Create an extensive YouTube video library without slowing down your site. The widget creates thumbnails for each video and uses a Lightbox to play videos. Showcase as many videos as you please while maintaining quick load times. The Video Gallery Widget is simple to set up and provides multiple options for customization.
Widget Compatibility: Highly Compatible (No known issues when combining with other MuseThemes widgets)
Current Version: 2.1
Supported Devices: Desktop, Mobile, Tablet
Release Log
2.1: Added the ability to disable tabs such as "Uploads", "Featured," and "Playlists." (03/21/2018)
2.0: This rebuild greatly improves video gallery load time and stability. (02/01/2018)
1.1: Updates widget to add transparency option to thumbnail gallery (06/06/2016)
1.0: Adds collapsible panel functionality and support for responsive Muse
L11.5: Fixed bug causing video ordering to be randomized (06/10/2015)
L11.4: Updated to coordinate with YouTube's API update, Added ability to use "Channel" URL's (05/13/2015)
L11.3: Updated to coordinate with YouTube's channel update (04/22/2015)
Setup
Drag the widget from the library and drop into your project in Design mode.
The widget should be positioned on the page where you would like the gallery to appear.
If you don't already have a YouTube account, you will need to create one and ensure that you have content.
Navigate to your YouTube channel or user area. Copy the URL from the browser's address bar.
Open the widget option panel.
Paste the YouTube URL into the Channel URL / User URL field.
Select the Video Source (Uploads, Featured Playlist or All Playlists)
The Featured Playlist URL should only be used if you have a Featured Playlist in YouTube.
The Video Playback Location setting allows for videos to be played in a popup lightbox or within the frame of the widget container.
The Lightbox Video width and Height allow for custom control of the lightbox size.
Gallery Columns controls the number of columns seen in the gallery. This setting also directly affects the size of the gallery thumbnails.
Use the Gallery Styling section to control the look and feel of the gallery.