YouTube Post Type
YouTube Post Type allows you to easily add YouTube videos as post into your WordPress installation via the introduction of register_post_type in WordP …
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·10 active installs·Updated 16 years agoAs of April 2026, YouTube Post Type is a WordPress youtube plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 9.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 16 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video….
0/5Rating
10active installs
9.3K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
YouTube Post Type allows you to easily add YouTube videos as post into your WordPress installation via the introduction of register_post_type in WordPress v2.9. This will make YouTube a first class citizen in your WordPress.
Why would you want to do this? If you want a post to represent a YouTube video.
You add YouTube videos by specifying the URL or the YouTube id.
Your YouTube thumbnails are also downloaded and pulled into the system so you can use them. Your YouTube also gets associated to the first thumbnail found.
How It Works
YouTube Post Type allows a WordPress post to represent a YouTube video via WordPress custom post types. This makes YouTube a first class citizen, and easily extensible by other plugins.
Why I Created It
Shortcomings of other YouTube plugins:
- Most of them were…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3+ requiredTested up to 3 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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