Extension:YouTube

MediaWiki extensions manual

YouTube Release status: stable
Implementation	Tag , Media
Description	Allows to embed YouTube and Google Videos movies, Archive.org audio and video, WeGame and Gametrailers video, Tangler forum, and GoGreenTube video
Author(s)	Przemek Piotrowski
Latest version	1.9.3 (2018-10-13)
MediaWiki	1.39+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Example	Any ShoutWiki site
Parameters $wgYouTubeEnableLazyLoad
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit
Quarterly downloads	373 (Ranked 26th)
Public wikis using	1,691 (Ranked 204th)
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Vagrant role	youtube

The YouTube extension allows users to embed YouTube and Google Videos movies, Archive.org audio and video, WeGame and Gametrailers video, Tangler forum, and GoGreenTube video.

Originally made by and for Fandom , though Fandom no longer uses this extension.

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called YouTube in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'YouTube' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Usage

To embed a YouTube video:

‎<youtube>foo‎</youtube>

where foo is the video ID from the URL. i.e. if the video's URL is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyBSS48E4xI, then the embed code would be: <youtube>VyBSS48E4xI</youtube>

Other supported video services

See ShoutWiki's help page on using the YouTube extension for more information, such as using alternate, non-YouTube providers to embed content.

The YouTube extension allows also to embed videos from these services:

Google Videos	‎<gvideo>
Archive.org video	‎<aovideo>
WeGame	‎<wegame>
Tangler forum	‎<tangler>
Gametrailers	‎<gtrailer>
Nicovideo	‎<nicovideo>
GoGreenTube	‎<ggtube>

Setting width and height

Example:

<youtube width="200" height="120">CCz1kmfqL7g</youtube>

You can change the width and height of the video box

• Width is controlled with width="xxx", where xxx is the number of pixels. The default is 640 pixels.
• Height is controlled in the same way with height="xxx". The default is 385 pixels.