YouTube Custom Fields Joomla Plugin

TF YouTube Joomla Custom Fields is a lightweight and easy-to-use Joomla plugin that allows you to embed YouTube videos simply by entering the YouTube video ID.

🔑 Key Features

• Custom YouTube Field Type: Adds a new custom field type to Joomla specifically for YouTube video IDs.
• Simple Input Format: Users only need to enter the YouTube video ID instead of the full URL or embed code.
• Responsive Video Embeds: Automatically renders YouTube videos in a responsive iframe that adapts to all screen sizes.
• Clean and Secure Output: Outputs sanitized iframe embed code to ensure safe and clean HTML rendering.

🛠️ Custom Player Options

• Video Size: Choose between Fixed or Responsive video layout.
• Custom Width & Height: Define fixed dimensions (e.g. 480×270) or allow full responsive scaling.
• Autoplay: Enable or disable video autoplay on page load.
• Start/End Time: Set a custom start and end time for the video (in seconds).
• Loop Playback: Automatically replay the video when it finishes.

🎛️ Viewer Controls & Behavior

• Show/Hide Player Controls: Decide whether the play, pause, volume, etc. controls are visible.
• Enable/Disable Keyboard Shortcuts: Option to prevent users from using YouTube keyboard shortcuts.
• Full Screen Toggle: Allow or disallow the full screen button on the video player.
• Modest Branding: Enable cleaner YouTube appearance by minimizing logos and UI clutter.
• Show/Hide Annotations: Decide whether in-video annotations (like cards) should display.
• Closed Captions: Automatically show captions (when available) for accessibility.
• Related Videos: Choose whether to show or suppress related videos at the end of playback.
• Player Color Theme: Select the player color theme.

✅ Use Cases

• Embed YouTube tutorials or video logs into Joomla articles
• Showcase product videos in custom components
• Add video resumes or intros to user profiles
• Use with category descriptions or contact pages for richer content
• Business sites displaying promo or how-to videos