WP YouTube Counters
Adds shortcodes to show YouTube channel's subscribers and video views count.
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·10 active installs·Updated 9 years agoAs of April 2026, WP YouTube Counters is a WordPress count plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Simple Download Monitor.
0/5Rating
10active installs
1.3K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
Adds shortcodes to show YouTube channel’s subscribers and video views count. For both shortcodes YouTube Channel ID and YouTube API Key is needed.
For performance reasons the data is refreshed once every 12 hours. This can be modified with “timeout” parameter (value in hours).
Shortcodes are as follows:
- youtube_views_count – for channel video views count
- youtube_subscribers_count – for channel subscribers count
Parameters are as follows:
- id – YouTube channel ID (How to get YouTube channel ID? https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/3250431?hl=en)
- key – YouTube API key for browser (How to get YouTube API key? https://developers.google.com/youtube/registering_an_application#Create_API_Keys)
- timeout – cache timeout (value in hours) /defaul…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.3+ requiredTested up to 4.6.30 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
0.2
- Added caching of YouTube data to lower the use of Google API
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