YouTube Embed WordPress Plugin
A simple to use method of embedding responsive YouTube videos into your posts and pages but with powerful features for those that need them.
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YouTube Embed is an incredibly simple, yet powerful, method of embedding YouTube videos into your WordPress site. Options include:
- XHTML and HTML5 compliant - works with all the latest browsers
- Dynamic video sizing for responsive sites
- Build your own playlists and play them back however you want
- Automatically generate playlists based on user name or search text
- Create multiple profiles - use them for different videos to get the exact style that you want
- Google compatible metadata is
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Sites running YouTube Embed, click to open one
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Usage of YouTube Embed over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 1 179 to 1 052 — down 127 (-10.8%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 1 052 | -63 |
| June 2024 | 1 115 | -17 |
| May 2024 | 1 132 | +10 |
| April 2024 | 1 122 | +24 |
| March 2024 | 1 098 | +12 |
| February 2024 | 1 086 | -31 |
| January 2024 | 1 117 | -9 |
| December 2023 | 1 126 | +35 |
| November 2023 | 1 091 | +6 |
| October 2023 | 1 085 | -21 |
| September 2023 | 1 106 | -48 |
| August 2023 | 1 154 | -23 |
| July 2023 | 1 177 | -2 |
| June 2023 | 1 179 | — |
Themes used with YouTube Embed
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Genesis |
| 2 | Divi |
| 3 | Avada |
| 4 | Newspaper |
| 5 | Generatepress |
| 6 | Astra |
| 7 | Enfold |
| 8 | Twentytwelve |
| 9 | Twentyfourteen |
| 10 | Flatsome |
| 11 | Divi-child |
| 12 | Dt-the7 |
| 13 | Canvas |
| 14 | Hello-elementor |
| 15 | Cherryframework |
| 16 | Hueman |
| 17 | Avada-child-theme |
| 18 | Smart-mag |
| 19 | X |
| 20 | U-design |
Sites running YouTube Embed
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