Import YouTube Videos
Authenticate with Google OAuth (New - Since 4.0)
Create A YouTube API Key (deprecated)
Auto Import Using Hosting Cronjob (deprecated)
Auto Import Using WP Control Plugin (deprecated)
Frontend Dashboard Screen
Since version 4.0, the YouTube Importer UI can be managed directly from the frontend dashboard, just like in the backend. See "Backend Screen - Add An Importer" below for further instructions on how to add importers.
The YouTube Importer screen is displayed for administrators by default. To grant access to regular members, follow these steps:
Navigate to your Frontend Dashboard > Settings > Capabilities.
Select "Post Type: YouTube Importer".
Choose a specific user role to grant permissions to, or select "All" to apply changes to all roles.
Check the necessary capability checkboxes.
Avoid granting "edit_others_yt_importers" and "delete_others_yt_importers" capabilities, as these are intended for moderators such as administrators and editors only.
Backend Screen - Add An Importer
Navigate to Videos > YouTube Importers > Add New
Add Title: Enter a custom title for the importer, for example: My Music
Enable: Enable the importer in case of running automatically via hosting Cron Job
Youtube API Key : Enter your own Youtube API key
Search: Specifies the query term to search for. Your request can also use the Boolean NOT (-) and OR (|) operators to exclude videos or to find videos that are associated with one of several search terms. For example, to search for videos matching either "boating" or "sailing", set the search field value to boating|sailing. Similarly, to search for videos matching either "boating" or "sailing" but not "fishing", set the search field value to boating|sailing -fishing.
Channel/Playlist ID: The field value indicates that the API response should only contain resources created by the channel.
Max Results Specifies the maximum number of items that should be returned in the result set. Acceptable values are 0 to 50
Event Type: Restricts a search to broadcast events
Video Type: Restrict a search to a particular type of videos
Safe Search: Indicates whether the search results should include restricted content as well as standard content.
Video Definition: Restrict a search to only include either high definition (HD) or standard definition (SD) videos. HD videos are available for playback in at least 720p, though higher resolutions, like 1080p, might also be available
Video Dimension: Restrict a search to only retrieve 2D or 3D videos
Video Duration: Filters video search results based on their duration
Video License: Filters search results to only include videos with a particular license. YouTube lets video uploaders choose to attach either the Creative Commons license or the standard YouTube license to each of their videos.
Published After: Indicates that the API response should only contain resources created at or after the specified time
Published Before: Indicates that the API response should only contain resources created before or at the specified time
Region Code: Instructs the API to return search results for videos that can be viewed in the specified country
Relevance Language: Instructs the API to return search results that are most relevant to the specified language
Video Categories: Choose the video categories the videos will be imported to
Video Tags: Choose the video tags the videos will be imported to
Import Tags: Imports video keywords
You can add many importers as you wish
Authenticate with Google OAuth
Since version 4.0, there is no need to manually create an API key, as the theme now supports authentication using Google OAuth. This ensures proper permissions when interacting with the YouTube API.
Navigate to Customize > Theme Options > Google OAuth and provide your Google Client ID and Google Client Secret keys.
See "Implementing OAuth 2.0 Authorization" for further instructions https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/authentication
Your Google OAuth App must have "YouTube Data API v3" enabled for proper functionality.
Assign Capabilities
For detailed instructions on assigning capabilities, please refer to Content Capabilities
Select the "Post Type: YouTube Importers".
Choose a specific user role to grant permissions to, or "All" to retrieve all roles.
Check the necessary capability checkboxes.
Create A YouTube API Key (deprecated)
Since version 4.x, creating an API key is no longer necessary, as authentication is now handled through OAuth. OAuth provides a more secure and user-friendly way for users to connect their accounts directly without manually entering API keys.
Manual Import
Auto Import Using Hosting Cronjob (deprecated)
Copy the CronTab URL of Importer and set it up in your Hosting Panel
For example, with DreamHost hosting
Command
wget http://domain.com/youtube_importer/my-music/?key=123456789
OR
curl 'http://domain.com/youtube_importer/my-music/?key=123456789'
Auto Import Using WP Control Plugin (deprecated)
Install and Activate WP Control plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-crontrol/
Navigate to Tools > Cron Events > Add New
Choose and fill in the necessary fields and click the "Add Event" button.
file_get_contents( 'your crontab url' );
Filter Post Arguments
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