Title: YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players
Author: bPlugins
Published: <strong>April 17, 2019</strong>
Last modified: March 16, 2026

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# YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players

 By [bPlugins](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bplugins/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/yt-player.2.0.7.zip)

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 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/yt-player/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/yt-player/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/yt-player/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/yt-player/)

## Description

[YT Player](https://bplugins.com/products/yt-player/) | [Documentation](https://bplugins.com/docs/yt-player)
| [Pricing](https://bplugins.com/products/yt-player/pricing/) | [Support](https://bplugins.com/support/)
| [Demo](https://bplugins.com/products/yt-player/#demos)

[YT Player](https://bplugins.com/products/yt-player/) is a modern, lightweight, 
and fully customizable YouTube video player built for WordPress. Whether you’re 
adding a single video or creating a video-rich experience across posts, pages, or
widget areas, this plugin makes it easy to embed YouTube videos with a sleek, accessible
interface powered by HTML5 and the Plyr framework.

Use a simple shortcode to embed YouTube videos without needing iframe codes. Ideal
for bloggers, marketers, educators, and anyone looking to add YouTube video to WordPress
effortlessly.

### Key Features – Free Version

 * **Easy YouTube Embed with Shortcode** – Paste your YouTube URL inside [ytp]…[/
   ytp] and place it anywhere — posts, pages, sidebars, or custom templates. No 
   embed code needed.
 * **Works with YouTube Video ID or URL** – Just add the full YouTube link to start
   playing — no extra setup required.
 * **Fully Responsive Layout** – The player adjusts automatically to fit any screen
   size — desktop, tablet, or mobile.
 * **Fullscreen Support** – Viewers can switch to full-screen mode, with support
   for both native and fallback options.
 * **Fast & Lightweight** – Optimized for speed — the player loads quickly and doesn’t
   slow down your page.
 * **Shortcode Anywhere** – Use the shortcode in posts, pages, widget areas, or 
   custom post types to display your video wherever you want.
 * **Toggle Player Controls** – Choose which controls to show or hide, like play,
   pause, volume, or fullscreen — you’re in control.
 * **Keyboard & Accessibility Support** – Built with accessibility in mind, making
   navigation easier for all users.
 * **Built with HTML5 and Plyr.js** – Uses the modern HTML5 video standard and the
   Plyr framework for reliable, consistent playback.

### YT Player Pro– Unlock Premium Features

The [Pro version](https://bplugins.com/products/yt-player/pricing/) offers more 
control over playback and appearance, giving you greater flexibility in how videos
are displayed and customized.

 * **Add a Brand Logo on Videos** – Display your logo as an overlay on the video.
   You can adjust its position, size, and transparency.
 * **Upload Custom Thumbnails** – Replace the default YouTube preview with your 
   own image to better match your content or branding.
 * **Auto-Repeat Playback** – Let your video loop automatically after it ends — 
   ideal for promos or background video.
 * **Show Thumbnail When Paused** – When the video is paused, a thumbnail image 
   appears instead of a blank screen.
 * **Hide Controls on Pause** – Create a cleaner look by hiding all controls when
   the video isn’t playing.
 * **Floating Mini Player While Scrolling** – Keep the video visible in a small 
   corner player as visitors scroll down the page.
 * **Muted** – Starts video playback with audio turned off by default.
 * **Auto Play** – Automatically starts video playback when the page loads.
 * **Seek Time** – Defines the time interval (in seconds) to skip forward or backward
   during video playback.
 * **Hide YouTube UI** – Removes default YouTube player controls and branding for
   a cleaner, distraction-free viewing experience.
 * **Save Preset Design** – Allows users to save customized settings and styles 
   as a preset for quick reuse across multiple layout.
 * **Customize the Player’s Look** – Fine-tune the player’s appearance — colors,
   controls, and layout — to match your website style.

[Try the Pro Version](https://bplugins.com/products/yt-player/pricing/) – Unlock
all premium features today!

### How to Use YT Player – Quick Start Guide

Getting started is easy!

[Live Demo](https://bplugins.com/products/yt-player/#demos) | [Try the Pro](https://bplugins.com/products/yt-player/pricing/)

### This plugin is ideal for

 * Video bloggers and vloggers
 * Online courses and educators
 * Marketing landing pages
 * Portfolio sites
 * News & magazine layouts
 * Anyone who wants a custom YouTube embed player

### Check out our other WordPress Plugins

 * [HTML5 Audio Player](https://bplugins.com/products/html5-audio-player/) – Best
   audio player plugin for WordPress.
 * [PDF Poster](https://bplugins.com/products/pdf-poster/) – A fully-featured PDF
   Viewer Plugin for WordPress.
 * [StreamCast](https://bplugins.com/products/streamcast-radio-player/) – A fully-
   featured Radio Player Plugin for WordPress.
 * [3D Viewer](https://bplugins.com/products/3d-viewer/) – Display interactive 3D
   models on the webs.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The player in frontend
 * [[
 * The player with all controls
 * [[
 * The player without controls
 * [[
 * Player with Timeline
 * [[
 * Player with brand logo
 * [[
 * Shortcode
 * [[
 * Control settings
 * [[
 * Control settings
 * [[
 * SideBar Menu
 * [[
 * Player Setup
 * [[
 * Preview

## Blocks

This plugin provides 3 blocks.

