How to Embed YouTube Channel on Your Website (Best Way)

Looking for an easy way to embed your entire YouTube channel videos on your WordPress website?

As the world’s largest video-sharing platform, YouTube can play a part in growing your business.

Displaying your YouTube channel on your website helps you grow your audience and reach more prospects for your business.

The not-so-great news? Embedding your YouTube channel manually on your website is pretty complex if you’re not tech-savvy.

The great news? It’s easier than you think. And you don’t even need to be an expert in any HTML code to do it!

In this guide, we’ll show you the simplest way to embed your YouTube channel on your website.

Since we’ll talk about the step-by-step process, here’s a table of contents to guide you in navigating this post:

• Why Embed Your YouTube Channel to Your Website?
• Methods to Embed Your YouTube Channel on WordPress
• How to Embed Your YouTube Channel With a WordPress Plugin

Before we start with the actual tutorial, let’s talk about the benefits of showing your YouTube channel on your website.

Or, you can click here to skip ahead to the tutorial.

Why Embed Your YouTube Channel to Your Website?

With over 2 billion users worldwide, YouTube is the second most popular social media platform. This is why you should show your YouTube channel feed to as many relevant audiences as possible.

• The more website visitors see your videos, the more they can be converted to your channel subscribers.
• The more accessible your YouTube channel is, the more potential you have to engage with your customers through video.
• With relevant YouTube videos on your site, you can also boost your conversions and turn website visitors into customers.
• You can stand out from your competition if you give your customers another way to view your content in the form of video.
• You can easily update your website with relevant YouTube videos, so it’s also great for your SEO.

Now that you know why it’s important to promote your YouTube channel on your website let’s move on to how you can embed your YouTube channel to your WordPress below.

2 Methods to Embed YouTube Channel on WordPress

There are 2 ways to link your YouTube channel to your website:

1. Automated: You use a trusted WordPress plugin and connect your YouTube channel to it. In just a few clicks, you can easily display your channel feed on your website.
2. Manual: Visit your YouTube channel URL. Then, you get the code of several videos on YouTube. Next, you embed the individual videos manually since each video has a different embed code.

The easiest way to embed your YouTube channel on your website is by using the 1st method: using a YouTube feed plugin.

And since it’s the best YouTube plugin for WordPress, you can use Feeds for YouTube Pro by Smash Balloon.

With this plugin, you can display your YouTube playlist and even channel videos on your website. Since it’s also beginner-friendly, it’s perfect for people who are not WordPress experts yet.

The plugin offers different customization choices when it comes to styling your YouTube channel feed.

So, you can rest easy knowing that you don’t need to be skilled in coding languages like iFrame, HTML, CSS, or JavaScript just to make your feed look good.

Plus, the plugin automatically makes your YouTube videos responsive — no technical knowledge required.

Worried about the plugin slowing down your site? You don’t need to be.

Unlike other plugins, the Feeds for YouTube Pro plugin starts loading the YouTube video player only when your visitor engages with your feed. It doesn’t do autoplay, so it’s better for your Google Page Speed score.

This ultra-fast feature of the plugin improves your webpage’s speed and performance. That means you get much better SEO.

The best part?

Once you’ve installed your Feeds for YouTube Pro plugin, you can embed your YouTube channel with multiple YouTube videos on your website in under a minute!

Read more below to see how you can get started with the process.

Step 1: Install Feeds for YouTube Pro Plugin

To begin, you can download your copy of the Feeds for YouTube Pro plugin here.

Then, add the plugin to your WordPress site by installing it. Not sure how to do this? Check out this step-by-step tutorial to install a WordPress plugin for your guide.

Step 2: Connect Your YouTube Channel

After installing and activating the plugin, the next step is to connect it to your YouTube account.

To do this, go to Feeds for YouTube. Under the Configure tab, click on the blue Connect to YouTube to Create a Feed button.

Once you connect your YouTube account, the plugin can only read your data and can’t make any changes. So, Smash Balloon is completely safe.

In addition to connecting your YouTube account, you can also add your API Key.

Several features need your YouTube API Key for them to work, so go ahead and follow this helpful guide on creating and using an API Key.

