Below is a list of available shortcode options to use within the YouTube Pro plugin. These options are not required, and if they are not specified then the default values set on your plugins Settings and Customize pages will be used.
Basic example: [youtube-feed]
Number of columnscols1-6The number of columns for the feed for desktop. Note: This setting does not apply to feeds which already use a grid layout, such as photo, album, and video feeds. To control the number of columns in those feeds use the photocols, albumcols, and videocols settings.cols=3
| Name | Shortcode Attribute | Options | Description | Example |
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| Feed Type | type | channel playlist favorites live single |
Type of feed to display | type="channel" |
| Specify channel | channel | Display videos from a YouTube channel (channel) | type=channel channel="smashballoon" |
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| Specify playlist | playlist | Display videos from a specific playlist (playlist) | type=playlist playlist="PLLLm1a2b3c4D6g7i8j9k_1a" |
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| Specify favorites | favorites | Display the “favorites” playlist for a channel (favorites) | type=favoritesfavorites="smashballoon" |
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| live | Display upcoming and currently playing live streams | live="UC1a2b3c4D5F6g7i8j9k" |
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| single | Display a feed of individual videos | single="ahL3sbPK1U8" |
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| search | Display a feed of matching search results | search="cats" |
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| Feed width | width | Any number + unit | The width of the feed container (including the unit) Any number with a unit like “px” or “%” | width=500pxwidth=50% |
| Feed height | height | Any number + unit | The height of the feed container (including the unit) | height=500px |
| Feed background | background | background="#f00" |
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| Info Display | infoposition | side |
Where the information (title, description, stats) will display. eg. below, side, none | infoposition="side" |
| CSS class | class | class=myfeed |
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| Video Experience | playvideo | onclick | When to play the video?
List layout will not play automatically. Choose whether to play the video automatically in the player or wait until the user clicks the play button after the video is loaded. |
playvideo="onclick" |
| Info Display | include | playicon title username views date stats = (likes and comments count) description |
Comma separated list of what video information (title, description, stats) will display in the feed. eg. title, description | include="title, description, date" |
| Info Display | hoverinclude | title username views date stats = (likes and comments count) description |
Comma separated list of what video information (title, description, stats) will display when hovering over the video thumbnail. eg. title, stats | hoverinclude="title, stats, date" |
| Info Display | descriptionlength | # of characters | Maximum length of the description | descriptionlength="300" |
| Info Display | descriptiontextsize | px | Size of description text, size of other text will be relative to this size. 13px, 14px, inherit | descriptiontextsize="13px" |
| Moderation | includewords | choice | Show videos that have specific text or hashtag in the title or description. | includewords="#cat, dog, #nice" |
| Moderation | excludewords | choice | Remove videos that have specific text or hashtag in the title or description. | excludewords="rabbit, #dog, purple" |
| Layout Options | ||||
| layout | How your posts are display visually. | layout="list" |
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| gridcols | Videos in carousel when 480px screen width or less. | gridcols="3" |
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| gridcolsmobile | Columns when 480px screen width or less. | gridcolsmobile="2" |
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| gallerycols | Videos in carousel when 480px screen width or less. | gallerycols="3" |
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| gallerycolsmobile | Columns when 480px screen width or less. | gallerycolsmobile="2" |
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| carouselcols | Videos in carousel when 480px screen width or less. | carouselcols="3" |
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| carouselcolsmobile | Columns when 480px screen width or less. | carouselcolsmobile="2" |
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| carouselrows | Choose 2 rows to show two posts in a single slide. | carouselrows="2" |
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| carouselloop | What happens when the last slide is reached. | carouselloop="infinity" |
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| carouselarrows | Show arrows on the sides to navigate posts. | carouselarrows="false" |
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| carouselpag | Show dots below carousel for an ordinal indication of which slide is being shown. | carouselpag="false" |
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| carouselautoplay | Whether or not to change slides automatically on an interval. | carouselautoplay="true" |
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| carouseltime | Duration in milliseconds before the slide changes. | itemspacing="5px" |
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| num | The number of videos in the feed | num=5 |
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| itemspacing | The spacing/padding around the videos in the feed. Any number with a unit like “px” or “em”. | itemspacing="5px" |
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| Video Experience Options | ||||
| playerratio | Player height relative to width e.g. 9:16, 3:4 | playerratio="9:16" |
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| playvideo | What the user needs to do to play a video. eg. onclick, automatically | playvideo="onclick" |
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| cta | What the user sees when a video pauses or ends. eg. related, link | feed cta="link" |
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| linkurl | URL for viewer to visit for the call to action. | linkurl="https://my-site.com/buy-now/my-product/" |
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| linkopentype | Whether to open the page in a new window or the same window. | linkopentype="newwindow" |
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| linktext | ext that appears on the call-to-action button. | linktext="Buy Now" |
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| linkcolor | Button background. Turns opaque on hover. | linkcolor="#0f0"] |
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| linktextcolor | Color of the text on the call-to-action-button | linktextcolor="#0f0" |
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| viewstext | The text that appears after the number of views. | viewstext="times viewed" |
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| agotext | The text that appears after relative times in the past. | agotext="prior" |
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| beforedatetext | The text that appears before live stream dates. | beforedatetext="Watch Live" |
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| beforestreamtimetext | The text that appears before relative live stream times. | beforestreamtimetext="Starting in" |
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| minutetext | Translation for singular "minute". | minutetext="minuto" |
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| minutestext | Translation for plural "minutes". | minutestext="minuten" |
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| hourstext | Translation for "hours". | hourstext="minuten" |
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| watchnowtext | The text that appears when video is currently streaming live. | watchnowtext="Now Playing" |
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| thousandstext | Text after statistics if over 1 thousand. | thousandstext=" thousand" | ||
| millionstext | Text after statistics if over 1 million. | millionstext=" million" |
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| Header Options | ||||
| showheader | Include a header for this feed. | showheader="false" |
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| showdescription | Include the channel description in the header. | showdescription="false" |
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| showsubscribers | Include the number of subscribers in the header. | showsubscribers="false" |
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| subscriberstext | The text that appears after the number of subscribers. | subscriberstext="followers" |
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| "Load More" Button Options | ||||
| showbutton | nclude a "Load More" button at the bottom of the feed to load more videos. | showbutton="false" |
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| buttoncolor | ackground color for the "Load More" button. Any hex color code. | buttoncolor="#0f0" |
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| buttontextcolor | Text color for the "Load More" button. Any hex color code. | buttontextcolor="#00f" |
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| buttontext | The text that appers on the "Load More" button. | buttontext="More Videos" |
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| "Subscribe" Button Options | ||||
| showsubscribe | Include a "Subscribe" button at the bottom of the feed to load more videos. | showsubscribe="false" |
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| subscribecolor | Background color for the "Subscribe" button. Any hex color code. | subscribecolor="#0f0" |
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| subscribetextcolor | Text color for the "Subscribe" button. Any hex color code. | subscribetextcolor="#00f" |
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| subscribetext | The text that appers on the "Subscribe" button. | subscribetext="Subscribe to My Channel" |
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| Other | ||||
| showpast | Include past live streams if displaying a live stream feed. | showpast="true" |
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| usecustomsearch | Use a custom search instead of the default search type. | usecustomsearch="true" |
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| customsearch | Custom search query. | customsearch="&q=gooseberry falls&order=viewCount" |
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