Youtube Privacy
This plugin relies on wordpress automatic embedding to allow you to embed youtube videos using the youtube-nocookie.com domain and with SSL encryption
5(1 reviews)
·20 active installs·Updated 14 years agoAs of April 2026, Youtube Privacy is a WordPress ssl plugin with 20 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Cloudflare.
5/51 reviews
20active installs
2.9K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
This is a lightweight plugin to embed youtube in a way that respects your readers privacy.
It uses the standard wordpress syntax to embed youtube videos from https://www.youtube-nocookie.com instead of http://www.youtube.com so the video is encrypted with https and no cookies are send to track the user.
Features
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No special syntax. Just use automatic wordpress embedding introduced in WordPress 2.9. Put the video URL on a new line or (if you want to specify the size) between
[embed]shorcode. More info in the codex. -
Uses HTTPS and youtube-nocookie.com for privacy.
- Mobile devices compatibility (HTML5 tag used if the device is compatible)
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.9+ requiredTested up to 3.2.1 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.0.1
- Minor update: Added an option panel to switch between
iframeorobjectfor the sake of compatibility.
Contributors
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