Title: YouList – YouTube playlist shortcode Author: Birgir Erlendsson (birgire) Published: 2012-07-16 Last modified: 2013-01-24 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/youlist/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=572896) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/youlist_cec0ba.svg) # YouList – YouTube playlist shortcode By [Birgir Erlendsson (birgire)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/birgire/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/youlist.zip) * [Details](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/youlist/#description) * [Reviews](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/youlist/#reviews) * [Installation](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/youlist/#installation) * [Development](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/youlist/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/youlist/) ## Description This plugin adds the shortcode [youlist] so you can easily embed YouTube™ playlist defined by * playlist id (PL in front of the playlist id) * comma seperated video ids list * user favorites * user uploads * search query in a single YouTube™ player. [Live demo](http://xlino.com/projects/youlist-youtube-playlist-shortcode-plugin/) #### New in version 1.0.6 * show random playlists with the new attribute ‘randompid’ * added apply_filters for output, style, class and src * bug fix #### New in version 1.0.5 * enable nocookies * enable the https protocol * play videos in a specific quality (fx. hd720) * enable wmode to handle z-index issues. #### Usage Examples To embed a playlist with thumbnails [youlist pid=”PL3FF15AA7ED356D9F”] To embed three videos with thumbnails (comma seperated video id list): [youlist vid=”ZF_K8D414-Y,sFHXWoawnt0,E2uOGOqIyC4″] To embed three videos without thumbnails: [youlist vid=”ZF_K8D414-Y,sFHXWoawnt0, E2uOGOqIyC4″ showinfo=”0″] To embed a playlist from the search string “higgs boson” [youlist search=”higgs boson” width=”600″ height=”400″] To embed a random playlist [youlist randompid=”PL3FF15AA7ED356D9F, PL9AEE7FF9E83DEA62, PL2B8DB1BD4364033F”] To embed a playlist for all uploaded videos for the user “mismag822″ [youlist uid =”mismag822″ listtype=”user_uploads”] To embed a playlist for all favorite videos for the user “mismag822″ [youlist uid =”mismag822″ listtype=”user_favorites”] To embed a playlist width your own custom style [youlist pid=”PL3FF15AA7ED356D9F” style=”width:300px;height:400px;z-index:1;”] To embed a user playlist with all the supported attributes (default values shown): [ youlist uid=”mismag822″ randompid=”” showinfo=”1″ width=”680″ height=”480″ class =”youlist” autohide=”2″ autoplay=”0″ disablekb=”0″ listtype=”user_uploads” theme =”dark” modestbranding=”1″ controls=”1″ color=”red” fs=”1″ rel=”1″ start=”0″ loop =”0″ iv_load_policy=”1″ version=”3″ style=”” vq=”” nocookie=”0″ https=”0″ wmode=”” parameters=”” ] #### Ideas for how to use this plugin 1. You can use it to display ad-video before or after the main video 2. You can have your own short trailer before the main video 3. You can collect lessons/tutorials/music videos 4. You can use it for your YouTube™ playlist 5. You can watch your friends favourites videos 6. You can collect videos for your kid and watch it on your site 7. … etc … #### Shortcode Parameters The youList-shortcode is a wrapper for most of the YouTube™ iframe parameters described here: https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters **iframe parameters:** * width [integer] – iframe width in pixels * height [integer] – iframe height in pixels * class [string] – iframe css classname * style [string] – iframe css custom style * parameters [string] – custom source parameters (¶m1=value1&…) **youtube parameters:** * pid [string] – YouTube playlist ID * uid [string] – YouTube user ID) * vid [string] – Comma seperated YouTube Videos ID list * randompid [string] – YouTube random playlist ID, from a comma seperated PID’s list * listtype [playlist|user_uploads|search] – YouTube listtype * search [string] – YouTube search string) * theme [dark|light] – Dark or light control bar * modestbranding [0|1] – Prevent the YouTube logo from displaying in the control bar * showinfo [0|1] – Display thumbnail images for the videos in the playlist * autohide [0|1|2] – Hide the video controls automatically after a video begins playing * autoplay [0|1] – The initial video will autoplay when the player loads * disablekb [0|1] – Disable the player keyboard controls * controls [0|1|2] – Display the video player controls * color [red|white] – The color in the video progress bar * fs [0|1] – Display the fullscreen button * rel [0|1] – Show related videos when playback of the initial video ends * start [integer] – Play the video at the given number of seconds from the start of the video * loop [0|1] – Play the entire playlist and then start again at the first video * iv_load_policy [1|3] – Show video annotations * version [2|3] – AS player version * https [0|1] – Enable the https protocol * nocookie [0|1] – No cookies thank you * vq [small|medium|large|hd720|hd1080] – Change video quality ## Screenshots [⌊YouTube playlist with thumbnails.⌉⌊YouTube playlist with thumbnails.⌉[ YouTube playlist with thumbnails. ## Installation #### Installation 1. Upload the plugin directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory or use the installer via backend of WordPress 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## FAQ [Check out the support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/youlist) ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “YouList – YouTube playlist shortcode” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Birgir Erlendsson (birgire) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/birgire/) [Translate “YouList – YouTube playlist shortcode” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/youlist) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/youlist/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/youlist/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/youlist/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/youlist/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.6 * added: random playlists, new parameter ‘randompid’ * added: output filter with the name ‘youlist_output’ * fixed: the ‘rel’ parameter was not active #### 1.0.5 * added: vq parameter to change the video quality, (fx hd720) (Props cjgrasso) * added: https parameter to enable the secure protocol * added: nocookie parameter to disable cookies * added: wmode parameter to handle z-index issues (Props patmak) * added: parameters parameter for custom parameters * changed: updated the readme.txt with better description of the parameters #### 1.0.2 * added: [youlist] shortcodes can now be used in text-widgets * added: custom iframe style attribute * fixed: added the missing parameters audohide and audoplay * changed: new usage example in the readme.txt file #### 1.0.1 * added: new attributes: listtype, autohide, autoplay, disablekb * added: possibility to display user’s favorites playlist * changed: updated he readme.txt file with new usage examples #### 1.0.0 * Initial Release ## Meta * Version **1.0.6** * Last updated **13 ел ago** * Active installations **200+** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.5.2** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/youlist/) * Tags * [embed](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/embed/)[playlist](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/playlist/) [shortcode](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)[youtube](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/youtube/) [youtube playlist](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/youtube-playlist/) * [Advanced View](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/youlist/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/youlist/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/youlist/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/youlist/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/youlist/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/youlist/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/youlist/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/youlist/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Birgir Erlendsson (birgire) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/birgire/) ## Support Got something to say? 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