20 | Florida_621 |
Sites running Simple YouTube Embed
All sites in the collection100 examples from the collection. Open any site to see the theme and plugins we found on it.
