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youtube plugins
400 plugins in the directory carry the youtube tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
400
plugins
565,970+
combined reach
80
released in 90 days
65%
quiet 18 months+
3
movements in 90 days
What moved
Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Sep 2026 | Video Lightbox for YouTube/Vimeo | 100+ | released after a long silence |
| 26 Aug 2026 | Lite Video Embed | 1,000+ | released after a long silence |
| 12 Aug 2026 | StreamWeasels Online Status Bar | 500+ | released after a long silence |
Most installed
The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.
| Plugin | Installs | Rating | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) The Feeds for YouTube plugin allows you to display customizable YouTube feeds from any YouTube channel. | 100,000+ | 4.9★ | 10 days ago |
| Presto Player A modern video and audio player for courses, landing pages, marketing, and testimonials — with captions, branding, and page-builder support. | 100,000+ | 4.8★ | 5 days ago |
| Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades A multi-featured plugin to embed YouTube in WordPress. Embed a video, YouTube channel gallery, playlist, or YouTube livestream. Defer JavaScript too! | 100,000+ | 4.6★ | today |
| iframe [iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7_nAZQt9qu0" width="100%" height="500"] shortcode | 60,000+ | 4.4★ | 4 months ago |
| Advanced WordPress Backgrounds Easy to use advanced Parallax, Image and Video backgrounds block plugin with parallax and video support. | 30,000+ | 4.8★ | 11 days ago |
| All-in-One Video Gallery – Video Player & Galleries for YouTube, Vimeo & Self-Hosted Videos Video gallery plugin for WordPress with a built-in HTML5 player. Embed YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Rumble, and self-hosted videos. | 20,000+ | 4.8★ | 13 days ago |
| Feed Them Social – Social Media Feeds, Video, and Photo Galleries Custom social media feeds for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, & YouTube. Works with Elementor, Beaver Builder, and Gutenberg blocks. | 20,000+ | 4.7★ | 2 days ago |
| WP YouTube Lyte High performance YouTube video, playlist and audio-only embeds which don't slow down your blog and offer optimal accessibility. | 20,000+ | 4.8★ | 17 days ago |
| Product Video Gallery for Woocommerce Product Video Gallery for Woocommerce – Embed videos to product gallery along with images on product single page of WooCommerce. | 10,000+ | 4.6★ | 2 months ago |
| Lazy Load for Videos Boost page speed by replacing embedded YouTube and Vimeo videos with a clickable preview image. Video scripts only load on click. | 9,000+ | 4.4★ | 4 months ago |
| YourChannel: Everything you want in a YouTube plugin. Setup beautiful YouTube feed streams with 1 copy paste & 2 clicks. Displays banner, uploads, playlists and more (All optional). | 9,000+ | 4.6★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Embeds for YouTube 🎥 An incredibly fast, simple, yet powerful, method of embedding YouTube videos into your WordPress site. | 9,000+ | 4.2★ | 17 months ago |
| Automatic Featured Images from Videos 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. | 7,000+ | 4.6★ | 2 months ago |
| Widget Responsive for Youtube Widgets + ShortCode responsive to embed youtube in your sidebar or in your content [youtube video=...] or in WPBakery Page Builder, with SEO http://sc … | 7,000+ | 4.9★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Embed YouTube Block – Fast Loading Videos, Shorts & Playlists Embed YouTube videos without slowing down your site. Easily embed one or multiple videos, shorts, and playlists. | 6,000+ | 5.0★ | 22 days ago |
| My YouTube Channel Show video thumbnails or playable video block of recent YouTube Playlist, Channel (User Uploads) videos. | 5,000+ | 4.4★ | 19 months ago · quiet |
| Simple YouTube Embed Embed YouTube videos in WordPress beautifully. Embed YouTube video with a URL or shortcode and customize the player using this YouTube embed plugin. | 4,000+ | 4.2★ | 13 days ago |
| Simple YouTube Responsive Easily embed responsive YouTube videos using a simple shortcode. Lazy load included. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 7 months ago |
| WPC Product Videos for WooCommerce WPC Product Videos helps you add many videos for a product and linked to the feature image or product gallery images. | 3,000+ | 4.0★ | 1 month ago |
| FluentPlayer – Video Player With Forms & Lead Capture Get a video player for WordPress that captures leads and collects emails on play. | 2,000+ | 4.7★ | 12 days ago |
| Iframely – WP media embeds, cards and blocks Iframely cloud extends WordPress embeds with customizable embed blocks for over 1900 rich media publishers. For the rest of the Internet, Iframely sho … | 2,000+ | 3.7★ | 13 months ago |
| Embed videos and respect privacy Allows you to embed youtube videos without sending data to google on every page view. | 2,000+ | 4.1★ | 23 months ago · quiet |
