YouList – YouTube playlist shortcode

This plugin adds the shortcode [youlist] so you can easily embed YouTube™ playlist defined by

• playlist id (PL in front of the playlist id)
• comma seperated video ids list
• user favorites
• user uploads
• search query

in a single YouTube™ player.

Live demo

New in version 1.0.6

• show random playlists with the new attribute ‘randompid’
• added apply_filters for output, style, class and src
• bug fix

New in version 1.0.5

• enable nocookies
• enable the https protocol
• play videos in a specific quality (fx. hd720)
• enable wmode to handle z-index issues.

Usage Examples

To embed a playlist with thumbnails [youlist pid= »PL3FF15AA7ED356D9F »]

To embed three videos with thumbnails (comma seperated video id list): [youlist vid= »ZF_K8D414-Y,sFHXWoawnt0,E2uOGOqIyC4″]

To embed three videos without thumbnails: [youlist vid= »ZF_K8D414-Y,sFHXWoawnt0,E2uOGOqIyC4″ showinfo= »0″]

To embed a playlist from the search string « higgs boson » [youlist search= »higgs boson » width= »600″ height= »400″]

To embed a random playlist [youlist randompid= »PL3FF15AA7ED356D9F, PL9AEE7FF9E83DEA62, PL2B8DB1BD4364033F »]

To embed a playlist for all uploaded videos for the user « mismag822″ [youlist uid= »mismag822″ listtype= »user_uploads »]

To embed a playlist for all favorite videos for the user « mismag822″ [youlist uid= »mismag822″ listtype= »user_favorites »]

To embed a playlist width your own custom style [youlist pid= »PL3FF15AA7ED356D9F » style= »width:300px;height:400px;z-index:1; »]

To embed a user playlist with all the supported attributes (default values shown): [youlist uid= »mismag822″ randompid= » » showinfo= »1″ width= »680″ height= »480″ class= »youlist » autohide= »2″ autoplay= »0″ disablekb= »0″ listtype= »user_uploads » theme= »dark » modestbranding= »1″ controls= »1″ color= »red » fs= »1″ rel= »1″ start= »0″ loop= »0″ iv_load_policy= »1″ version= »3″ style= » » vq= » » nocookie= »0″ https= »0″ wmode= » » parameters= » » ]

Ideas for how to use this plugin

1. You can use it to display ad-video before or after the main video
2. You can have your own short trailer before the main video
3. You can collect lessons/tutorials/music videos
4. You can use it for your YouTube™ playlist
5. You can watch your friends favourites videos
6. You can collect videos for your kid and watch it on your site
7. … etc …

Shortcode Parameters

The youList-shortcode is a wrapper for most of the YouTube™ iframe parameters described here:

https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters

iframe parameters:

• width [integer] – iframe width in pixels
• height [integer] – iframe height in pixels
• class [string] – iframe css classname
• style [string] – iframe css custom style
• parameters [string] – custom source parameters (&param1=value1&…)

youtube parameters:

• pid [string] – YouTube playlist ID
• uid [string] – YouTube user ID)
• vid [string] – Comma seperated YouTube Videos ID list
• randompid [string] – YouTube random playlist ID, from a comma seperated PID’s list
• listtype [playlist|user_uploads|search] – YouTube listtype
• search [string] – YouTube search string)
• theme [dark|light] – Dark or light control bar
• modestbranding [0|1] – Prevent the YouTube logo from displaying in the control bar
• showinfo [0|1] – Display thumbnail images for the videos in the playlist
• autohide [0|1|2] – Hide the video controls automatically after a video begins playing
• autoplay [0|1] – The initial video will autoplay when the player loads
• disablekb [0|1] – Disable the player keyboard controls
• controls [0|1|2] – Display the video player controls
• color [red|white] – The color in the video progress bar
• fs [0|1] – Display the fullscreen button
• rel [0|1] – Show related videos when playback of the initial video ends
• start [integer] – Play the video at the given number of seconds from the start of the video
• loop [0|1] – Play the entire playlist and then start again at the first video
• iv_load_policy [1|3] – Show video annotations
• version [2|3] – AS player version
• https [0|1] – Enable the https protocol
• nocookie [0|1] – No cookies thank you
• vq [small|medium|large|hd720|hd1080] – Change video quality