Extension:YouTube

MediaWiki extensions manual

YouTube Release status: stable
Implementation	Tag , Media
Description	Allows to embed YouTube and Niconico movies, as well as Archive.org audio and video
Author(s)	Przemek Piotrowski
Latest version	1.9.4
MediaWiki	>= 1.34.0
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball
Example	Any ShoutWiki site
Parameters $wgYouTubeEnableLazyLoad
Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit
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Vagrant role	youtube

The YouTube extension allows users to embed YouTube and Niconico movies, as well as Archive.org audio and video.

Originally made by and for Fandom , though Fandom no longer uses this extension.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted YouTube folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:

  cd extensions/
  git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/YouTube
  

• 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 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 content from these services:

Archive.org video	‎<aovideo>
Archive.org audio	‎<aoaudio>
Nicovideo	‎<nicovideo>

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.