Video Gallery – YouTube Gallery & Responsive Video Playlist
Stop wrestling with complex shortcodes. Start building visually.
Video Gallery & Playlist for YouTube (YouTube Showcase) is the most intuitive way to transform your website into a professional WordPress video hub. Featured in WPBeginner’s Best YouTube Video Gallery Plugins, our all-new Visual Block lets you design high-impact grids and cinematic playlists directly inside the WordPress Block Editor with a real-time preview.
Whether you are a creator, blogger, or marketer, this plugin helps you display YouTube content in beautiful, mobile-ready layouts. No coding, no guesswork—just a seamless video experience for your visitors.
🔗 Quick Links
- Live Demo Site – See it in action.
- WPBeginner Featured Review – Rated as a top choice.
- Documentation – Easy step-by-step setup guides.
🚀 Key Features
- Visual Block Builder: Select your videos and watch your gallery update live in the sidebar—no more “save and refresh.”
- Optional Setup Assistant: Get up and running in seconds. Create ready-to-use gallery and grid pages with one click.
- Cinematic Playlists: A large featured player with a beautiful thumbnail navigation “playlist” below.
- Responsive Video Grids: Clean, 4-column layouts that automatically adjust for mobile and tablet devices.
- Automated Video Pages: Every video gets its own SEO-optimized page with WordPress comments enabled.
- Lightweight Performance: Optimized code ensures your page speed stays high.
- Full Customization: Change thumbnail quality (16:9 or 4:3) and adjust video URL slugs for better branding.
Getting Started & Details
How to Add Videos
Adding content is simple. The plugin uses the YouTube Video ID (the 11-character string at the end of a YouTube URL).
* Example: For youtube.com/watch?v=9K4uBRkFJEU, the ID is 9K4uBRkFJEU.
* Simply enter this ID in the Video editor, and the plugin fetches the rest.
Built-in Layouts
If you use the Optional Setup Assistant, it will create two ready-to-use pages for you: 1. YouTube Video Gallery: Features a main player with thumbnail navigation at the bottom. 2. YouTube Video Grid: A high-resolution 4-column responsive layout.
Customization Tips
- Thumbnail Quality: You can change dimensions (e.g., 4:3 instead of 16:9) in the settings to match your site’s design.
- Content & Excerpts: Add custom text for every video. The content appears on the single video page, while the excerpt appears right below the main video in the gallery view.
💎 Get More with YouTube Showcase Pro
Need more power? The Pro version includes Auto-Sync for channels, Lightbox popups, search filtering, and premium layouts (Coverflow, Masonry, and more).
👉 Upgrade to YouTube Showcase Pro
Technical Foundation
This plugin was developed using the WP App Studio design and development platform, ensuring a modular and maintainable code structure that follows WordPress standards.