Smart Youtube WordPress Plugin

1021 Comments

1. Charaf

   Mar 25th, 2013

   why thumbnails can't automatically be featured Images?

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2. Fred

   Mar 1st, 2013

   Hi,

   Thanks for this plugin, it works like a charm!
   One question though : how do you apply the "autohide" param? I see you have it active in your example here but I am not able to reproduce it on my wp site.

   Thanks in advance!
   Fred

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3. Vladimir

   Jan 31st, 2013

   I like your plugin!

   Found some conditions when your plug-in do not work.

   In my WP websites, I started to use new jQuery (1.9.0). It does not support $.browser function, but colorbox depends on it. So, if you use new jQuery, plugin does not work properly - colorbox will not show video.

   Solution is to update colorbox libraries, because they solved it.

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4. Mike Warwick

   Jan 30th, 2013

   Hi Vladimir,

   Really great work here! There are a couple of bugs in smartyoutube.php that I wanted to bring to your attention. I noticed that in many places where the colorbox_video tags are opened (e.g. surrounding the thumbnail images), they are closed by an tag so the HTML doesn't validate and can cause the hyperlink to extend outside of the post content. Affected lines (in version 4.1.8) appear to be 1054, 1069, 1172, 1303, and 1352.

   Best regards,

   --Mike

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   • Mike Warwick

     Jan 30th, 2013

     Sorry, my tags didn't get htmlspecialchars'ed to viewable code... It's the <a> tags that are getting closed by mistake with </iframe> tags.

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5. Andre

   Jan 1st, 2013

   Hello Dear Support,

   I would like to ask if its possible and if you find that its worth the hassle working on this issue of course, in next updates to make video deep links to work with youtube share (short) link too?

   Im talking about this one:
   "http://youtu.be/9TgGY1e2_Ns?t=1m2s" (copied as is from youtube page "share this video" section)

   With the present time format (if its impossible with youtube default time format) would be:
   "http://youtu.be/9TgGY1e2_Ns?&time=62"

   But for now it works only with: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TgGY1e2_Ns&time=62"
   When "http://youtu.be/9TgGY1e2_Ns?&time=62" video starts from very start (time setup not working)

   Expecially its a bit frustrating when need comes to get the right format links from video on playlists on youtube + set the time. Because the right link "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TgGY1e2"_N is not at the address bar (on address bar its playlist link, not video) and not on "share this video" field too (its short one).

   Of course for those who add a couple of videos once in a while its nonsense, but when adding several dozens videos a day its a bit more time consuming.

   Other than that really beautiful plugin! :)

   Thank you very much for reading my concern :)
   Best regards,
   Andre

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6. Alex S

   Nov 21st, 2012

   Hi - Great plugin!
   We're just transitioning to Vimeo from Youtube. It would be great if there was a way to remove the title, byline and portrait.
   You already have an option "Remove Titles & Ratings". Perhaps this could append ?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0 to the VIMEO URL.

   Cheers
   Alex

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7. Greg

   Nov 11th, 2012

   Hey GREAT plugin - will you be adding support for schema.org markup? And other features like overlays etc. by any chance?

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8. R. Richard Hobbs

   Nov 3rd, 2012

   I dont think your plugin takes WordPress sites existing on subdomains into account? On the menu it echoes, "../wp-content/plugins/smart-youtube//i/icon.png" and on the settings page, " /wp-content/plugins/smart-youtube//screenshots/screenshot-1.jpg ". Both come up 403 on my site.

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9. Jonno

   Nov 1st, 2012

   Hi

   Great plugin! Thank you.

   One problem - video thumbnails don't display nicely on iPhone (iOS 6). i.e., it's not "responsive".

   It looks like it's trying to display at a size that's wider than the devices screen. So that the user ends up seeing something that looks cut off - as if the video not resizing to suit the screen width.

   Is there a setting or something we can use to fix this?

   Thanks for listening.

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   • Silvio

     Jan 9th, 2013

     Look here
     http://bit.ly/VPr9ln
     there is a solution...very simple using this plugin ;-)

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10. Jesse Heap

    Sep 27th, 2012

    Love the plugin Vladimir. One feature request - I noticed on line 138 in smartyoutube.com you automatically insert a meta tag for the OG:IMAGE. It would be ideal to allow the user to turn this off if they are already inserting the OG:IMAGE through another plugin or manually. Having multiple OG:IMAGES does cause issues with TWITTER CARD functionality I'm trying to implement and I had to manually comment out the code to disable it.

    Thanks!

    Jesse

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11. Idin

    Sep 22nd, 2012

    Bug report!
    old youtube playlist IDs were 18 characters long.
    and you used
    preg_match_all( "/((http(v|vh|vhd)?:\/\/)?([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+\.|)?youtube\.com\/watch(\?v\=|\/v\/|#!v=)([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]{11})([^<\s]*))|((http(v|vh|vhd)?:\/\/)?([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+\.|)?youtu\.be\/([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]{11}))|((http(v|vh|vhd)?:\/\/)?([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+\.|)?metacafe\.com\/watch\/([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]{7})\/([^<^\/\s]*)([\/])?)|((http(v|vh|vhd)?:\/\/)?([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+\.|)?vimeo\.com\/([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]{8})([\/])?)|((http(v|vh|vhd)?:\/\/)?([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+\.|)?liveleak\.com\/view(\?i\=)([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]*))|((http(v|vh|vhd)?:\/\/)?([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+\.|)?facebook\.com\/video\/video.php\?v\=([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]*))|((http(vp|vhp)?:\/\/)?([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+\.|)?youtube\.com\/(view_play_list\?p\=|playlist\?list\=)([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]{18})([^<\s]*))/", $the_content, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER );

