Video Player for YouTube – Embed Videos Your Visitors Will Love to Watch

YT Player | Documentation | Pricing | Support | Demo

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

• Gutenberg Block Support – Includes a dedicated ‘Video Player for YouTube’ Gutenberg block for seamless block editor page building.
• Easy YouTube Embed with Shortcode – Paste your YouTube URL inside [ytp]…[/ytp] or use [ytplayer id=”…”] anywhere — posts, pages, sidebars, or custom templates.
• Works with YouTube Video ID or URL – Add either the full YouTube video link or just the 11-character video ID.
• Fully Responsive Layout – Player adjusts automatically to fit desktop, tablet, and mobile screens seamlessly.
• Fullscreen & Keyboard Navigation – Viewers can switch to full-screen mode and navigate easily using keyboard shortcuts.
• Fast & Lightweight – Built with modern HTML5 standard and Plyr framework for optimal page loading performance.
• Control Customization – Choose which controls to show or hide for basic playback.

YT Player Pro – Unlock Premium Features

The Pro version offers advanced control over video playback, branding, and layout:

• Auto Play & Muted Playback – Automatically start video playback when page loads, with option to start muted by default.
• Add a Brand Logo on Videos – Display your custom logo as an overlay on videos with adjustable position, size, and transparency.
• Upload Custom Banner Thumbnails – Replace default YouTube video previews with your own custom branded cover image.
• Floating Mini Player While Scrolling – Keep the video playing in a sleek floating corner window as visitors scroll down the page.
• Custom Seek Time Interval – Set custom seek time jump intervals (in seconds) for forward and rewind buttons.
• Hide Controls on Pause – Keep the player ultra-clean by hiding control bars when the video is paused.
• Hide YouTube UI & Branding – Hide native YouTube interface elements and branding for a distraction-free experience.
• Create & Save Custom Presets – Save customized player designs and options as presets for instant one-click reuse across your site.

Try the Pro Version – Unlock all premium features today!

How to Use YT Player – Quick Start Guide

Getting started is easy!

Live Demo | Try the Pro

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

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Source Code

You can find the source code, report bugs, and contribute to the development of this plugin on our GitHub repository:
YT Player on GitHub

Third-Party Libraries

This plugin bundles the following third-party JavaScript/PHP libraries.

Codestar Framework

• Source: http://codestarframework.com/
• GitHub: https://github.com/Codestar/codestar-framework
• License: GPLv2 or later – https://github.com/Codestar/codestar-framework/blob/master/LICENSE.md
• Purpose: Provides the options framework for the plugin’s settings and shortcode generator.

Freemius SDK

• Source: https://freemius.com/
• GitHub: https://github.com/Freemius/wordpress-sdk
• License: GPLv3 – https://github.com/Freemius/wordpress-sdk/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
• Purpose: Provides opt-in usage tracking and analytics to help improve the plugin.

bpl-tools

• Source / GitHub: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools
• License: GPL-2.0-or-later – https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
• Purpose: Shared utility library providing admin dashboard components and common Gutenberg editor controls.
• External Services: The library may connect to bPlugins, WordPress.org, and Freemius services for product data and checkout functionality. See full details: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools#external-requests–why-they-are-made

1. 

   The player in frontend

2. 

   The player with all controls

3. 

   The player without controls

4. 

   Player with Timeline

5. 

   Player with brand logo

6. 

   Shortcode

7. 

   Control settings

8. 

   Control settings

9. 

   SideBar Menu

10. 

    Player Setup

11. 

    Preview

2.1.1 – 6 Sep, 2026

• Security: Hardened player data attributes, shortcode parameters, and AJAX endpoints against XSS with enhanced sanitization and escaping.
• Fix: Aligned Gutenberg Preset modal controls with Admin Settings — locked Pro controls (Restart, Rewind, Fast Forward, Play Large) in Free mode and displayed upgrade notices.
• Fix: Cleaned up default player control schema to exclude Pro controls by default on Free player instances.
• Fix: Resolved hideYoutubeUI boolean evaluation ("false" / "0" string handling) to prevent accidental YouTube UI hiding and iframe cropping.
• Fix: Enforced strict server-side and client-side Pro feature filtering across player preview, block editor, shortcode, and frontend rendering.
• Fix: Separated preset overlay background color priority from global admin brand color for accurate custom background rendering.
• Update: Enhanced dynamic license status checking to seamlessly unlock Pro controls upon activation without requiring page reloads.
• UI/UX: Reorganized Block Editor inspector sidebar panel titles with intuitive naming (“Basic Settings”, “Player Controls”, “Preset Controls”).
• UI/UX: Standardized PRO badge styling and feature notice card layouts across settings panels and preset modals.
• Maintenance: Cleaned up default preset schemas and removed deprecated source files.

2.1.0 – 29 Aug, 2026

• Security: Hardened preset data handling and AJAX endpoint security.
• Security: Improved data sanitization and permission verification.
• Fix: Resolved quick shortcode [ytp] URL parsing and player style enqueuing.
• Fix: Improved clipboard copy compatibility across HTTP and HTTPS environments.
• Fix: Resolved block editor player controls rendering and SVG icon display.
• Update: Enhanced UI option consistency and Pro field controls.

2.0.9 – 16 July, 2026

• Update: Freemius SDK update.
• Fixed: Plugin dashboard activation issue.
• Added: WP Utils added.
• Fixed: Editor block selected issue.

2.0.8 – 2 April, 2026

• Fixed: Dashboard license activation issue fixed.
• Update: freemius sdk version updated.

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