Best YouTube plugins for WordPress
The most popular YouTube plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades (100K+) and Presto Player (100K+). All 419 plugins tagged “youtube” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 YouTube plugins
- 1.
Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin)The most installed YouTube plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 205 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 572 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Presto Player100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 348 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.
iframe60K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 56 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 5.
Advanced WordPress Backgrounds30K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 44 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
WP YouTube Lyte20K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 206 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Feed Them Social20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 639 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.
All-in-One Video Gallery20K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 137 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 9.
Product Video Gallery for Woocommerce10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 97 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 10.
Embeds for YouTube9K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 24 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 419 plugins tagged “youtube”
Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin)
#349by Syed Balkhi8 days ago
The Feeds for YouTube plugin allows you to display customizable YouTube feeds from any YouTube channel.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(205)
- Downloads
- 2.2K/day
Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades
#360by embedplus2 months ago
A multi-featured plugin to embed YouTube in WordPress. Embed a video, YouTube channel gallery, playlist, or YouTube livestream. Defer JavaScript too!
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.6(572)
- Downloads
- 570/day
Presto Player
Down in the last 7 days:2#378by Andre Gagnon26 days ago
A modern video and audio player for courses, landing pages, marketing, and testimonials — with captions, branding, and page-builder support.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(348)
- Downloads
- 797/day
iframe
Down in the last 7 days:1#627by webvitalii5 months ago
[iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7_nAZQt9qu0" width="100%" height="500"] shortcode
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.4(56)
- Downloads
- 173/day
Advanced WordPress Backgrounds
#1,054by nK2 months ago
Easy to use advanced Parallax, Image and Video backgrounds block plugin with parallax and video support.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.8(44)
- Downloads
- 134/day
WP YouTube Lyte
#1,096by Frank Goossens2 months ago
High performance YouTube video, playlist and audio-only embeds which don't slow down your blog and offer optimal accessibility.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.8(206)
- Downloads
- 139/day
Feed Them Social
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,219by slickremix2 months ago
Custom social media feeds for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, & YouTube. Works with Elementor, Beaver Builder, and Gutenberg blocks.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(639)
- Downloads
- 183/day
All-in-One Video Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,380by Plugins360 Labs5 days ago
Video gallery plugin for WordPress with a built-in HTML5 player. Embed YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Rumble, and self-hosted videos.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.8(137)
- Downloads
- 533/day
Product Video Gallery for Woocommerce
#1,747by NikHiL Gadhiya11 days ago
Product Video Gallery for Woocommerce – Embed videos to product gallery along with images on product single page of WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(97)
- Downloads
- 267/day
Embeds for YouTube
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,196by Embeds For YouTube Plugin Support1 year ago
🎥 An incredibly fast, simple, yet powerful, method of embedding YouTube videos into your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.2(24)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Lazy Load for Videos
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,242by kevinweber16 days ago
Boost page speed by replacing embedded YouTube and Vimeo videos with a clickable preview image. Video scripts only load on click.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.4(105)
- Downloads
- 173/day
YourChannel
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,244by plugin.builders2 years ago
Setup beautiful YouTube feed streams with 1 copy paste & 2 clicks. Displays banner, uploads, playlists and more (All optional).
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.6(80)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Widget Responsive for Youtube
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,638by stefanoai2 years ago
Widgets + ShortCode responsive to embed youtube in your sidebar or in your content [youtube video=...] or in WPBakery Page Builder, with SEO http://sc …
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.9(17)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Automatic Featured Images from Videos
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,683by webdevstudios3 months ago
If a YouTube or Vimeo video embed exists near the start of a post, we'll automatically set the post's featured image to a thumbnail of the video.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.6(36)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Embed YouTube Block
Up in the last 7 days:7#2,753by Phi Phan1 month ago
Embed YouTube videos without slowing down your site. Easily embed one or multiple videos, shorts, and playlists.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(16)
- Downloads
- 60/day
My YouTube Channel
Up in the last 7 days:14#3,209by Aleksandar Urošević1 year ago
Show video thumbnails or playable video block of recent YouTube Playlist, Channel (User Uploads) videos.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.4(39)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Simple YouTube Embed
#3,254by Noor Alam2 months ago
Embed YouTube videos in WordPress beautifully. Embed YouTube video with a URL or shortcode and customize the player using this YouTube embed plugin.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.2(15)
- Downloads
- 36/day
WPC Product Videos for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:11#3,858by WPClever24 days ago
WPC Product Videos helps you add many videos for a product and linked to the feature image or product gallery images.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Downloads
- 47/day
Simple YouTube Responsive
Up in the last 7 days:12#4,104by Eirudo9 months ago
Easily embed responsive YouTube videos using a simple shortcode. Lazy load included.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 19/day
FluentPlayer
Up in the last 7 days:60#4,489by WPManageNinja2 months ago
Get a video player for WordPress that captures leads and collects emails on play.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(14)
- Downloads
- 47/day