 *   Video player timeline for youtube  video player timeline for youtube
 *   Youtube Player Container
 *   Video player for youtube video player for youtube

## FAQ

### How do I install this plugin?

You can install as others regular wordpress plugin. No different way. Please see
on installation tab.

### What Video type can i play?

You can play any YouTube video.

### How many player i can publish in my site?

You can publish unlimited video with YT player Plugin

### Where do I report security bugs found in this plugin?

Please report security bugs found in the source code of the Video Player for YouTube
plugin through the [Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program](https://patchstack.com/database/vdp/9e5fb62e-ed95-4c9a-b8cf-ecfa91845532).
The Patchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and notify
the developers of this plugin.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Great tool!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-tool-1703/)󠁿

 [andriiandrii13](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andriiandrii13/) November 19, 2021

Easy to use, but very powerful!

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### 󠀁[Very usefull](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-usefull-431/)󠁿

 [suriafrancesco](https://profiles.wordpress.org/suriafrancesco/) July 10, 2021

Easy to use. It don’t show youtube site at the end like most do.

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### 󠀁[Great little plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-little-plugin-295/)󠁿

 [themaddis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/themaddis/) May 28, 2021

Was great alternative to having to pay for Vimeo as its a fraction of the price 
to customize an embed video. Thanks again!

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### 󠀁[I love it!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-love-it-683/)󠁿

 [pcogd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pcogd/) October 19, 2020

Thank you so much for this plugin it is awesome. Great for beginners, very easy 
to add videos. I just love it!

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### 󠀁[Very good and simple. would be the best if include quality selection for youtube](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-good-and-simple-would-be-the-best-if-include-quality-selection-for-youtube/)󠁿

 [zacky131](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zacky131/) July 1, 2020 1 reply

Thanks…your plugin is awesome. Would be the best and simple if also add video quality
selection for youtube or vimeo 🙂

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### 󠀁[great plugin, clean implement, easy to use](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-clean-implement-easy-to-use/)󠁿

 [jpeagle](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jpeagle/) June 3, 2020

thanks for your code. tried many other similar plugins, this is the best

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## Contributors & Developers

“YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players” is open source software. The following
people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ bPlugins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bplugins/)
 *   [ shehabulislam ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shehabulislam/)
 *   [ Md Noornabi Islam ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/noornabi2/)
 *   [ Abu Hayat ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/abuhayat/)
 *   [ Freemius ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/freemius/)

[Translate “YT Player – Embed and Customize Video Players” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/yt-player)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/yt-player/), check 
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/yt-player/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/yt-player/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/yt-player/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.0.7 – 16 March, 2026

 * **Fixed**: dataset issue fixed.
 * **Update**: Alert pro modal added.
 * **Update**: Competible stablist version with wordpress.
 * **Update**: Latest dashboard added.

#### 2.0.6 – 21 Jan, 2026

 * Vulnerability patch problem fixed

#### 2.0.5 – 11 Dec, 2025

 * freemius sdk version updated

#### 2.0.4 – 6 Nov, 2025

 * Video input field working both, ID or URL.

#### 2.0.3 – 28 Oct, 2025

 * Update: Update Freemius WordPress SDK
 * Added a New Features

#### 2.0.2 – 27 Aug, 2025

 * Update: Yt Player Admin Bug Fixed

#### 2.0.1 – 18 Aug, 2025

 * Update: Dashboard preview tabbed description
 * Update: Added upgrade button on dashboard

#### 2.0.0 – 25 july, 2025

 * More New Featured Added
 * Update: Freemius WordPress SDK

#### 1.6.2 – 28 Jan, 2025

 * Feature: Set Ratio
 * Update: Freemius WordPress SDK

#### 1.6.1 – 2 July 2024

 * Updated: Player library

#### 1.6.0 – 2 Jan 2024

 * Added: ‘Video Player for youtube’ Block in free version

#### v1.5.6 (Aug 28, 2023)

 * Added 2 Gutenberg Block in Premium version (video, Timeline)

#### 1.5.1

 * Improved Code Quality

#### 1.3

 * Bug Fix – iOs:Full screen video cut
 * Improved Performance.

#### 1.2

 * Added Quick ShortCode [ytp]YouTube Video URL[/ytp] for Post/page/widget/Guten
   Block.
 * Fix Minor Bug

#### 1.1

 * Review request as Admin notice removed.
 * Imporved performance

#### 1.0

 * Initial Release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.0.7**
 *  Last updated **3 weeks ago**
 *  Active installations **1,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.1 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/yt-player/)
 * Tags
 * [plyr](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/plyr/)[video player](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/video-player/)
   [youtube](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/youtube/)[YouTube embed](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/youtube-embed/)
   [youtube Video Player](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/youtube-video-player/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/yt-player/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.8 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ bPlugins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bplugins/)
 *   [ shehabulislam ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shehabulislam/)
 *   [ Md Noornabi Islam ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/noornabi2/)
 *   [ Abu Hayat ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/abuhayat/)
 *   [ Freemius ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/freemius/)

## Support

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