YouTube

Example #

To display a YouTube video with this URL:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RKpf3rK57I

Include this in your Markdown:

{{< youtube 0RKpf3rK57I >}}

Hugo renders this to:

Parameters #

id

(string) The video id. Optional if the id is provided as a positional argument as shown in the example above.

allowFullScreen

(bool) Whether the iframe element can activate full screen mode. Default is true.

autoplay

(bool) Whether to automatically play the video. Forces mute to true. Default is false.

class

(string) The class attribute of the wrapping div element. When specified, removes the style attributes from the iframe element and its wrapping div element.

controls

(bool) Whether to display the video controls. Default is true.

end

(int) The time, measured in seconds from the start of the video, when the player should stop playing the video.

loading

(string) The loading attribute of the iframe element, either eager or lazy. Default is eager.

loop

(bool) Whether to indefinitely repeat the video. Ignores the start and end arguments after the first play. Default is false.

mute

(bool) Whether to mute the video. Always true when autoplay is true. Default is false.

start

(int) The time, measured in seconds from the start of the video, when the player should start playing the video.

title

(string) The title attribute of the iframe element. Defaults to “YouTube video”.

Example using some of the above:

{{< youtube id=0RKpf3rK57I start=30 end=60 loading=lazy >}}

Privacy #

Adjust the relevant privacy settings in your site configuration.

privacy:
  youTube: null

[privacy]

{
   "privacy": {
      "youTube": null
   }
}

disable

(bool) Whether to disable the shortcode. Default is false.

privacyEnhanced

(bool) Whether to block YouTube from storing information about visitors on your website unless the user plays the embedded video. Default is false.