(MB) YouTube Widget
The YouTube videos widget lets you quickly and easily display your most recent YouTube videos in your blog's sidebar.
3.7(3 reviews)
·60 active installs·Updated 12 years agoAs of April 2026, (MB) YouTube Widget is a WordPress social plugin with 60 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 12K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: AddToAny Share Buttons.
3.7/53 reviews
60active installs
12K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
The YouTube videos widget lets you quickly and easily display your most recent YouTube videos in your blog’s sidebar.
Features
- The YouTube videos widget is fully-based on the WordPress Plugin API.
- Uses hooks and filters to allow for maximum hackability by theme designers and developers.
- Organized straightforwardly so that it’s easy to modify and style.
Usage
The YouTube videos widget is ready to use as-is, although you can easily customize it to your liking with a bit of code.
You can also insert a plain list of your recent videos into posts and pages with the shortcode mechabyte_youtube. For example, to load 5 videos from freddiew that open in new tabs, you’d use [mechabyte_youtube username="freddiew" videos="5" tab="true"].
Custom Styles
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.6.1 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.05 – Updated plugin with mechabyte_youtube shortcode to display videos in posts and pages
1.01 – Updated the video data array to store the date as Unix time
1.0 – Initial release
Contributors
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