Description
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)
Installation
- Decompress the zip in your plugins directory.
- Activate the plugin.
- Enjoy.
Reviews
Contributors & Developers
“Youtube Privacy” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
1.0.1
- Minor update: Added an option panel to switch between
iframeorobjectfor the sake of compatibility.
1.0
- Fix: URL parameters for youtube player are no longer ignored. See the list here.
- Changed
<iframe>to<object>following W3C recommandations. (Object doesn’t work with Safari mobile/Opera mobile) - Changed size ratio to 16/9 from 4/3.
- The video controls fade out after a few seconds.
1.0a1
- First release: Juste embed the video from youtube-nocookie with HTTPS in an iframe.