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YouTube Sidebar
20+ installs · #27,496 most popular
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- Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin)
- Shares 2 of YouTube Sidebar's 5 tags.
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- Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin)
- Updated on Nov 2, 2026.
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Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin)
by Syed Balkhi
The Feeds for YouTube plugin allows you to display customizable YouTube feeds from any YouTube channel.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rank
- #350
- Rating
- 4.8(205)
- Updated
- 7 days ago
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WP YouTube Lyte
by Frank Goossens
High performance YouTube video, playlist and audio-only embeds which don't slow down your blog and offer optimal accessibility.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rank
- #1,096
- Rating
- 4.8(206)
- Updated
- 2 months ago
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Embeds for YouTube
by Embeds For YouTube Plugin Support
🎥 An incredibly fast, simple, yet powerful, method of embedding YouTube videos into your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rank
- #2,195
- Rating
- 4.2(24)
- Updated
- 1 year ago
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Embed YouTube Block
by Phi Phan
Embed YouTube videos without slowing down your site. Easily embed one or multiple videos, shorts, and playlists.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rank
- #2,754
- Rating
- 5.0(16)
- Updated
- 1 month ago
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Automatic Featured Images from Videos
by webdevstudios
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+
- Rank
- #2,683
- Rating
- 4.6(36)
- Updated
- 3 months ago
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My YouTube Channel
by Aleksandar Urošević
Show video thumbnails or playable video block of recent YouTube Playlist, Channel (User Uploads) videos.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rank
- #3,212
- Rating
- 4.4(39)
- Updated
- 1 year ago
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Simple YouTube Embed
by Noor Alam
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+
- Rank
- #3,256
- Rating
- 4.2(15)
- Updated
- 2 months ago
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WPC Product Videos for WooCommerce
by WPClever
WPC Product Videos helps you add many videos for a product and linked to the feature image or product gallery images.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rank
- #3,863
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Updated
- 23 days ago
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FluentPlayer
by WPManageNinja
Get a video player for WordPress that captures leads and collects emails on play.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rank
- #4,503
- Rating
- 4.7(14)
- Updated
- 2 months ago
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Video Thumbnails Reloaded
by yehudah
Video Thumbnails simplifies the process of automatically displaying video thumbnails in your WordPress template.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rank
- #4,703
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Updated
- 5 years ago
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WP YouTube Player
by Kodetop
Insert Youtube Videos on WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rank
- #6,512
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Updated
- 9 years ago
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mb.YTPlayer for background videos
by pupunzi
Play any Youtube video as background of your page or as custom player inside an element of the page.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rank
- #6,323
- Rating
- 4.1(28)
- Updated
- 3 years ago
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