| Video Thumbnails Reloaded Video Thumbnails simplifies the process of automatically displaying video thumbnails in your WordPress template. | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 5 years ago · quiet |
| Video Gallery – YouTube Gallery, Playlist & Video Grid Responsive YouTube gallery, playlist, and video grid builder. Curate YouTube videos into beautiful grids, blocks, or playlists, no coding required. | 2,000+ | 4.9★ | 25 days ago |
| Auto YouTube Importer A simple YouTube video importer plugin. Import YouTube videos automatically to your WordPress site. | 1,000+ | 3.7★ | 8 months ago |
| DSGVO Youtube With this plugin you can add your youtube videos as according to the gdpr regulations | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 1 month ago |
| Gutena Video Lightbox Gutena Video Lightbox is a WordPress Block that allows you to add a video in a popup window that goes over the website content. | 1,000+ | — | 9 months ago |
| Hide Related Video Youtube Hide related video youtube is a plugin remove related video other chanel when you use YouTube oEmbed. | 1,000+ | 4.1★ | 7.5 years ago · quiet |
| Media Player Addons for Elementor – audio and video players made easy 15 audio and video player widgets for Elementor – MP3, MP4, YouTube, Vimeo, playlists, live streaming (HLS, DASH), captions, and more. No code. | 1,000+ | 3.7★ | 7 days ago |
| Meks Video Importer Easily import YouTube and Vimeo videos in bulk to your posts, pages or any custom post type. | 1,000+ | 4.9★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Lite Video Embed A faster YouTube/RuTube embed. | 1,000+ | 4.6★ | 6 days ago |
| Protected Video YouTube/Vimeo player that prevents easy sharing of the video. | 1,000+ | 4.7★ | 5 months ago |
| Smartideo 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）。 | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 3 months ago |
| SmartVideo – Video Player and CDN Lightweight HTML5 video player and video hosting with CDN built for WordPress | 1,000+ | 4.0★ | 13 days ago |
| StreamWeasels YouTube Integration Embed YouTube content on your WordPress site. Easily embed a YouTube channel, shorts, gallery, feed, or live on your website. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 25 days ago |
| Featured Video for WordPress – VideographyWP WordPress featured video plugin that allows you to create video posts from YouTube videos. | 1,000+ | 4.5★ | 9 months ago |
| mb.YTPlayer for background videos Play any Youtube video as background of your page or as custom player inside an element of the page. | 1,000+ | 4.1★ | 2.5 years ago · quiet |
| Video Gallery – YouTube, Vimeo & Video Slider with Lightbox Add a responsive YouTube, Vimeo & Dailymotion video gallery slider with lightbox to WordPress. Auto-fetches titles & thumbnails. | 1,000+ | 4.4★ | 5 days ago |
| WP YouTube Live Displays the current YouTube live video from a specified channel. | 1,000+ | 4.0★ | 8 months ago |
| WP YouTube Player Insert Youtube Videos on WordPress blog. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Playlist Player for YouTube Display a YouTube player (with an optional playlist) on any post or page using a simple shortcode. | 1,000+ | 4.8★ | 4 months ago |
| Video Player for YouTube – Embed Videos Your Visitors Will Love to Watch A modern, accessible, fully customizable & user-friendly YouTube Video Player for WordPress. | 1,000+ | 4.8★ | yesterday |
| Responsive video embed Enables you three simple ways to embed responsive video into your content. | 900+ | 4.8★ | 13 months ago |
| Featured Video for WooCommerce Easily add featured videos to your WooCommerce products to increase engagement and conversions. | 800+ | 5.0★ | 4 months ago |
| Responsive videos – Fitvids Make your Embedded videos responsive on mobile devices with jQuery FitVids plugin | 700+ | 5.0★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| Video Blogster Lite Create a video blog in minutes! This plugin searches YouTube for content and automatically creates posts from the results. | 700+ | 5.0★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| Video Dashboard Create a video training and resource library directly inside the WordPress dashboard. | 600+ | 5.0★ | 16 days ago |
| All Embed – Multi-Source Embed Widgets for Elementor Easily embed a variety of content into your Elementor designs with versatile widgets. Supports video, audio, forms, Google Photos galleries, and more … | 500+ | 5.0★ | 7 days ago |
| Easy Support Videos – Embed videos in the admin Easy Support Videos for embedding helpful tutorials, training videos, and screencasts in the Admin dashboard. Works with YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia, Video … | 500+ | 5.0★ | 4 years ago · quiet |
| StreamWeasels Online Status Bar Display your Twitch, YouTube, or Kick live online status directly in a sticky bar at the top of your site. | 500+ | 4.2★ | 25 days ago |
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