Video Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:7#4,505by emarket-design1 month ago
Responsive YouTube gallery, playlist, and video grid builder. Curate YouTube videos into beautiful grids, blocks, or playlists, no coding required.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.9(128)
- Downloads
- 35/day
Video Thumbnails Reloaded
Down in the last 7 days:23#4,713by yehudah5 years ago
Video Thumbnails simplifies the process of automatically displaying video thumbnails in your WordPress template.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Embed videos and respect privacy
Up in the last 7 days:1#4,745by Michael Zangl2 years ago
Allows you to embed youtube videos without sending data to google on every page view.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.1(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Iframely
Down in the last 7 days:9#5,057by Ivan Paramonau1 year ago
Iframely cloud extends WordPress embeds with customizable embed blocks for over 1900 rich media publishers. For the rest of the Internet, Iframely sho …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.7(11)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Playlist Player for YouTube
Down in the last 7 days:20#5,126by Ciprian Popescu1 month ago
For bloggers and businesses who want YouTube playlists and channel feeds that load fast and only contact YouTube when visitors press play.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(13)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Meks Video Importer
Down in the last 7 days:9#5,203by Meks2 years ago
Easily import YouTube and Vimeo videos in bulk to your posts, pages or any custom post type.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(10)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Auto YouTube Importer
Down in the last 7 days:2#5,231by SecondLineThemes10 months ago
A simple YouTube video importer plugin. Import YouTube videos automatically to your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.7(7)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Featured Video for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:2#5,265by CodeFlavors1 month ago
WordPress featured video plugin that allows you to create video posts from YouTube videos.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(31)
- Downloads
- 22/day
SmartVideo
Down in the last 7 days:26#5,350by JDAdmin14 days ago
Lightweight HTML5 video player and video hosting with CDN built for WordPress
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(19)
- Downloads
- 49/day
WP YouTube Live
Down in the last 7 days:7#5,437by macbookandrew10 months ago
Displays the current YouTube live video from a specified channel.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(10)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Video Player for YouTube
Down in the last 7 days:7#5,619by bPlugins15 days ago
A modern, accessible, fully customizable & user-friendly YouTube Video Player for WordPress.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(12)
- Downloads
- 44/day
Lite Video Embed
Down in the last 7 days:24#5,663by mihdan1 month ago
A faster YouTube/RuTube embed.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.6(11)
- Downloads
- 19/day
Protected Video
Down in the last 7 days:32#5,957by Alec Rust6 months ago
YouTube/Vimeo player that prevents easy sharing of the video.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Hide Related Video Youtube
Down in the last 7 days:10#6,056by TranHoangQuoc7 years ago
Hide related video youtube is a plugin remove related video other chanel when you use YouTube oEmbed.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Video Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:9#6,110by Nks2 months ago
Add a responsive YouTube, Vimeo & Dailymotion video gallery slider with lightbox to WordPress. Auto-fetches titles & thumbnails.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Smartideo
Down in the last 7 days:21#6,114by Fens Liu4 months ago
Smartideo 是为 WordPress 添加对在线视频支持的一款插件（支持手机、平板等设备HTML5播放）。
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 22/day
mb.YTPlayer for background videos
Down in the last 7 days:4#6,328by pupunzi3 years ago
Play any Youtube video as background of your page or as custom player inside an element of the page.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(28)
- Downloads
- 12/day
DSGVO Youtube
Down in the last 7 days:9#6,340by Eric-Oliver Mächler3 months ago
With this plugin you can add your youtube videos as according to the gdpr regulations
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP YouTube Player
Up in the last 7 days:7#6,503by Kodetop9 years ago
Insert Youtube Videos on WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
StreamWeasels YouTube Integration
Down in the last 7 days:3#6,533by StreamWeasels29 days ago
Embed YouTube content on your WordPress site. Easily embed a YouTube channel, shorts, gallery, feed, or live on your website.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Gutena Video Lightbox
Down in the last 7 days:16#6,716by Saad Iqbal10 months ago
Gutena Video Lightbox is a WordPress Block that allows you to add a video in a popup window that goes over the website content.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 14/day
Media Player Addons for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:74#6,789by bPlugins2 days ago
Extend Elementor with powerful, customizable media players for audio, video, streaming & playlists.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 64/day
Responsive video embed
Down in the last 7 days:27#7,348by lepileppanen1 year ago
Enables you three simple ways to embed responsive video into your content.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Featured Video for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:22#7,501by Foad Adeli5 months ago
Easily add featured videos to your WooCommerce products to increase engagement and conversions.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Responsive videos
Down in the last 7 days:7#7,912by Sibin Grasic6 years ago
Make your Embedded videos responsive on mobile devices with jQuery FitVids plugin
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Video Blogster Lite
Down in the last 7 days:3#8,207by johnh103 years ago
Create a video blog in minutes! This plugin searches YouTube for content and automatically creates posts from the results.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Video Dashboard
Up in the last 7 days:5#8,396by PageCrafter2 months ago
Create a video training and resource library directly inside the WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 9/day
All Embed
Down in the last 7 days:2#8,727by bPlugins2 days ago
Easily embed a variety of content into your Elementor designs with versatile widgets. Supports video, audio, forms, Google Photos galleries, and more …
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Easy Support Videos
Down in the last 7 days:8#8,760by Slocum Studio4 years ago
Easy Support Videos for embedding helpful tutorials, training videos, and screencasts in the Admin dashboard. Works with YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia, Video …
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Easy YouTube Gallery
Up in the last 7 days:33#9,072by Aleksandar Urošević1 year ago
Quick and easy make gallery for custom set of YouTube videos provided in shortcode, and autoplay video on click in Magnific PopUp lightbox.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day