Integrating your YouTube content with your own dedicated app has never been easier. With the YouTube Plugin, you can automatically sync your YouTube channel, playlist, or a single video and allow your YouTube content to be easily accessible.

Some use cases of this feature include:

The YouTube Plugin provides some amazing functionality as described in the introduction, but read on to see what some of the core features are and how to set them up.

Here are some simple steps to get this feature live on your app, but if you’d like more detailed information, we’ve written a dedicated article about how to create and enable Marketplace features.

Step 1: On the left hand panel, click “App Components” and then “Marketplace”
​Step 2: Search "YouTube" in the Marketplace search bar
​Step 3: Click “Add”, give it a title, and click “Add” again to confirm it

Once you've added it, you can change the feature's icon and title, which will be what your users see when they access it in your app.

Step 4: Once you’ve created your content, you can make your feature accessible by adding it to a Folder plugin, the side menu, or the footer menu.

You can sync your YouTube channel so that as you add new videos, they will automatically be pulled into your app. Here’s how you do it:

Step 1: Grab the URL for your YouTube Channel

Step 2: Paste it into the URL field and click “Validate”
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Just like with your overall channel, you can sync your YouTube playlists so that as you add new videos, they will automatically be pulled into your app. Here’s how you do it:

Step 1: Grab the URL for your YouTube Playlist
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Step 2: Paste it into the URL field and click “Validate”

With this feature, you can also highlight specific videos instead of a series of videos. Here’s how:

Step 1: Obtain the URL for your YouTube Video
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Step 2: Paste it into the URL field and click “Validate”

The image carousel is a core component that is utilized across several features to streamline your user experience. With it, you can add images to your feature and then attach various actions such as linking to app content, calling a phone number, sending an email, sending a text message, opening a map, and more using our action builder.

Since this is a core component, we’ve created a dedicated article about how to use the image carousel here.

The Security tab is a core component that is utilized across several features to streamline your user experience. With it, you can make your content exclusive by requiring that users login to access it. You can also restrict content to specific users by requiring that they have a tag, or tags, attached to their profile.

Since this is a core component, we’ve created a dedicated article about how to restrict content using the security tab access settings.

In App Purchases is a great way to sell exclusive access to features to increase your revenue. Since this is a core component, we’ve created dedicated articles about how to set up In-App Purchases here.

Don’t be fooled. The Text WYSIWYG is much more than just text! With it, you can also add images, video, and embed forms within a variety of plugins in your app. We've also created a dedicated article about how to use the Text WYSIWYG here.

Having worked with apps for years, we’ve learned a thing or two. So, to both help your app stand out and accomplish your primary goals, here are some tips you should consider.

Pro Tip 1: Use Folders to Organize Your Content
If you have multiple YouTube plugins for feeds or single videos, you can use the Folder Plugin to categorize them into a master plugin.

Pro Tip 2: Use the Design Tab to switch up how your YouTube videos are displayed
You can use the Design tab within the Feature to alter how your YouTube content is presented.

Pro Tip 3: Manual Customization
If you want more customization over your items or if you want to include audio and video into the same item, you may want to check out the Media Center Manual Plugin.

In addition to this article, we recommend checking out the following related articles so that you have a better insight into how to use the system to its fullest advantage:

Still have questions? No problem! Reach out to us and we’d be happy to help :)