Give a video collection a browsable home

YouTube Showcase Pro is a paid WordPress edition for presenting YouTube videos as responsive galleries, playlists, and grids. It suits creators, bloggers, marketers, and other site owners who want visitors to browse videos on their website.

Choose how videos enter the collection

For individual videos, open the Video menu in the WordPress dashboard and enter the 11-character YouTube Video ID from the video URL. The plugin uses that ID to fetch the video content. To reduce manual entry, configure automatic synchronization for an entire YouTube channel or playlist. Optimized embed loading is also supported.

Build with blocks or shortcodes

Use the Visual Block in the Block Editor to create galleries and playlists. Its real-time sidebar preview updates as you change options, so you can review the display without saving and refreshing the page. Shortcodes are available for websites using a classic editing process.

Match the layout to the way visitors browse

Cinematic playlists pair a large featured player with thumbnail navigation. Responsive video grids adjust for tablet and mobile screens, and playlist navigation switches to an icon-based system on mobile. Pro includes masonry, Coverflow, and other grid layouts. Thumbnail settings support 16:9 and 4:3 formats.

Pro also adds lightbox playback, plus frontend search and filters that help visitors find videos by category or tag. Add custom text to each video: full content appears on its single video page, while an excerpt can appear below the main video in a gallery. Video URL slugs can be adjusted for your branding. Automated video pages provide an individual page for each video, with WordPress comments enabled.

Set up and publish

After adding the extension to WordPress, use the dashboard's Video menu to enter video IDs or configure channel or playlist synchronization. Then create a gallery with the YouTube Showcase block and its live preview, or insert a shortcode for a classic editing workflow. The Optional Setup Assistant can create a ready-to-use gallery page and a four-column responsive grid page. Select the layout, thumbnail ratio, categories, text, and Pro display settings before publishing.