    new youtube playlist IDs are 34 characters long.
    I changed your code to the following to address this change:
    preg_match_all( "/((http(v|vh|vhd)?:\/\/)?([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+\.|)?youtube\.com\/watch(\?v\=|\/v\/|#!v=)([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]{11})([^<\s]*))|((http(v|vh|vhd)?:\/\/)?([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+\.|)?youtu\.be\/([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]{11}))|((http(v|vh|vhd)?:\/\/)?([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+\.|)?metacafe\.com\/watch\/([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]{7})\/([^<^\/\s]*)([\/])?)|((http(v|vh|vhd)?:\/\/)?([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+\.|)?vimeo\.com\/([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]{8})([\/])?)|((http(v|vh|vhd)?:\/\/)?([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+\.|)?liveleak\.com\/view(\?i\=)([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]*))|((http(v|vh|vhd)?:\/\/)?([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+\.|)?facebook\.com\/video\/video.php\?v\=([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]*))|((http(vp|vhp)?:\/\/)?([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+\.|)?youtube\.com\/(view_play_list\?p\=|playlist\?list\=)([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]{18,34})([^<\s]*))/", $the_content, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER );

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    • Vladimir

      Sep 23rd, 2012

      Thanks included it in today's patch

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      • Charaf Al Amine ZOUA

        Oct 19th, 2012

        Hi Vladimir

        sorry for the prompt message, but i need your help please
        i'm using this theme http://imbalance2.wpshower.com/

        if you notice in excerpts there is picture, categories, post title, and then post text preview.
        but with videos using Smart YouTube Pro, the order is like : categories, post title, embed video, and then post text preview.

        please help me make my website looks like just the demo and nothing more.

        thanks a lot.

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12. Thomas

    Aug 14th, 2012

    Hi Vladimir
    I really love your Smart YouTube Pro plugin.
    I have a little problem to make my new video start en HD. I have tried different kind of URL but none of them seems to work.
    The link I have tried is:
    httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ2AHa3ngnI
    httpvhd://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ2AHa3ngnI
    httpvh://youtu.be/MJ2AHa3ngnI?hd=1

    What ever I do is starts in 360p and I have to change the quality myself. Do you have any idea on what is wrong?

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    • Serena

      Dec 11th, 2012

      Same problem here!!! Whatever code I use, it still starts in 360p…

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13. eric o

    Jul 23rd, 2012

    Hello,

    I was just trying to embed this link:
    httpv://vimeo.com/7602340
    into a blog, and it wouldn't work, although the vimeo embed code worked fine. Just thought I'd let you know.

    -eric o

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14. Demian

    Jul 21st, 2012

    Hi Dimitri, please help me.

    I install smart plugin and you can see a video in:

    http://www.surfing.com.uy/wp1/?page_id=45

    The problem is:

    1) each video show two times

    2) togheter to video apperas the next:

    height=”745″>Video” />Video” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”960″ height=”745″>

    Please help me
    Sincerelly

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15. cay canh

    Jul 10th, 2012

    Thanks for share ! good like
    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hiTyUssNsk&start=1237

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16. James

    Jun 14th, 2012

    Hi,

    Can I trigger a lightbox video without adding an embedded image? For example, I already have an image in a slider. And I want the user to be able to simply click the slider image and have the video pop-up.

    Also, do I have to show the entire width/height of the YouTube or Video video? Can I have custom dimensions, so that the sides of the video image are masked out?
    I will donate if this plug-in works for me.

    J

    thanks for any advice.

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17. Nick

    Jun 11th, 2012

    Request: Addition of CNBC and Bloomberg videos. I frequently embed these but they make for some of the ugliest formatting because I'm not sure how to resize them.

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18. Nuno Sousa

    Jun 10th, 2012

    Hi,
    I installed your plugin as it seems very useful, but i get an error on my website. When a video is embed in coments it shows duplicated and with some html codes in between. (e.g. http://chadas6.nunosousa.pt/?p=26 )
    is that a way to solve this? thank you

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19. SimonRasch

    Jun 7th, 2012

    Nice plugin, like it !

    It displays a WordPress Debugging message in the top of my screen.
    I disabled my plugins one by one, and it seems to be Smart Youtube PRO that caused the error.

    Am I missing an update?
    Currently running 4.6.1

    /Simon

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20. What

    Jun 1st, 2012

    Hello, Plugin VIMEO don't work with Opera Browser. In Firefox is Okay but when plugi don't play in HD mode, HD mode must be change manualy in YT window... :(

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21. Ken Pyle

    May 30th, 2012

    I notice that if you want to start a YouTube video at some time other than zero, that the desired start time must be referenced in total seconds, not minutes/seconds as referenced in this post.

    http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-smart-youtube-how-to-start-video-at-desired-time

    For instance, instead of appending a video with &start20m37s, just the number of seconds would be included (with no symbol for "seconds"). Here is an example:

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hiTyUssNsk&start=1237

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    • Ken Pyle

      May 30th, 2012

      By the way, thanks for the useful plug-in!

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22. Mohammad

    May 28th, 2012

    I could solve the problem of linking the text after the video with the same video, by disable the colorbox feature .

    i wish you can help us by providing someway to stop linking the text after the video url.

    Many Thanks

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23. Frank

    May 27th, 2012

    Hi! I changed my WP theme Graphene to Aggregate by Elegant Themes. On my recent theme all vids were displayed on the homepage as thumbnail right before the post text. But that does not work on the Elegant Theme anymore.

    Any idea to make the thumbnails available on the new Thema?

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24. Mohammad

    May 27th, 2012

    Hi , its wonderful plugin
    when i activate the colorbox the text under the video become linked to the video too.

    example
    http://www.jusoor-sy.org/programs/mentorship-program/how-to-apply/

    but not all the time it happen
    i wish i can know how to stop this to happen

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