YouTube Configuration | Social Feeds | WP Social Ninja

WP Social Ninja has three separate platforms; Social Reviews, Social Feeds, and Social Chat. This delightful plugin has all the updated social platforms with useful features. 

Undoubtedly YouTube is the most prominent social site for the user today. It has 2 billion monthly active users. WP Social Ninja has Social Feeds with four platforms, and YouTube is one of them.

YouTube Configuration #

To add YouTube to your website, you need to connect with the YouTube server to fetch the feeds from their repositories. WP Social Ninja has a simple way to connect with the YouTube feed on your website.

WP Social Ninja: YouTube feed

To do that, you have to follow a few simple steps. Let’s see-

Social Feeds | YouTube
Social Feeds | YouTube

YouTube configuration has three Credentials Types; OAuth 2.0, API Key, and Manually Connect a Primary Account.

OAuth2.0 #

Select the credential type to start the configuration.

Credential Type ( oAuth 2.0)
Credential Type ( oAuth 2.0)

Next, click on the Sign In And Get Google Access Code to get Access Code. This will take you to a new window.

Sign In & Get Google Access Code
Sign In & Get Google Access Code

Here, you need to select the Email associated with your YouTube account!

Step 1 #

Continue with your YouTube account.

Choose your YouTube email account to continue with WP Social Ninja.

Step 2 #

Click on the Continue button to grant access permission.

Continue Button
Continue Button

Step 3 #

Now copy the Access Code and paste it into the YouTube Configuration page to configure YouTube Feed.

Copy the Access Code
Copy the Access Code

Step 4 #

Save button

Click the Save button to complete the configuration process.

Successfully Connected
Successfully Connected

And you’ve successfully configured YouTube OAuth2.0.

API Key #

Step 1 #

Click on YouTube to start the configuration process.

For a more detailed configuration process, you can follow the steps below:

Credential Type (API Key)
Credential Type (API Key)

Click on the API Key to obtain the YouTube API Key.

Step 2 #

First of all, go to console.developers.google.com oauth. You need to create a New Project to acquire the API Key from the Google APIs.

youtube configuration select a project
Select a Project

Click on the New Project to select or create a new one.

Youtube configuration |  Select/Create
Select/Create

You can Search projects and folders or create a New Project. In order to create a New Project, click on it.

New project
New Project

Put your Project name and click on the Create button. You will get a Notification with New Project.

Step 4 #

Now, click on the Credentials from APIs & Services to get the API Key.

Create Credentials
Create Credentials

Once you are done with the project, click the Create Credentials button to create API Key.

API Key
API Key

Next, click on the API Key button.

API Key YouTube configuration
API Key created

Congratulations! You have got your YouTube API Key.

Step 5 #

In order to configure the YouTube Feed, you need to enable the YouTube Data API v3 button; otherwise, the API Key will not work. Now click on the Library to enable the YouTube Data API v3.

API credentials youtube configuration
API credentials

From the API Library scroll down and select the YouTube Data API v3.

YouTube Data API v3
YouTube Data API v3

Now Enable the button.

Step 6 #

In this step, copy and paste it to insert the API Key to configure YouTube Feeds.

YouTube Configuration
YouTube Configuration

Now Click on the Save button to verify your YouTube Social Feed. And there you go! You have successfully managed to fetch the YouTube Social Feed.

Manually Connect a Primary Account #

In order to Manually Connect a Primary Account, you need the Access Token. However, you can easily connect with your YouTube Channel if you already have the Access Token.

Also, check out – YouTube Feed Type