Geek Software of the Week EXTRA: Artiss YouTube Embed!
OK, so for years I have used Viper’s Video QuickTags for my WordPress blog to embed YouTube videos on the page. And, I always upgrade when an upgrade is available. This recent upgrade broke it BIG TIME! (The video’s aren’t really embedded, they just take you to YouTube directly. What!?) So, since I only use it for YouTube video embeds, I searched for another option, and here it is: Artiss YouTube Embed! The cool thing is, it uses the same embed codes as does Viper’s! So, disable Viper’s, enable Artiss YouTube Embed, and you are good to go! I love it!
“Artiss YouTube Embed (formally YouTube Embed) is an incredibly simple, yet powerful, method of embedding YouTube videos into your WordPress site. Options include:
- XHTML and HTML5 compliant – works with all the latest browsers
- Multiple embedding methods available – OBJECT, IFRAME, CHROMELESS and EmbedPlus
- Dynamic video sizing for responsive sites
- Allow users to add videos to comments
- Build your own playlists and play them back however you want
- Create multiple profiles – use them for different videos to get the exact style that you want
Google compatible metadata is added to the video output – great for SEO! - Code is cached for maximum performance
- Using a different YouTube plugin? Documentation and tools are provided to help you migrate to Artiss YouTube Embed
- And much, much more!
It has all the features of other similar plugins – Smart YouTube, for instance. In fact if there’s a feature in another YouTube embedding plugin that this doesn’t have, let me know – I haven’t come across it!”