{"id":3584,"date":"2017-06-29T11:05:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T18:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottdeluzio.com\/?p=3584"},"modified":"2017-06-29T11:06:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T18:06:51","slug":"add-youtube-videos-wordpress-video-widget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottdeluzio.com\/add-youtube-videos-wordpress-video-widget\/","title":{"rendered":"Add YouTube Videos to the new WordPress Video Widget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress 4.8 brought about a number of new widgets, including an improved text widget, as well as audio, image, and video widgets. When I first started playing around with the video widget it wasn&#8217;t clear how to add YouTube videos to the new WordPress video widget. Hopefully, if you are having the same issue, you can benefit from these tips.<\/p>\n<h2>How to add a YouTube video in the new WordPress video widget<\/h2>\n<p>When you first open a new WordPress video widget, you&#8217;ll see a button to add a new video. Clicking on that button opens up the media library, which feels like you should be uploading a video. What gives? Why can&#8217;t I use a YouTube video?<\/p>\n<p>If you pay attention, to the left side of the Add Video window, click the link that says <em>Insert from URL<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Here, you can copy and paste your YouTube video&#8217;s URL into the box. Then click the Add to Widget button at the bottom right side of the window.<\/p>\n<h2>Adjusting the Video Settings<\/h2>\n<p>By default, when entering a YouTube video&#8217;s URL in the box, you may end up with some unwanted features, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Showing suggested videos when your video finishes<\/li>\n<li>Showing the player controls<\/li>\n<li>Show video title and player actions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While this may be fine for your purposes, in many cases it won&#8217;t be. If it&#8217;s fine for you, you can stop reading. I have nothing more for you. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<h3>Modify the video output<\/h3>\n<p>YouTube has a way that you can modify the URL by adding a query string\u00a0to the end of the original URL you added earlier that will fix these problems.<\/p>\n<p>To get the query string, below your video, click the <em>Share<\/em> button. Next, click on the <em>Embed<\/em> tab in the box that opens up below.<\/p>\n<p>You will see a preview of your video\u00a0and below that a few boxes. Uncheck the boxes that you do not want to have applied to your embedded video in the WordPress video widget.<\/p>\n<p>Next, in the iframe embed code, you&#8217;ll see a section that says src=&#8221;https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Follow that until you hit a question mark (?). Copy everything\u00a0<em>after<\/em> the question mark, and before the next double quote (&#8220;). Depending on which boxes you have checked, the value you will be copying will vary, but it may look something like this:<\/p>\n<pre>rel=0&amp;amp;showinfo=0<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3585\" src=\"https:\/\/scottdeluzio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/copy-youtube-query-string.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"862\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottdeluzio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/copy-youtube-query-string.png 862w, https:\/\/scottdeluzio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/copy-youtube-query-string-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/scottdeluzio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/copy-youtube-query-string-768x599.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 862px) 100vw, 862px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, go back to the Insert from URL screen on your new WordPress video widget. Type an ampersand (&amp;) after the YouTube video&#8217;s URL, then paste the query string that you just copied from the embed.<\/p>\n<p>So, you&#8217;ll need to enter three things into the Insert from URL box:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The YouTube video&#8217;s URL. Take this from your browser&#8217;s address bar, not from the iframe embed code. For some reason when I used the URL from the embed code, it didn&#8217;t recognize the video format and gave me some errors.<\/li>\n<li>Type an ampersand (&amp;) after the YouTube video&#8217;s URL.<\/li>\n<li>Paste the query string that you copied out of the embed code.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That&#8217;s it! You should now be able to\u00a0add YouTube videos to the new WordPress video widget on your site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress 4.8 brought about a number of new widgets, including an improved text widget, as well as audio, image, and video widgets. 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