Then, move on to the next step below.

Step 3: Get Your YouTube Channel’s ID or Username

How do you know what your YouTube channel ID is?

First, go to https://www.youtube.com. Then, simply visit the YouTube channel you want to embed.

Finally, check out the URL and copy the channel ID or the channel name from there.

Step 4: Select “Channel” Feed Type

Since this tutorial is about embedding your YouTube channel on your website, click on the Channel option under Feed Type. Then, paste your copied code of your YouTube channel’s ID here.

Don’t forget to click the Save Changes button.

Step 5: Customize Your YouTube Channel Feed

Now that you’ve specified which YouTube channel you want to display, the next step is customizing how it will look like on your website.

Start by clicking on the Customize tab. Under here, you can modify the channel feed’s width, height, and background color.

And the design features aren’t just limited to this.

You can scroll down and choose the Layout Type of your feed, too. This way, you can control how your YouTube channel’s feed looks like on your WordPress website.

Choose among a uniform grid, a YouTube gallery with one large video and small thumbnails underneath, a list with a single column, and a slideshow carousel.

Once you’re happy with your YouTube channel’s layout, you can scroll further down to the Info Display area.

Here, Feeds for YouTube Pro gives you control over the type of data you want to show in your feed.

You can just click on the drop-down menus or check the box to show the information and uncheck it to hide.

You can also show or hide your YouTube channel’s description and subscriber count in your feed.

A few clicks under the Header section can change that.

Now that you’re done with customizing your YouTube channel’s feed, it’s time to embed it on your website.

Step 6: Display Your YouTube Channel Feed in WordPress

Using the Feeds for YouTube Pro plugin, you can easily add YouTube channel feeds to your website. In fact, there’s 2 embed options for you here:

1. Embed Your WordPress YouTube feed on your WordPress page or post, or,
2. Embed Your WordPress YouTube feed on your WordPress sidebar

Don’t know which way to use to embed YouTube videos? Let’s talk about both ways to embed your YouTube channel below.

How to Embed Your YouTube Channel Feed in a WordPress Post or Page

Before we show you how to add a YouTube channel to your site, you have to choose between embedding your channel feed in a post or page.

To use a WordPress page, you’ll first need to go to Pages » Add New from your WordPress dashboard to create a new page.

If you want to go for a WordPress post instead, go to Posts » Add New to create a new post.

After you’ve created your post or page, you can click the Plus (+) icon to add a new WordPress content block.

Type “youtube” in the search box and click on the Feeds for YouTube block to add it to the editor.

Already added the Feeds for YouTube block? Great!

Now, you can see a preview of how your YouTube channel looks like before publishing. You can see in this example that the plugin automatically shows your video thumbnail on your website.

The next option is to embed your YouTube content on your sidebar as a YouTube channel widget. Let’s get started and see how that’s done.

How to Embed Your YouTube Channel Feed on a WordPress Sidebar

Now, if you prefer to add YouTube channel feeds on your sidebar as a YouTube widget instead, here’s a simple way to do it.

From your dashboard, navigate to Appearance » Widgets. Then, under Available Widgets, click on the YouTube Feed widget.

Choose which area you’d like to display it on, and click on Add Widget to save your choice.

After doing this, you’ve officially added your YouTube video widget with your channel on your website sidebar!

Just check out your website and see your channel feed’s video content nicely displayed right there.

So, there you have it!

You’ve finally learned how to embed your YouTube channel videos onto your website. Now, you can start growing your channel and expanding your audience.

All you have to do is add YouTube channels to your site and you can grow your subscribers and make your site more engaging at the same time.

Get started with Feeds for YouTube here.

Pro-tip: Want unlimited access to Smash Balloon plugins so you can use them on unlimited websites? Feel free to get the All Access bundle here.

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The great part about Smash Balloon’s pricing method? It comes with a 100% no-risk money-back guarantee, so you can try out the plugins first and see if it’s a good fit for you.

For further reading, you can also check out this post on the different types of YouTube videos proven to increase your subscribers in no time.

And that’s just the start. We also have a guide on how to use Instagram to grow your YouTube channel.

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